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The importance of entrepreneurship for achieving economic growth in contemporary economies is widely recognized, both by policy makers and economists. However, empirical evidence linking entrepreneurship to economic growth is scarce. Empirical Analysis of Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth...
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Discussing the economics of entrepreneurship, this book views that it should establish a framework of analysis that integrates the understanding of the determinants and the effects of entrepreneurship and innovation without neglecting the functioning of the inducement mechanisms. For this...
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"German and European immigration policies have only recently begun to cope with the inevitable: growing labor demand in … the face of high unemployment and a shrinking labor force due to demographic change. Despite the implementation of Germany …'s first immigration act and several European initiatives towards legal harmonization at the EU level, an actively controlling …
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"The labor markets of important OECD countries show a similar picture: high wages and low unemployment for skilled … workers and low wages but high unemployment for low-skilled workers. During the last 10 years this fact has been studied under …
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Motivation -- International trade and unemployment - the worker-selection effect -- Unemployment benefits as … and an increase in income, while the conclusions are mixed concerning the implication for the overall unemployment rate … and worker heterogeneity ? What are the implications of a redistribution policy if the government chooses unemployment …
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This book purports to investigate and compare the economic development experiences in both Taiwan and South Korea in last two decades. Taiwan and South Korea’s economic development after WWII is a well-known story. However, their development after the successful post-war industrialization has...
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This book provides an up-to-date summary of the consequences of demographic aging for labor markets, financial markets, economic growth, social security schemes and public finances in Germany, essentially reflecting the present state of knowledge in any of these areas. Compared to other...
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Reviews standard economic growth models concentrating on the relationship between population ageing and economic growth and develop a growth model with endogenous human capital and endogenous fertility. This work uses this model to analyse the effects of education policy and family policy on...
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The EU and the U.S. confront distinct factor market dynamics and common policy challenges. Labor market developments and long-term changes in capital markets and capital flows represent key problems in aging societies. The analyses presented here compare the European and U.S. patterns in this...
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Politikmaßnahmen; Demographie, Wirtschaftswachstum und Wohlstand; Schlussfolgerungen -- Teil II: Fertilitätsentwicklung in ausgewählten …
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