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Analysing average travel-to-work distances in Northern Ireland using the 1991 census of population: The effects of locality, social composition, and religion
Shuttleworth, Ian; Lloyd, Chris - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 7, pp. 909-921
relationships and that locational factors, such as proximity to employment opportunities, can outweigh social characteristics as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005491464
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Interregional migration and post-move employment in two-earner families: Evidence from Finland
Nivalainen, Satu - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 7, pp. 891-907
Nivalainen S. (2005) Interregional migration and post-move employment in two-earner families: evidence from Finland …, Regional Studies 39 , 891-907. This paper investigates the post-move employment of men and women in Finnish two-earner families …: unobservable characteristics exist that both increase migrants' employment potential and make them more mobile. Migration itself …
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A new regional policy for Britain
Gill, Stephen FOTHER - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 5, pp. 659-667
Fothergill S. (2005) A new regional policy for Britain, Regional Studies 39 , 659-667. Britain's Labour Government is setting new directions for UK regional policy and proposing radical changes in European Union regional policy as well. This paper provides a critical review of the three UK...
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Economic Change and the Labour Market in Britain's Seaside Towns
Beatty, Christina; Fothergill, Stephen - In: Regional Studies 38 (2004) 5, pp. 459-478
even the sectors of the local economy most closely linked to tourism show growth in employment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005278726
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Contribution of Structural Change to Productivity Growth: Evidence from Tunisia
Marouani, Mohamed Ali; Mouelhi, Rim - DIAL - 2015
The objective of the paper is to analyze the dynamics of sectoral productivity growth in Tunisia and assess the contribution of structural change to these dynamics. Using sectoral and firm data we show that productivity increased at a relatively sustained pace in Tunisia in the last three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011264943
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Nouveau portrait des petites entreprises de l'Ouest du Canada: croissance et emploi
Chambers, Edward J.; Church, Wade - Western Centre for Economic Research (WCER), School of … - 2006
Le rapport examine l’effet des petites entreprises sur l’économie et sur l’emploi dans les quatre provinces de l …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005022043
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Comment les femmes concilient-elles mariage et travail à Dakar et à Lomé ?
Adjamagbo, Agnès; Antoine, Philippe; Beguy, Donatien; … - DIAL - 2006
(english) Women’s disadvantaged position in the labour market can be explained by conflicts between their roles in exercising an economic activity and in assuming their domestic activities. Husbands’ insufficient or inexistent income has increased women’s role in household survival...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005767569
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Comment les femmes concilient-elles mariage et travail à Dakar et à Lomé ?
Adjamagbo, Agnès; Antoine, Philippe; Béguy, Donatien; … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2006
Women’s disadvantaged position in the labour market can be explained by conflicts between their roles in exercising an economic activity and in assuming their domestic activities. Husbands’ insufficient or inexistent income has increased women’s role in household survival strategies, but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011074508
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Exportaciones y empleo en Bolivia
Muriel H., Beatriz; Mayorga, Joaquín - 2012
This paper analyzes Bolivian exports focusing on their jobs results. We find that: i) employment created by exports is … negative and significant impact on employment, although part of this has been offset by selling more to Venezuela, as part of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326937
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Medidas de contención, evolución del empleo y propagación del Covid-19 en los municipios españoles
Gutiérrez Chacón, Eduardo; Moral Benito, Enrique - 2020
empleo como sobre la contención de la pandemia. En concreto, el peso de las actividades no esenciales en cada municipio se … esenciales habrían sufrido mayores pérdidas de empleo, pero, a la vez, habrían experimentado una propagación menos virulenta de … employment and on containing the pandemic. Specifically, we analyse the relationship between the share of firms forced to shut …
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