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Returns to Human Capital and Investment in New Technology
Luzio, Rodolfo; Dunaway, Steven Vincent; Kaufman, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper presents a simple framework that illustrates the link between skill-based wage differentiation and human capital acquisition given skill-biased technical progress. The analysis points to the economic costs resulting from labor market and income redistribution policies that prevent the...
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Persistent inequalities : wage disparity under capitalist competition
Botwinick, Howard - 1993
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004182334
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Centre-based versus home-based childcare
Bauchmüller R. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
Centrebased childcare is seen as a public investment to facilitate maternalemployment. Recent theoretical research proposes that such investmentspotentially lead to substantial gains in child development and thus to high returnsfor society as a whole. However, the empirical evidence is still...
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The Cash Opportunity of Childbearing: An Approach Using British Data
Joshi, Heather - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1987
The opportunity costs of rearing British children, in terms of cash earnings forgone by their mother, are estimated for a typical family. Data from the 1980 Women and Employment Survey provide estimates for hourly pay as a function of work experience and current hours of work. In addition, these...
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Ghana; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This is the third Annual Progress Report on the implementation of the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS). Both the budget and the GPRS propose to tackle issues including reduction in the domestic debt, reduction of inflation to single digits, increasing revenue mobilization, curtailing...
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Togo; Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
From 2001, Togo has been engaged in the process of preparing its poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP). As a result of the social and political crisis, Togo’s economy has been affected severely. To overcome this crisis, the government has been engaged in key reforms intended to restore...
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Time or money: impact of parental employment on time that 4 to 5 year olds spend in language building activities
Brown, Jude; Bittman, Michael - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 10 (2007) 3, pp. 149-165
Early childhood is a critical time for establishing the communication and literacy skills that shape children’s subsequent academic, social and employment opportunities. Debates around the family environments that support children’s optimal development, have focused on mothers’ workforce...
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On the Importance of Fertility Behavior in School Finance Policy Design
Yilmaz, Kuzey - İktisat Bölümü, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi - 2014
To design an optimal education policy, it is essential to account for the fertility differential between the poor and … economy. It is very important to consider general equilibrium effects because the change in either fertility behavior or … fertility behavior, especially differential fertility substantially underestimates the role of credit constraints in the economy …
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