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Geburten in Ost- und Westdeutschland : erleichtert eine hohe Risikobereitschaft die Entscheidung für ein Kind?

Schmitt, Christian - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 11, pp. 18-23

Die von wirtschaftlichen Umbrüchen geprägten Jahre nach der Wiedervereinigung waren für viele Ostdeutsche mit zunehmender Unsicherheit verbunden, während die Veränderungen in Westdeutschland weitaus weniger gravierend waren. In der Folge kam es in den 90er Jahren zu einem massiven Rückgang...

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Jugendarbeitslosigkeit sinkt deutlich : regionale Unterschiede verstärken sich

Brenke, Karl - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 19, pp. 3-13

Die Jugendarbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland sinkt auf den tiefsten Stand seit der Wiedervereinigung. Zwischen 2005 und 2012 hat sich die Zahl der Erwerbslosen unter 25 Jahren mehr als halbiert. Im internationalen Vergleich steht Deutschland damit hervorragend da. Nirgendwo in Europa ist die...

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Gender differences in earnings and labor supply in early career : evidence from Kosovo’s school-to-work transition survey

Pastore, Francesco; Sattar, Sarosh; Tiongson, Erwin R. - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 2 (2013), pp. 1-34

Very little is known about gender wage disparities in Kosovo and, to date, nothing is known about how such wage disparities evolve over time, particularly during the first few years spent by young workers in the labor market. More generally, not much is known about gender wage gaps in early...

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Rechtsanspruch auf Kitaplatz ab zweitem Lebensjahr : Erwerbsbeteiligung von Müttern wird steigen und Kinder können in ihrer Entwicklung profitieren

Müller, Kai-Uwe; Spieß, C. Katharina; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 32, pp. 3-12

in a childcare facility or family day care. What effects does this have on the mothers' economic activity and child …-funded educational and childcare facilities will also rise by around two percentage points. In the short and medium term, using a … childcare facility at an earlier age can also have a positive impact on a child's development. This applies to both the everyday …

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Arbeitsplatzverlust der Mutter kann die Entwicklung ihrer Kinder beeinträchtigen

Peter, Frauke H.; Spieß, C. Katharina - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 33, pp. 3-8

Der Verlust des Arbeitsplatzes ist für Arbeitnehmer meist mit erheblichen negativen Folgen verbunden - dies gilt umso mehr, wenn von den Auswirkungen Familien betroffen sind. Dabei ist nicht nur die finanzielle Situation von Bedeutung: Auch die Entwicklung der Kinder kann beeinflusst werden,...

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Missing women in the United Kingdom

Adamou, Adamos; Drakos, Christina; Iyer, Sriya - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-19

This paper investigates the gender-selection decisions of immigrants in the United Kingdom, using data from the 1971–2006 General Household Survey. We examine sex-selection in the UK among immigrant families and the gender composition of previous births, conditional on socio-economic...

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Job security and the age-composition of employment : evidence from Chile

Pagés, Carmen; Montenegro, Claudio E. - In: Estudios de economía 34 (2007) 2, pp. 109-139

This paper develops and tests a mechanism by which job security affects the age-composition of employment. This mechanism is based on the relative costs of dismissing young versus older workers resulting from job security provisions that are related to tenure. Using 39 consecutive annual...

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Empirical analysis of employment and foreign direct investment in Malaysia : an ARDL bounds testing approach to cointegration

Pinn, Stan Lee Shun; Ching, Kok Sook; Kogid, Mori; … - In: Advances in management & applied economics 1 (2011) 3, pp. 77-91

This study examines the relationships between the employment and foreign direct investment (FDI) in Malaysia. The Malaysian government continues to put efforts in attracting more FDI inflows as it seems that FDI plays a major role in the economic development of Malaysia. Besides, there is...

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Wage and occupational assimilation by skill level : migration policy lessons from Spain

Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 1 (2012), pp. 1-24

Spain and Ireland might seem at first to feature very different labour markets, which go from very tight to very flexible labour conditions. Our analysis, however, goes beyond this simplistic argument and brings to light some important similarities. For this purpose, we estimate a dynamic...

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Who bears the cost of the business cycle? : labor-market institutions and volatility of the youth unemployment rate

Kawaguchi, Daiji; Murao, Tetsushi - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-22

The way age-specific unemployment rates fluctuate over the business cycle differs significantly across countries. This paper examines the effect of labor-market institutions on the fluctuations of age-specific unemployment rates based on panel data of 18 OECD countries between 1971 and 2008....

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