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Demographic and economic trends in a rural Europe in transition

Johansson, Mats; Nilsson, Pia; Weslund, Hans - 2014 - Draft version - Work in progress

Rural Europe is in a phase of huge transition both from a demographic and economic-structural point of view. This paper is focused on demographic and economic-structural changes in differing rural areas and the connection between these processes. This does not exclude the relations to urban...

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From independence to the Euro introduction : varieties of capitalism in the Baltic States

Wrobel, Ralph - 2015

The Baltic States, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, are very successful in transformation. From 1991 to 2015 they … in 2014 and Lithuania in 2015. Thereof follow two questions. First, why all three Baltic countries are so successful? And … secondly, do we really find everywhere the pattern of the "Shining star" Estonia, followed by Latvia and at least Lithuania …

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Interrelationships between human capital, migration and labour markets in the Western Balkans : an econometric investigation

Mara, Isilda; Landesmann, Michael - 2021

The high outward mobility that has characterised the countries in the Western Balkan (WB) region over the past three decades is often seen as tightly linked to severe labour market imbalances and persistently low utilisation of human capital over time. To shed light on these issues, we estimate...

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Spatial typology of the ageing process in the European Union on the Level NUTS 2 regions

Šotkovský, Ivan - 2014

The article is deal with the spatial differences of the demographic events between European Union regions. We are research spatial diferencies of ageing process between 272 NUTS 2 regions today. The analyses on this spatial level are working with the creation of cartogram method for processing...

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Demographic and economic pressure on emigration out of Africa

Hatton, Timothy J.; Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2001

Two of the main forces driving European emigration in the late nineteenth century were real wage gaps between sending and receiving regions and demographic booms in the low-wage sending regions (directly augmenting the supply of potential movers as well as indirectly making already-measured...

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A "healthy immigrant effect" or a "sick immigrant effect"? : selection and policies matter

Constant, Amelie; García-Muñoz, Teresa M.; Neuman, … - 2015

An extensive body of research related to immigrants in a variety of countries has documented a "healthy immigrant effect" (HIE). When immigrants arrive in the host country they are healthier than comparable native populations, but their health status may deteriorate with additional years in the...

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Micro and macro determinants of health : older immigrants in Europe

Constant, Amelie; García-Muñoz, Teresa M.; Neuman, … - 2014

We study the health determinants of immigrant men and women over the age of fifty, in Europe, and compare them to natives. We utilize the unique Survey of Health Aging and Retirement (SHARE) and augmented it with macroeconomic information on the 22 home countries and 16 host countries. Using...

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Human capital as engine of growth : the role of knowledge transfers in promoting balanced growth within and across countries

Ehrlich, Isaac; Pei, Yun - 2020

Unlike physical capital, human capital has both embodied and disembodied dimensions. It can be perceived of as skill and acquired knowledge, but also as knowledge spillover effects between overlapping generations and across different skill groups within and across countries. We illustrate the...

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The effect of immigration on natives' well-being in the European Union

O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2019 - Version: May 24, 2019

Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Europe today, yet little is known about the overall effect of its multiple impacts. The analysis suggests natives need not worry. Increasing immigrant population shares have no statistically significant effects on natives' well-being in 28...

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Spurring economic growth through human development : research results and guidance for policymakers

Bloom, David E.; Khoury, Alexander; Kufenko, Vadim; … - 2020

Education, general health, and reproductive health are key indicators of human development. Investments in these domains can also promote economic growth. This paper argues for the importance of human development related investments based on i) a theoretical economic growth model with poverty...

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