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Vorausschätzungen für die Entwicklung der Gesamtbevölkerung und der Beschäftigung in Österreich bis 2035
Biehl, Kai; Fent, Thomas - 2007
This paper investigates the future development of the Austrian population for the period from 2005 to 2035. The main focus of our investigation lies on the working age population and its age structure. Our calculations are based on the population projection released by Statistik Austria in 2005....
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Bauproduktion 2007: fortgesetzte Expansion bei deutlich erhöhtem Preisniveau
Bartholmai, Bernd; Gornig, Martin - In: DIW Wochenbericht 74 (2007) 27/28, pp. 417-422
Trotz der überaus positiven Entwicklung im 1. Quartal 2007 ist nicht zu übersehen, dass sich in der Bauwirtschaft eine …
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Bauwirtschaft: positiver Trend hält 2008 an
Gornig, Martin - In: DIW Wochenbericht 75 (2008) 16, pp. 203-207
Die Bauwirtschaft sieht nun schon im dritten Jahr in Folge einer positiven Gesamtentwicklung entgegen. Das Bauvolumen …
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Implementation of strategic management practices in the Malaysian construction industry
Bakar, Abu Hassan Abu; Virgiyanti, Wiwied - In: Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences (PJCSS) 5 (2011) 1, pp. 140-154
Strategic Management is a concept that concerns with making decisions and taking corrective actions to achieve long term targets and goals of an organization. The importance of strategic management in a firm can be answered by analyzing relationship between strategic management and...
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The re-building effect of hurricanes: evidence from employment in the US construction industry
Strobl, Eric; Walsh, Frank A. - 2008
We examine the impact of hurricane strikes on the construction industry in US counties. To this end we use a measure of hurricane destruction derived from a wind field model and historical hurricane track data and employ this within a dynamic labour demand framework. Our results show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277116
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Import protection, business cycles, and exchange rates: Evidence from the great recession
Bown, Chad P.; Crowley, Meredith A. - 2011
This paper uses highly detailed, quarterly data for five major industrialized economies to estimate the impact of macroeconomic fluctuations on import protection policies over 1988:Q1 - 2010:Q4. First, estimates on a pre-Great Recession sample of data provide evidence of two key relationships....
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Age, period and cohort effects on migration of the baby boomers in Australia
Sander, Nikola; Bell, Martin - 2012
effects. This paper focuses on inter-cohort differences in the intensity and pattern of internal migration in Australia, while … Australian baby boom compared to the US. The baby boom in Australia was delayed and much smaller in terms of absolute and …
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Immigrants' Language Skills: The Australian Experience in a Longitudinal Survey
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - 2002
Australia, is used to test the model. This survey had three waves, at about 6 months, 18 months and 3? years after immigration …
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Immigrants' Language Skills and Visa Category
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - 2002
for Australia. It focuses on both visa category and variables derived from an economic model of the determinants of …
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The Determinants of the Geographic Concentration among Immigrants: Application to Australia
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - 2002
concentrated. Testing the model for Australia shows that the extent of geographic concentration of immigrant groups is negatively … related to age at migration, duration of residence in Australia and the proportion of the birthplace group that is fluent in … the country of origin and the place of residence in Australia. …
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