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Indigenous data from the ABS Labour Force Survey: what can they tell us?
Taylor, John; Hunter, Boyd - 2001
since the mid 1990s, and a current upward trend in employment levels. This paper critically evaluates these estimates with …; · do they reflect success of the Indigenous Employment Policy (IEP); · do they result from macroeconomic or microeconomic … trends in Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme employment and with the fact that purely administrative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009451700
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Modelling the Supply and Demand for Construction and Building Services Skills in the Black Country
Ejohwomu, Obuks Augustine - 2007
A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of therequirements of the University of Wolverhamptonfor the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009458949
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Gestaltungsmodelle der nachhaltigen Integration älterer Arbeitspersonen in die Erwerbstätigkeit
Schmidt, Ingrid - 2005
for a longer gainful employment; 2. to advance the interaction between generations; 3. to design jobs which are open to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467418
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Using scalar models for precautionary assessments of threatened species
Bridges, Todd S; Akcakaya, H. Resit; Dunham, Amy E - 2006
Scalar population models, commonly referred to as count-based models, are based on time-seriesdata of population sizes and may be useful for screening-level ecological risk assessments when data formore complex models are not available. Appropriate use of such models for management purposes,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441976
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Effects of longevity and dependency rates on saving and growth: Evidence from a panel of cross countries
Li, H.B.; Zhang, J.; Zhang, J.S. - 2007
While earlier empirical studies found a negative saving effect of old-age dependency rates without considering longevity, recent studies have found that longevity has a positive effect on growth without considering old-age dependency rates. In this paper, we first justify the related yet...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009479534
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Comparation of demographic development in Czech and Slovak Republic
Svatošová, Libuše - 2012
A demographic development of advanced countries is characterized by worsening of the age structure and population aging. Similar trends show themselves also in the Czech and Slovak Republics. Owing to political and economic changes in both the states, there were also changes in a population...
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The importance of being mature : the effect of demographic maduration on global per-capita income
Gómez, Rafael; Hernández de Cos, Pablo - 2006
Incluye bibliografía ; Given that savings and productivity follow a hump shaped profile with respect to age and given that demographic profiles vary across countries, population age structure may be linked to differences in levels of economic development. In this paper we measure the importance...
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Market impacts of hypothetical fuel treatment thinning programs on federal lands in the western United States.
Ince, Peter J.; Spelter, Henry; Skog, Kenneth E.; … - 2008
This paper addresses the economics of forest fuel thinning programs on federal lands in the U.S. West, and presents a model of regional timber and product market impacts. The issue of economics is vital to the debate about fire management, and this paper presents market implications of two...
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Historical disturbance regimes as a reference for forest policy in a multiowner province: a simulation experiment.
Thompson, J.R.; Johnson, K.N.; Lennette, M.; Spies, T.A.; … - 2006
Using a landscape simulation model, we examined ecological and economic implications of forest policies designed to emulate the historical fire regime across the 2 x 10⁶ ha Oregon Coast Range. Simulated policies included two variants of the current policy and three policies reflecting aspects...
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