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European Network of Economic Policy Research Institutes (ENEPRI)
European Network of Economic Policy Research Institutes
The European Network of Economic Policy Research Institutes (ENEPRI) brings together twenty-four leading national economic policy research institutes from most of the EU-27 countries. The goals of the network are to foster the international diffusion of existing research, co-ordinate research...
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IfW - Institut für Weltwirtschaft an der Universität Kiel - Arbeitspapiere
Institut für Weltwirtschaft <Kiel>
Das Institut für Weltwirtschaft an der Universität Kiel (IfW) ist eines der großen Zentren weltwirtschaftlicher Forschung, wirtschaftspolitischer Beratung, ökonomischer Ausbildung und wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Dokumentation. Das Institut sieht seine Hauptaufgabe in der Erforschung...
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The acquis of the European Union under the Management of DG Enterprise and Industry
Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Unternehmen … - 2009
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Europe 2020 Strategy European Semester 2012 : Contributions from Economic and Social Councils and similar institutions from EU Member States
Europäischer Wirtschafts- und Sozialausschuss - 2013
The present report gathers 21 contributions received from national Economic and Social Councils (ESCs) and similar institutions, civil society organisations and members of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in relation to their implications and activities regarding the 2012...
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Demographic trends in Sub-Saharan Africa
van de Walle, Etienne; Kekovole, John - 1986
The study of demographic trends in sub-Saharan Africa though crucial in the assessment of the impact of population size and growth on the overall socio-economic development in the region, has received the least attention due to lack of reliable data for most of the countries. This paper focuses...
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Modernization and the fertility transition, Egypt, 1975
Issa, Mahmoud S. Abdou - 1980
This study investigates regional marital fertility differentials in Egypt and their relationship to the level of … birth rate in Egypt, the long term fertility and mortality levels are discussed. The prospects of a fertility transition in … Egypt are assessed in terms of the current fertility level and pattern, the extent of deliberate fertility regulation, the …
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Computer Technology, Human Labor, and Long-Run Economic Growth
Elliott, Stuart W. - 1998
Over the coming century, computer technology is likely to become capable of reproducing many of the skills now performed by human labor. This paper describes three models of the aggregate economic changes that occur when capital becomes capable of performing human work skills. The basic model,...
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Offshoring Jobs? Multinationnals and U.S. Manufacturing Employment
Harrison, Ann; McMillan, Margaret - 2007
Critics of globalization claim that U.S. manufacturing firms are being driven by the prospects of cheaper labor to shift employment abroad. Yet the evidence, beyond anecdotes, is slim. Using firm-level data collected by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), we estimate the impact on U.S....
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The Microeconomic Implications of Input Market Regulations: Cross-Country Evidence from Within the Firm
Lafontaine, Francine; Sivadasan, Jagadeesh - 2007
We investigate the microeconomic effects of labor regulations that protect employment and are expected to increase rigidity in labor markets. We exploit a unique outlet-level dataset obtained from a multinational food chain operating about 2,840 retail outlets in 43 countries outside the United...
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