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The reasons of decreasing trend of female labour force participation in Turkey: The role of conservatism
Göksel, Idil - 2012
The aim of this paper is to investigate the main determinants of the participation decision of females in the labour force in Turkey. Turkey is a particularly important case as, unlike in many other countries, female labour force participation has shown a decreasing trend in the last 50 years....
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Informal care and labour force participation among middle-aged women in Spain
Casado-Mar¸'n, David; Garc¸'a-Go'mez, Pilar; … - In: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 2 (2011) 1, pp. 1-29
reveal the existence of non-negligible costs in terms of foregone employment for carers who live with the dependent person … employment. Nonetheless, there seems to be no contemporaneous employment effects associated to either starting or ending an …
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Current state of female leadership in higher education institutions in Saudi Arabia
Dahlan, Dina Abdullah - In: Cogent Business & Management 10 (2023) 3, pp. 1-17
In Saudi Arabia's higher education, women remain an untapped resource, with many limitations in holding key positions and pursuing professional career development. However, over the past few years, the government of Saudi Arabia has actively promoted female leadership by implementing Vision...
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Wandel von Erwerbsbeteilung westdeutscher Frauen nach der Erstgeburt: ein Vergleich der zwischen 1936 und 1965 geborenen Kohorten
Kelle, Nadiya - 2011
provider role and women staying at home and taking care of children. The employment of mothers was not a common practice, so … way. The present paper deals with the question if and how the employment careers of West German women with at least one … 1956-65) is carried out. It is of interest whether and how the employment patterns have changed. Another question is what …
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Feminism and labour supply in the Nordic countries/ Axel Hall; Gylfi Zoega
Hall, Axel - 2008
People in the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden work more than the countries’ high tax rates would lead us to predict. This observation is explained by a shared belief system that emphasises women’s rights to labour market participation.
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Working in spite of high taxes: On the role of culture in explaining high employment in the Nordic Countries
Hall, Axel - 2009
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Working or stay-at-home mum? The influence of family benefits and religiosity
Jäger, Ulrike - 2010
It is a well-established fact that mothers' labour force participation reacts differently todifferent types of family benefits. It is also already well-known that cultural and religiousfactors have an impact on their labour force participation. But does the labour forcereaction to family...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312153
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Cluster policy as a development strategy: Case studies from the Middle East and North Africa
Benner, Maximilian - 2012
era of globalization. If cluster policy is successful, it can contribute to the creation of employment and to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294480
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Stakeholding as a new development strategy for Saudi Arabia
Corneo, Giacomo - 2010
The transition from an oil-based to a knowledge-based economy requires that the Saudi population dramatically increases its level of human capital. This paper argues that noncognitive skills may be a bottleneck in the formation of human capital and proposes a policy to indirectly strengthen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010303821
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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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