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Human Capital Investment with Competitive Labor Search

Kaas, Leo; Zink, Stefan - 2008

We study human capital accumulation in an environment of competitive search. Given that unemployed workers can default on their education loans, skilled individuals with a larger debt burden prefer riskier but better paid careers than is socially desirable. A higher level of employment risk in...

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Immigration, unemployment and human-capital acquisition

Lumpe, Christian - 2008

The following dissertation is a collection of four stand-alone research papers. The focus of my research is on the interplay of immigration, native human-capital investment and the resulting consequences for the labour market outcome of natives and necessary implications for the immigration...

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Post-communist trends in education : Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States

Vicol, Carmen - 2005

The education systems of EE/CIS countries have undergone negative changes during the past 16 years. My paper examines these changes, identifies their causes and proposes solutions for improvement. I find that improved educational quality is the key for raising students enrolment and...

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Fiskalische Spillover-Effekte im Bildungssektor und ihre demografiebedingte Entwicklung: eine finanzwissenschaftliche Untersuchung am Beispiel der Gymnasien in der Region Augsburg

Freund, Florian - 2008

Die Arbeit stellt eine quantitative Untersuchung der regionalen Spillover-Effekte f?r einen sowohl sachlich als auch regional abgegrenzten Bereich - n?mlich die Gymnasien am Beispiel der Region Augsburg - dar. Dieses Ph?nomen spielt in der ?konomischen Theorie des F?deralismus und der damit...

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DETERMINANTS OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT: A SURVEY OF THE LITERATURE

CONDRATOV, Iulian - 2014

The issue of the unemployment concerning the population aged between 15-24 years has represented an important subject of research, due to the multiple implications that such a problem propagates on both social and economic sphere. Through this paper we wanted to achieve an updated synthesis of...

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Die Frage nach der optimalen Klassenschülerzahl

Weidinger, Sabine Maria Vanessa - 2010

Die vorliegende Diplomarbeit setzt sich mit der „Frage nach der optimalen Klassenschülerzahl“ auseinander. Sie recherchiert nicht nach einer quantitativen Größe, die die optimale Klassenschülerzahl widerspiegelt, sondern es werden in einem ersten Schritt umfassende Analysen und...

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International Trade Openness and Gender Gaps in Pakistani Labor Force Participation Rates Over 57 Years

Hyder, Asma; Behrman, Jere R - 2011

rates in broad occupational categories in Pakistan. The method used controls for average gender differences in these …

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Identifying Asset Poverty Thresholds New methods with an application to Pakistan and Ethiopia

Naschold, Felix - 2005

is whether such threshold points exist in Pakistan and Ethiopia and, if so, where they are located. Methodologically, the … growth. Moreover, the dynamic asset equilibria are very low. In Pakistan it is below the average asset holdings of the poor … insufficient for rural households in Pakistan and Ethiopia to escape poverty. …

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Remittances and Economic Development in India and Pakistan

Ballard, Roger - 2005

The document contains a chapter of a World Bank report on remittances, its development impact as well as future prospects. It was published in 2005. The articles originated in 2003 during a conference organized by the Department for International Development, IMF, and World Bank, in London.

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The Implementation of Value Transfers in an Era of Financial Volatility: meeting the logistical challenge

Ballard, Roger - 2008

Presented at a workshop at the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation, this document explores the logistical solutions deployed within contemporary Hawala-style value transmission systems. It suggests that those frustrated by the lack of an effective global payments system for retial...

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