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Explaining fertility variation in rural communities : the role of electricity in Ghana
Akpandjar, George Mawuli; Puozaa, Conrad; Quartey, Peter - In: Economies : open access journal 6 (2018) 3, pp. 1-13
We believe the massive rural electrification, which began in 1992, played a significant role in the varying fertility rates across rural Ghana. Rural households with electricity, tend to have fewer children ever born to a woman than households without electricity. Using control function...
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Grundschulschließungen als Katalysator von Wanderungsbewegungen?
Hyll, Walter; Schneider, Lutz - In: Wirtschaft im Wandel 17 (2011) 6, pp. 217-225
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Demographic change and regional labour markets
Böhm, Michael; Gregory, Terry; Qendrai, Pamela; … - 2020
Like many other countries, Germany has experienced rapid population and workforce ageing, yet with substantial variation across regions. In this paper we first use this spatial variation between 1975 and 2014 to estimate quasi-causal supply effects of ageing on regional labour market outcomes,...
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Demographic change and regional labour markets
Böhm, Michael; Gregory, Terry; Qendrai, Pamela; … - 2020
Like many other countries, Germany has experienced rapid population and workforce ageing, yet with substantial variation across regions. In this paper we first use this spatial variation between 1975 and 2014 to estimate quasi- causal supply effects of ageing on regional labour market outcomes,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012314983
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How to combine the entry of young people in the labour market with the retention of older workers?
Eichhorst, Werner; Boeri, Tito; De Coen, An; Galasso, … - 2013
This paper provides an overview of the employment situation of young and old workers in the EU Member States, setting out the most recent development during the crisis and dealing with policies implemented to promote the employment of both groups. The evidence collected shows that there is no...
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Replacement migration from a labour market perspective : Germany's long-term potential labour force and immigration from non-EU member countries
Fuchs, Johann; Kubis, Alexander; Schneider, Lutz - 2016
which extent migration will be able to offset the well-known negative demographic influence. The mean overall results of … this long period of time show that while migration may slightly dampen the trend, it cannot fully compensate for it … Deutschland bis 2050 und fragen, inwiefern Migration dieser Schrumpfung entgegenwirken kann. Ausgangspunkt der Berechnungen sind …
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Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund zahlen elf Euro mehr Miete pro Monat
Winke, Tim - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 83 (2016) 47, pp. 1133-1143
, however, tenants with migration backgrounds were paying nearly 11 euros more per month, on average, than those without – even … in rental prices. The differences can partially be attributed to the fact that people with migration backgrounds tend to … findings suggest that people with migration backgrounds are not always given access to favorable housing, and in a direct …
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Local ties in spatial equilibrium
Zabek, Mike - 2019
ties – a preference to live in their birthplace – leads to smaller migration responses. Smaller migration responses to wage … productivity, since they lead to more migration …
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Data sources on migrants' labour market and education integration in Austria
Huber, Peter; Fink, Marian; Horvath, Gerard Thomas - 2020
As part of a larger research project, we survey existing data sets and research results on immigrants' integration success in Austria focusing on educational and labour market outcomes. We consider different registers as well as survey data available to researchers on a regular basis and compare...
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Effects of access to universities on education and migration decisions
Markus, Philipp - 2023
The paper examines the effect of access to universities on education and migration decisions of young adults. So far … migration patterns of high school graduates. Using individual administrative data, I find that if a new higher education … indicate that the effects on education and migration are mainly local and non-linear in geographical distance. …
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