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Temporary Work Agencies in Italy: A Springboard Toward Permanent Employment?
Ichino, Andrea; Mealli, Fabrizia; Nannicini, Tommaso - In: Giornale degli Economisti 64 (2005) 1, pp. 1-27
come trom Italy, where TWA employment was liberalized in 1997, and they were specifically collected for this evaluation …
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Family Planning: The Hidden Need of Married Adolescents in Nepal
Aguilar, Ana Milena; Cortez, Rafael - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015
In Nepal, both early marriage and motherhood still place adolescents and their children at a great disadvantage. In 2011, one-third of girls aged 15-19 were already married. About 60 percent of them were pregnant or had at least one child, and one in ten had two living children (Nepal...
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The relationship between earnings and first birth probability among Norwegian men and women 1994-2008
Kaldager, Rannveig V. - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2014
that the correlation between earnings and fertility has become more positive over time for women but is virtually unchanged … men. I suggest that decreasing opportunity costs of motherhood as well as strategic timing of fertility to reduce wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011079247
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The impact of employment transitions on health in Germany. A difference-in-differences propensity score matching approach
Gebel, Michael; Voßemer, Jonas - In: Social Science & Medicine 108 (2014) C, pp. 128-136
This article investigates the effects of transitions between employment and unemployment on health. It also addresses the question of whether or not the widespread use of temporary employment has altered the positive health effects of employment. Drawing on data from the German Socio-Economic...
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Competitive Tendering and Contracting of Temporary Work Agencies in Germany
Ochel, Wolfgang - In: CESifo DICE Report 2 (2004) 2, pp. 69-74
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005056456
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Family planning and fertility decline in rural Iran: the impact of rural health clinics
Djavad Salehi‐Isfahani; M. Jalal Abbasi‐Shavazi; … - In: Health Economics 19 (2010) S1, pp. 159-180
fertility was on the rise. In a reversal of its population policy, in 1989, the government launched an ambitious and innovative … this paper, we evaluate the impact of a particular feature of the program – health houses – on rural fertility, taking … range of estimates for the impact of health houses on village‐level fertility: difference‐in‐differences (DID), matching DID …
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Kingdom of Lesotho; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, Prioritization, and Cost Matrix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for the Kingdom of Lesotho presents a determined plan in pursuance of high and sustainable equity-based economic growth. It contains medium-term objectives and strategies to address the major challenges facing the country. These challenges include employment...
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Republic of Uzbekistan; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
The Welfare Improvement Strategy (WIS) of Uzbekistan has the objective of improving living standards of its people with the help of strong economic policies for all priority areas of development. The report reviews economic and social policies and assesses the living standards of its people. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243090
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Short and long term evaluations of Public Employment Services in Italy
Paolo, NATICHIONI; LORIGA, Silvia - Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), … - 2008
In this paper we evaluate the efficacy of Public Employment Services in Italy (PESs) in increasing the unemployment to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004984857
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Farm Structure and the Effects of Agri-Environmental Programs: Results from a Matching Analysis for European Countries
Pufahl, Andrea; Weiss, Christoph R. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009
This paper extends previous research (Pufahl and Weiss, 2009) and applies a semi-parametric propensity score matching approach to evaluate the effects of agrienvironment (AE) programs on input use and farm output of individual farms in eight Member States of the European Union. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998943