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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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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421227
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Different Stream, Different Needs, and Impact: Managing International Labor Migration in ASEAN: Thailand (Immigration)
Paitoonpong, Srawooth - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421228
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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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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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Measuring the marginal efficiency cost of redistribution in the UK
Adam, Stuart - 2005
This paper estimates the marginal efficiency cost of redistribution (MECR) associated with a demogrant and an in-work benefit for the UK since 1979, taking account of extensive as well as intensive labour supply responses. The principal methodological advance in the paper is its greater...
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The impact of a time-limited, targeted in-work benefit in the medium-term: An evaluation of In Work Credit
Brewer, Mike; Browne, James; Chowdry, Haroon; Crawford, … - 2011
Conventional in-work benefits or tax credits are now well established as a policy instrument for increasing labour supply and tackling poverty. A different sort of in-work credit is one where the payments are time-limited, conditional on previous receipt of welfare, and, perhaps, not...
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