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The effects of immigration on wages: An application of the structural skill-cell approach

Gerfin, Michael; Kaiser, Boris - 2010

This paper investigates how recent immigration inflows from 2002 to 2008 have affected wages in Switzerland. This period is of particular interest as it marks the time during which the bilateral agreement with the EU on the free cross-border movement of workers has been effective. Since...

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Estimation of wage equations for New Zealand

Mercante, Joseph; Mok, Penny - 2014

This paper estimates wage equations for New Zealand based on pooled data from the Household Economic Survey (HES) from 2006/07 to 2010/11. Equations are estimated separately for couple men and women, single men and women and sole parents. The results are compared to previous New Zealand...

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International migration, remittances and labour supply: The case of the Republic of Haiti

Jadotte, Evans - 2009

The Republic of Haiti is a prime international remittance-recipient country in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region, relative to its gross domestic product (GDP). The downside of this fact may be that Haiti, based on population size, is also the largest exporter of skilled workers in...

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Different Stream, Different Needs, and Impact: Managing International Labor Migration in ASEAN: Thailand (Emigration)

Chalamwong, Yongyuth - 2011

The study on "Managing International Labor Migration in ASEAN: Thailand" aimed to study policies and institution arrangement for managing international migration as part of regional cooperation initiatives and bilateral agreements. The study emphasized on finding out why the current management...

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Different Stream, Different Needs, and Impact: Managing International Labor Migration in ASEAN: Thailand (Immigration)

Paitoonpong, Srawooth - 2011

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Shocks, income diversification and welfare in developing and transition countries

Omar Mahmoud, Toman - 2010

This dissertation takes a welfare perspective to analyze how rural households in developing countries manage risks ex-ante and cope with shocks ex-post. The first part looks at risk-coping strategies and analyzes the socio-economic consequences of AIDS-related mortality in rural sub-Saharan...

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Costs and benefits of migration for Central European countries

Okólski, Marek - 2006

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Angst und Ärger: Zur Relevanz emotionaler Dimensionen sozialer Ungleichheit

Rackow, Katja; Schupp, Jürgen; Scheve, Christian von - In: Zeitschrift für Soziologie 41 (2012) 5, pp. 392-409

, nämlich Angst und Ärger. Auf Grundlage von bevölkerungsrepräsentativen Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panel (SOEP) zeigen wir …, Einkommen und Qualifikationsniveau – eigenständige Beiträge zur Erklärung der Häufigkeit des Empfindens von Angst und Ärger … the sociologically most relevant emotions, namely anger and anxiety. Using representative data from the German Socio …

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Nobody to Play With? The Implications of Leisure Coordination

Jenkins, Stephen P.; Osberg, Lars - 2003

We hypothesize that an individual?s time use choices are contingent on the time use choices of others because the utility derived from leisure time often benefits from the presence of companionable others inside and outside the household. We develop a model of time use, and demonstrate that its...

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Gender, time use and public policy over the life cycle

Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - 2005

In this paper we compare gender differences in the allocation of time to market work, domestic work, child care, and leisure over the life cycle. Time use profiles for these activity categories are constructed on survey data for three countries: Australia, the UK and Germany. We discuss the...

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