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A Global View on Demographic Pressure and Labour Market Participation
Peeters, Marga - 2012
Demographic change across the globe puts pressure on labour markets and public finances. Most studies on ageing focus on the projected development of the old age dependency ratio, being the ratio of persons 65 or older relative to the working age population. This ratio gives a very incomplete...
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Why are Women Working so Much More in Canada? : An International Perspective
Tsounta, Evridiki - 2006
-friendly policies introduced in Canada could boost female participation in other countries and help policymakers meet the challenges of …
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Why did unemployment respond so differently to the global financial crisis across countries? : insights from Okun’s Law
Cazes, Sandrine; Verick, Sher Singh; Al-Hussami, Fares - In: IZA journal of labor policy 2 (2013), pp. 1-18
commentators have argued that the subsequent rise in unemployment exceeded previous estimates of the elasticity of the unemployment …-term estimate of Okun’s coefficient implying that the deviation in unemployment during the crisis resulted from a larger output gap … period utilized. Focusing more on short-term fluctuations, changes in unemployment are decomposed to identify the association …
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Forced Migration : An Empirical Review of Current Developments
Tan Keok, Tay - 2021
This study provides an overview of current developments in forced migration research and policy interests, concentrating on those areas in which offers its particular expertise to policymakers. It maps current research areas and policy trends as of the end of 2016, as well as identifying areas...
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Review Analysis of Current Developments of Forced Migration
Ulrika, Maude - 2021
This paper provides an overview of current developments in forced migration research and policy interests, concentrating on those areas in which offers its particular expertise to policymakers. It maps current research areas and policy trends as of the end of 2016, as well as identifying areas...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013234735
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Economic Diaspora : A Literature Review
Ulrika, Maude - 2021
The purpose of this study is to present in a complete way the kernel of such a production. People migrate and this decision is sometimes permanent, but there are links with the country of origin that stand up to time and distances. With respect to this, the so called economic diaspora well...
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Role of Kinship and Social Network in International Migration
Zakiyyah, Varachia - 2021
Social networks, kinship, and religion play a key role in the decision to migrate, and in determining migration journeys and return. This includes the role of family members in host countries, who may encourage prospective migrants through remittances and information. Migrants proactively seek...
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Dynamics and Sustainability of International Migration and Development Nexus
Zakiyyah, Varachia - 2021
This paper have presented the kernel of the migration literature on remittances. It started from their three most debated features: stability, cyclicality and sustainability. Then moved to the motives driving remittances and, finally, their relationship with development. Both sustainability and...
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Literature Review of Migration and Development
Zakiyyah, Varachia - 2021
The aim of this article is to present in a complete way the kernel of such a production. People migrate and this decision is sometimes permanent, but there are links with the country of origin that stand up to time and distances. With respect to this, the so called economic diaspora well depicts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013236294
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Literature Review of Migration and Development
Zakiyyah, Varachia - 2021
The aim of this article is to present in a complete way the kernel of such a production. People migrate and this decision is sometimes permanent, but there are links with the country of origin that stand up to time and distances. With respect to this, the so called economic diaspora well depicts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013241133