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). To achieve more and better employment (where 'better' depends on such factors as rate of pay, job security, employment … protections, and type of work), analysts and donors need to understand better how employment, growth, poverty and other factors … interact, how unemployment is caused, and how employment can be improved. At the same time, drawing on practical experience …
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A central issue in estimating the employment effects of minimum wages is the appropriate comparison group for states … reduce employment of less-skilled workers. In Neumark et al. (Ind Labor Relat Rev 67:608-648, 2014), we present evidence that …
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The paper investigates the relationship between external debt and economic growth, focusing on the role played by the policy and institutional framework. Results for a panel of 114 developing countries show that the debt-growth nexus depends on institutions and policies. The Debt-Laffer curve...
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this process. Estimation outcomes show that the most important part of remittances is consumed and that remittances …
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This paper aims to assess the relationship among fiscal variables (government revenue and expenditure) in Sub-Saharan African countries. Using yearly data for the period between 1980 and 2011 in fifteen ECOWAS countries, a weak long-run relationship between government expenditure and revenue...
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two trading partners, namely the USA and Japan in 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. It also discusses the implications of … USA and Malaysia does not have any structural break both in respect of GNI and GDP. …
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Die Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie ist seit einiger Zeit eines der wichtigsten familienpolitischen Ziele. Zum einen, weil es Eltern, insbesondere Müttern, erleichtert werden soll, erwerbstätig zu sein. Zum anderen, weil die Hoffnung besteht, dass die Geburtenrate steigt, wenn berufliche...
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