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In this paper, the Nash equilibrium reversion is used as an optimal tool for clearing dynamic prices and wages. The … for by adopting a policy of point scoring on the mobility of skilled labour against the model’s key rigidities. Finally …, labour mobility is explored. Mobility point scores, which serve to encourage mobility from skilled labour within the model …
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substitution is that in conceptual terms, the interest rate and the wage rate are similar: they are both rates of return. Wages are … when we change them, we are toying with the distribution of income. Hike wages and we send more income to workers. Hike the … to my word substitution. When it comes to wages, the issue of distribution is typically front and center. That’s why talk …
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This paper analyzes the wage development of mothers interrupting their careers, in comparison to the wages of men who … point in time. We use data from the German Socioeconomic Panel from 1984 to 2011, to show that wages and the financial …
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This paper examines change in wage gaps in urban China by estimating quantile regressions on CHIPS data. It applies the Machado and Mata (2005) decomposition, finding sharp increases in inequality from 1988 to 1995 and from 2002 to 2008 largely due to changes in the wage structure. The analysis...
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the risks to which tobacco farming families are exposed and consequences on quality of life and health of workers in the … carried out through field research, through semi-structured interviews and participant observation with producer families of … literature on health of tobacco farmers, symptoms of green leaf disease were highlighted by most families, besides the exposure …
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The objective of this paper is to make available information - precisely and spatially detailed - about families … families across six different dimensions, detailed for the country, states, municipalities and intraurban detail. Results … indicate that Brazilian families' vulnerability reduced by nearly 20% in the period on average. This behavior, however, is …
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Since 2000, Zimbabwe has been under some pressure to provide more fully for its children. It is not clear whether child poverty has worsened, although AIDS, drought, and economic mismanagement have all compromised poverty reduction. In any case, child poverty has come under increased scrutiny,...
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Panel data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey are used to examine the impact of …
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systemically smaller for Black compared to White families. One hypothesis is that due to the existing structural racism that … costs of upward social mobility for minorities, Black families face more challenges for leveraging their education to escape … poverty. Aims: Using a nationally representative sample of American families with children, this study investigated racial …
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