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Better Harnessing Talent and Knowledge to Boost Sustainable Medium-term Growth in Spain
Haugh, David; Westmore, Ben - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
touching on education, the labour market and the business environment. Areas of particular weakness to be tackled include the … mis en place un important programme de réformes structurelles, concernant l’éducation, le marché du travail et l …
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The growing educational divide in mothers' employment: an investigation based on the German micro-censuses 1976-2004
Konietzka, Dirk; Kreyenfeld, Michaela - In: Work, Employment & Society 24 (2010) 2, pp. 260-278
accompanied by growing social inequalities in maternal employment. The focus is on education-related differences in full … in mothers' employment by education. Data from the scientific use files of the German micro-censuses for the years 1976 …
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The return of the male breadwinner model? Educational effects on parents’ work arrangements in Austria, 1980–2009
Berghammer, Caroline - In: Work, Employment & Society 28 (2014) 4, pp. 611-632
This study examines how the educational level of parents with children below age six affects their work arrangements. Based on Austrian microcensus data from 1980 to 2009, multinomial logistic regression models are used to investigate changes in this effect. The findings show converging trends...
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Marrying Your Mom: Preference Transmission and Women's Labour and Education Choices
Fernández, Raquel; Fogli, Alessandra; Olivetti, Claudia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
examines how it affected women’s education and labour choices. We present empirical evidence based on GSS data that favours our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791450
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Could Education Retain Farmers in the Local Area?
ZHU, HONGFEI; HE, LIXIN; YUAN, TANGJUN - In: Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics 53 (2012) 1, pp. 39-47
education can help local areas retain their surplus farmers, who can then work in local nonagricultural jobs or migrate …
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The sibling size impact on the educational achievement in France
Adli, Rhonya; Louichi, Ahmed; Tamouh, Nadia - In: Education Economics 18 (2010) 3, pp. 331-348
We examine the impact of sibling size on children's education. The theoretical framework shows an opposite relationship … econometric study based on national survey data, 'Efforts of Education of families in France (1991-1992)', reveals that this …
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An Empirical Investigation of Peer effects on Fertility Preferences
Parasnis, Jaai; Mishra, Ankita - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, … - 2014
changes in observed fertility of their peers, education plays an important role in moderating peer effects. Our results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011100044
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An explanation of the occupational and educational structure of employment by means of multinomial logit
Peeters, H.M.M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1990
The fixed coefficient manpower requirements approach provides information on shifts in the occupational and educational structure of employment over time, but neglects the substitution between the various occupations and educational groups. In this study shifts in the structure of 83 occupations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008557257
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Imputing Individual Effects in Dynamic Microsimulation Models. An application to household formation and labour market participation in Italy
Richiardi, Matteo; Poggi, Ambra - In: International Journal of Microsimulation 7 (2014) 2, pp. 3-39
Dynamic microsimulation modelling involves two stages: estimation and forecasting. Unobserved heterogeneity is often considered in estimation, but not in forecasting, beyond trivial cases. Non-trivial cases involve individuals that enter the simulation with a history of previous outcomes. We...
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Determinants of the Low Female Labour Force Participation in India
Sorsa, Piritta; Mares, Jan; Didier, Mathilde; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015
to other BRIICs or OECD countries, education and incomes are negatively correlated with female labour for participation … région et entre les zones rurales et urbaines. Contrairement à d'autres pays de l'OCDE ou BRIICS, l'éducation et les revenus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276836