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Pre-hire factors and workplace ethnic segregation
Strömgren, Magnus; Tammaru, Tiit; van Ham, Maarten; … - 2011
natives in their current workplace. The study is based on Swedish population register data. The results show that at the macro …
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Disparities in social assistance receipt between immigrants and natives in Sweden
Gustafsson, Björn - 2011
Social assistance receipt among immigrants in relation to receipt among natives in Sweden is investigated. A background … interpreted. Most out-payment for social assistance in Sweden refers to foreign born persons although the category makes up 14 … percent of the population. While some part of the high costs can be attributed to needs to maintaining recent refugees, this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282177
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Social Expenditure in New Zealand: Stochastic Projections
Creedy, John; Makale, Kathleen - 2013
This paper presents stochastic projections for 13 categories of social spending in New Zealand over the period 2011-2061. These projections are based on detailed demographic estimates covering fertility, migration and mortality disaggregated by single year of age and gender. Distributional...
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A Review of Research on Population-Related Issues: 1980-2002
Orbeta, Aniceto C. - 2002
This paper summarizes the research on population-related issues done between 1980-2002. The review organized the …); (b) program-related research; (c)population and environment; (d) population and poverty. Finally, for each of these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429683
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Population and Poverty: A Review of the Links, Evidence and Implications for the Philippines
Orbeta, Aniceto C. - 2002
This paper reviews the literature and evidence on the population and poverty nexus. The paper situates the role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429693
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Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health Outcomes, Utilization and Access to Services by Asset Quintile: New Evidence from the FPS and MCHS
Orbeta, Aniceto C.; Cuenca, Janet S.; del Prado, Fatima; … - 2003
This paper addresses the lack of information on the disparity of outcomes, utilization and access to Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health services by socioeconomic classes. Household statistics on these services by asset class are presented in this paper. The asset classes were derived...
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Welfare comparisons between societies with different population sizes and environmental characteristics
Asheim, Geir B. - 2005
welfare” in different societies, having different population sizes and environmental characteristics. This paper reviews …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284344
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The labor/land ratio and India's caste system
Duleep, Harriet - 2012
-century statistics on regional population/land ratios linked to anthropological measures of caste-system rigidity. Both the longitudinal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284017
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Labor-market exposure as a determinant of attitudes toward immigration
Ortega, Francesc; Polavieja, Javier G. - 2009
This paper re-examines the role of labor-market competition as a determinant of attitudes toward immigration. We claim two main contributions. First, we use more sophisticated measures of the degree of exposure to competition from immigrants than previously done. Specifically, we focus on the...
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Do immigrants displace native workers? Evidence from matched panel data
Martins, Pedro S.; Piracha, Matloob; Varejão, José - 2012
Using matched employer-employee data, we analyse the impact of immigrants on natives' employment in Portugal. Using different model specifications, we show that the natives and immigrants are 'complements' at most occupation levels, in the sense that they are jointly hired and fired. Controlling...
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