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Education, externalities, fertility, and economic growth
Weale, Martin - 1992
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000861055
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Wage dynamics, turnover, and human capital : evidence from adolescent transition from school to work in the Philippines
Yamauchi, Futoshi - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010477989
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Cities of workers, children, or seniors? : age structure and economic growth in a global cross-section of cities
Jedwab, Remi; Pereira, Daniel; Roberts, Mark - 2019
A large literature documents the positive influence of a city's skill structure on its rate of economic growth. By contrast, the effect of a city's age structure on its economic growth has been a hitherto largely neglected area of research. This paper hypothesizes that cities with more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012121233
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The impact of secondary schooling in Kenya : a regression discontinuity analysis
Ozier, Owen - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011342231
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Fertility response to natural disasters : the case of three high mortality earthquakes
Finlay, Jocelyn E. - 2009
addition to the replacement effects of higher fertility following a disaster that caused high mortality, a positive fertility … earthquakes: Gujarat, India, in 2001; North-West Frontier, Pakistan, in 2005; and Izmit, Turkey, in 1999. There is evidence of a … positive fertility response to exposure to these large-scale natural disasters in addition to the response to child mortality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003821448
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Precautionary saving from different sources of income: evidence from rural Pakistan
Adams, Richard H. - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001651475
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Improving mental well-being and productivity of small-medium entrepreneurs in fragile, conflict and violence affected areas : can cognitive behavioral therapy trainings help?
Saraf, Priyam; Rahman, Tasmia; Gallardo, Miguel; … - 2018
This literature review summarizes the link between psychological well-being and entrepreneurial outcomes for small and medium-size enterprises in fragile, conflict, and violence-affected contexts. It identifies potentially promising, scalable psychosocial training interventions, based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011875332
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How are youth faring in the labor market? : Evidence from around the world ; background paper to the 2007 World Development Report
Farès, Jean; Montenegro, Claudio; Orazem, Peter F. - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003405785
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Youth employment transitions in Latin America
Cunningham, Wendy V.; Salvagno, Javier Bustos - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008901543
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Sifting through the data : labor markets in Haiti through a turbulent decade (2001–2012)
Scot, Thiago; Rodella, Aude-Sophie - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011431506