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Scheffel, Juliane - 2011

Diese Dissertation besteht aus vier Aufsätzen, die zur empirischen Literatur der Allokation der Arbeitszeit beitragen. Der erste Artikel untersucht die Wechselbeziehung zwischen Arbeit und Sozialleben von Paaren und untersucht die Synchronisation der Arbeitszeiten. Ein neuer Analyseansatz wird...

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Some child cost estimates for South Africa

Sienaert, Alexis - 2008

The heterogeneous demographic composition of South African households means that the way that household income or expenditure is converted into an individual-level welfare measure is likely to matter. This paper examines the monetary and time costs of the most common economic dependents in...

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The new discrimination and child care

Apps, Patricia - 2007

Over the last decade a number of countries, notably the USA, theUK and Australia, have introduced new tax and welfare programs,or expanded existing programs, that have the effect of raising taxrates on the income of the second earner in the family. Examplesinclude the earned income tax credit...

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Five essays on early education and workplace training

Mühler, Grit - 2010

With its recently announced strategy "Europe 2020", the European Union picks up two major challenges: transforming the economy into a knowledge society with innovation as the main driver of economic growth and cohering a population whose workforce is shrinking and aging. Two benchmarks of this...

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Endogenes Wachstum und Bevölkerungsentwicklung

Schuett, Norbert - 2005

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Regionale Fertilitätsunterschiede in Österreich. Eine Mehrebenenanalyse zu den Einflüssen auf das generative Verhalten unter Berücksichtigung von räumlichen Abhängigkeiten.

Gude, Stefanie - 2010

Die Dissertation untersucht die regionalen Fertilitätsunterschiede zwischen den politischen Bezirken Österreichs für das Jahr 2001 und 2007. Hierbei stellt sich u.a. die Frage, ob diese Unterschiede sich eher durch regionale Besonderheiten oder durch individuelle Merkmale ergeben. Auf...

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From Prediction to Prescription: Intelligent Decision Support for Variable Rate Fertilization

Fink, Raymond Keith; Hoskinson, Reed Louis; Hess, John … - 2009

We describe the use of machine learning methods in the analysis of spatial soil fertility, soil physical …

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ESSAYS ON THE MACROECONOMICS OF LABOR MARKETS

Stetsenko, Sergiy - 2010

the change in behavior of fertility rate at business cycle frequencies in the United States between the 1970s and 1990s … and shows how the cyclical and secular properties of fertility can be used to distinguish among several proposed theories … that account for the rise in labor force participation of married mothers. The model, in which households make fertility …

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Regional marriage patterns and trends in Northern Sudan

Abdelrahman, Abdelrahman Ibrahim - 1989

Marriage is an important institution for both individuals and society as a whole. It is a significant event in the life cycle of individuals; for society at large it represents the creation of a new unit of production, consumption, distribution and exchange of goods and services. In most...

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Demographic trends in Sub-Saharan Africa

van de Walle, Etienne; Kekovole, John - 1986

censuses and demographic surveys particularly the World Fertility Survey to ascertain trends in fertility and mortality. The … that fertility has increased in some countries--Kenya and Cameroon; has remained almost stable in Benin, Ivory Coast and …

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