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Saving costs through regional consolidation: public safety answering points in Massachusetts
Kodrzycki, Yolanda; Cools, Angela - In: New England Public Policy Center Policy Brief (2013)
As local governments seek to address growing financial challenges, many will consider a variety of cost-cutting measures, including joint service provision with other localities. This policy brief examines the potential savings from large-scale service-sharing arrangements, using the specific...
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Contagion: How Commerce Has Spread Disease. By Harrison Mark. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. 2013. Pp. xviii, 376. $38.00, hardcover.
Wray, Anthony - In: The Journal of Economic History 74 (2014) 01, pp. 306-307
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The Board of Directors, Leading Firms and Sectors. An Attempt of Data Mining Based Description
Karbownik, Krzysztof; Boguta, Mateusz; Wrzosek, Małgorzata - In: Collegium of Economic Analysis Annals (2007) 17, pp. 41-62
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Influence of the Education on the Level of Unemployment in European Countries
Wrzosek, Małgorzata; Karbownik, Krzysztof; Boguta, Mateusz - In: Collegium of Economic Analysis Annals (2007) 17, pp. 101-117
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Mommies’ Girls Get Dresses, Daddies’ Boys Get Toys. Gender Preferences in Poland and their Implications
Karbownik, Krzysztof; Myck, Michal - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2011
We examine the relationship of child gender with family and economic outcomes using a large dataset from the Polish Household Budgets’ Survey (PHBS) for years 2003-2009. Apart from studying the effects of gender on family stability, fertility and mothers’ labor market outcomes, we take...
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Mommies’ Girls Get Dresses, Daddies’ Boys Get Toys. Gender Preferences in Poland and their Implications
Karbownik, Krzysztof; Myck, Michal - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2011
We examine the relationship of child gender with family and economic outcomes using a large dataset from the Polish Household Budgets’ Survey (PHBS) for years 2003-2009. Apart from studying the effects of gender on family stability, fertility and mothers’ labor market outcomes, we take...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009401719
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For some mothers more than others: how children matter for labour market outcomes when both fertility and female employment are low
Karbownik, Krzysztof; Myck, Michal - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2012
We estimate the causal relationship between family size and labour market outcomes for families in low fertility and low female employment regime. Family size is instrumented using twinning and gender composition of the first two children. Among families with at least one child we identify the...
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For Some Mothers More Than Others: How Children Matter for Labour Market Outcomes When Both Fertility and Female Employment Are Low
Karbownik, Krzysztof; Myck, Michal - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We estimate the causal relationship between family size and labour market outcomes for families in low fertility and low female employment regime. Family size is instrumented using twinning and gender composition of the first two children. Among families with at least one child we identify the...
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For some mothers more than others: how children matter for labour market outcomes when both fertility and female employment are low
Karbownik, Krzysztof; Myck, Michal - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2012
We estimate the causal relationship between family size and labour market outcomes for families in low fertility and low female employment regime. Family size is instrumented using twinning and gender composition of the first two children. Among families with at least one child we identify the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818814
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On Importance of Main Economic Categories: Jel Codes Analysis
Karbownik, Krzysztof; Knauff, Małgorzata - In: Ekonomia journal 24 (2009)
This article contributes to an increasing number of papers on economic profession and deals with analysis both the most popular categories for the period 1998–2007 and their dynamics over time. We use data on topics covered by papers published in years 1998–2008 given by codes of Journal of...
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