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Human Capital and Optimal Policy under Risk and Credit Constraints
Yang, Hongyan - 2010
Die vorliegende Dissertation besteht aus fünf unabhängigen Forschungspapieren über optimale Steuer- und Bildungspolitik … Bildungsinvestition und damit den effektiven Lohnsatz. Aus diesem Grund steigt das Arbeitsangebot und die Verzerrung des Arbeitsangebots … nur ein suboptimal niedriges Bildungsniveau erreichen. In einem Zweiperiodenmodell mit Kreditrestriktionen zeigen wir …
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Essays on Systems Competition with Human Capital Mobility
Lange, Thomas - 2010
organisierter Bildungspolitik und Humankapitalmobilität. Die internationale Mobilität hochqualifizierter Arbeitskräfte kann zu einer … Externalitäten lokaler Bildungspolitik zurückzuführen ist wenn einige Absolventen nach Abschluss ihrer Universitätsausbildung ins … Entwicklung der Herkunftsregion der internationalen Studenten. Im Vergleich zur wohlfahrtsmaximierenden Bildungspolitik ist die …
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Microcredit
Heverly, Barbara M.; Tierney, Lori L. - 0000
Microcredit, or small, short-term loans to the very poor, can help to bring about wholesale changes not only in personal income and the local marketplace, but also by adding meaning to life, building self-esteem and encouraging social integration. The cash advance is only the vehicle. The...
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The value of human rights on the open market: Liberal economic policies and the achievement of personal integrity rights.
Harrelson-Stephens, Julie - 2003
At the end of World War II, the United States emerged as a world leader, putting into place international institutions based on its own liberal economic philosophy. Since then, the world has witnessed an increasing interconnectedness among states, with economic relationships continually blurring...
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Repression and Newtwork Science: Tools in Fight against Terrorism
Wright, Dominick' E - 2010
The dissertation, Repression and Network Science: Tools in Fight againstTerrorism, explores what determines post‐terror repression in democracies andwhat alternative tools network science may ultimately reveal to for compellingauthorities to rely on repression less. To do this three papers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477422
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Obstacles to access: An evaluation of a condom distribution program in rural Zambia
Seidenfeld, David - 2010
An extensive body of literature exists about HIV/AIDS prevention methods and programs promoting condom use in sub-Saharan Africa; however, there is a dearth of research investigating condom distribution in the region. In order to address some of the gaps in the literature about obstacles to condom...
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Three essays on skill-specific labor markets, inequality and consumption over the business cycle
Xie-Uebele, Runli - 2011
Diese Dissertation befasst sich mit Arbeitsmarkterfolg und Konsum sozioökonomischer Gruppen. Die ersten zwei Kapitel untersuchen konjunkturelle Auswirkungen auf Arbeitsmärkten für Hoch- und Niedrigqualifizierte. Zunächst wird ein qualifikationsspezifisches Konjunkturmodell mit Suchkosten...
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Essays in Labor Markets, Education and Migration in Developing Countries.
Pugatch, Todd M. - 2011
This dissertation consists of three essays in labor and development economics. The first essay, “Bumpy Rides: School to Work Transitions in South Africa,” quantifies the importance of the option to re-enroll in the school to work transition of South African youth. I estimate a structural...
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