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The development of long-term care in post-socialist member states of the EU
Golinowska, Stanislawa; Sowa, Agnieszka - 2013
Long-term care (LTC) in the new EU member states, which used to belong to the former socialist countries, is not yet a legally separated sector of social security. However, the ageing dynamics are more intensive in these states than in the old EU member states. This paper analyses the process of...
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A Social Union for the EU? Contra: Europe Does Not Need a Social Union
Sinn, Hans-Werner - In: CESifo Forum 04 (2003) 4, pp. 36
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Linkages between pro-poor growth, social programmes and labour market: The recent Brazilian experience
Kakwani, Nanak; Neri, Marcelo; Son, Hyun H. - 2009
This paper analyses the relationship between growth patterns, poverty, and inequality in Brazil during its globalization process, focusing on the role played by the labour market and social programmes. Methodologically, the paper makes two contributions to the literature. One is the proposal of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273493
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Supports for Working Families: Work and Care Policies across Welfare States
Gornick, Janet C.; Meyers, Marcia K. - In: CESifo DICE Report 01 (2003) 4, pp. 13-18
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Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) in Selected OECD Countries
Kamerman, Sheila B. - In: CESifo DICE Report 01 (2003) 4, pp. 19-24
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The effect of enclave residence on the labour force activities of immigrants in Canada
Tu, Jiong - 2010
immigrants' labour force participation rate and employment probability. For recent immigrants who arrived in Canada within the … the labour force activity of older immigrants who have lived in Canada for more than twenty years. Since immigrants could …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269543
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Labour supply and taxes: New estimates of the responses of wives to husbands' wages
Dostie, Benoit; Kromann, Lene - 2012
In this paper, we estimate income- and substitution- labour supply and participation elasticities for Canadian married women using data from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics 1996-2005. We use the Canadian Tax and Credit Simulator (CTaCS) and detailed information on the structure of...
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You Can Take it with You! The Returns to Foreign Human Capital of Male Temporary Foreign Workers
Warman, Casey - 2007
The research on immigration has found falling labor market outcomes of immigrants in many Western countries. In Canada … foreign work experience for recent immigrant cohorts and now composes the majority of Canada's immigration. It is likely that … enter Canada under. While immigrants for the most part are selected by the government, the selection process for temporary …
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Earnings and Community College Field of Study Choice in Canada
Boudarbat, Brahim - 2004
In this paper, we estimate a structural model of choice of field of study by community college students. We use data from the Canadian Survey of Graduates for 12,871 individuals who successfully completed their programs in Canadian community colleges (CEGEPs in Quebec) in 1990 and 1995. Over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261904
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The Complementarity of Language and Other Human Capital: Immigrant Earnings in Canada
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2002
This paper analyzes the effects of language practice on earnings among adult male immigrants in Canada using the 1991 … Census. Earnings are shown to increase with schooling, pre-immigration experience and duration in Canada, as well as with … in Canada on earnings. …
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