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Development and Gender Inequality ; Development and Gender Inequality
Lamanna, Francesca - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010353250
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Female Entrepreneurs in Transitional Economies: a comparative study of Businesswomen in Nigeria and China
Kitching, Beverley; Woldie, Atsese - 2004
This paper focuses on the theme of women entrepreneurs, business and gender in two transitional economies, namely … Nigeria and China. As the OECD Conferences on Women Entrepreneurs in Small and Medium Enterprises held in Paris in 1997 and … difficult(OECD, 1998, 2001). Should China and Nigeria follow a similar pattern to other societies during the development process …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437491
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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
both population age structure and life expectancy are important contributing factors to growth. (C) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All …
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011315844
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012529519
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429452
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429564
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Subnational Probabilistic Population Forecasts: the Example of Australia
Wilson, Tom; Bell, Martin - 2003
The variability of demographic trends at the subnational scale, particularly internal and international migration, renders subnational population forecasting more difficult than at the national scale. Illustrating the uncertainty of the demographic future for subnational regions is therefore a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448064
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Alleindienstleister im Berufsfeld Kultur : Versuch einer erwerbssoziologischen Konzeptualisierung
Gottschall, Karin; Betzelt, Sigrid - 2001
ambiguousinterpretations. On the one hand, work in cultural occupations seems to be less gender−segregated than the other mentioned types of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466389