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Some Remarks on Lujo Brentano's View of Labor Market Problems Lujo Brentano (1844-1931) aimed for "realism" in economics. Regarding labor market theory, two topics are of particular interest: His investigations on "Hours and Wages in Relation to Production" (Scribner's 1894) and his analysis "On...
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This paper reports on the economic and financial reforms in Guinea-Bissau. After a long period of recession since the beginning of 2000 followed by a slight recovery in 2007, the economy of Guinea-Bissau has entered a new growth spurt in 2008. The budget deficit, which averaged 10 percent of GDP...
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fertility pattern in Poland compared to the selected European countries - Italy, Spain and France. Since new fertility patterns …. They involve a sudden fall in the fertility rate, accompanied by an increase in the age of mothers giving birth to their …
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In this paper we compare Italy and Poland, two countries where the country-specific obstacles to work and family … Poland women tend to combine the two activities. Overall, we find that countries characterised by similarly strong … institutionally or culturally driven tensions between work and family may differ in how women’s fertility and employment behaviours …
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cities in particular have lower fertility compared to non-migrants in rural areas, both in Austria and Poland. Second, it …Previous research has proposed four competing views on an individual’s fertility following a move from one social … existing discussion on fertility by providing an analysis of the effects of internal migration on the fertility of post …
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This article opens with a review of the main trends in family-related behaviour, i.e. fertility decline and changes in … fertility patterns, a decreasing propensity to marry, postponement of marriage, and a slowly increasing frequency of divorces … determinants of family changes within the general conceptual framework of the Second Democratic Transition (SDT) in Poland. However …
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's fertility decisions, but it can become an attractive option for women after they have children because of the flexibility it …
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After the state socialist regime of Poland collapsed in 1989, the nation’s total fertility rate plummeted from 2.1 to … 1.27 by 2007. Simultaneously, Poland severely reduced social service provisions and restricted access to family planning … with small children are decisive in women’s decisions to postpone or forego childbearing. The case of Poland demonstrates …
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