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Mobile internet, skills and structural transformation in Rwanda
Caldarola, Bernardo; Grazzi, Marco; Occelli, Martina; … - 2022
This paper examines the relationship between mobile internet, employment and structural transformation in Rwanda. Thanks to its ability to enable access to a wide range of ICT technologies, internet coverage has the potential to affect the dynamics and the composition of employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013282564
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Managing conflicts and disasters : exploring collaboration between employers' and workers' organizations
Internationale Arbeitsorganisation - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012260825
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Time to act for SDG 8 : integrating decent work, sustained growth and environmental integrity
Internationale Arbeitsorganisation - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012260826
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Revisiting the J-shape : human development and fertility in the United States
Schubert, Henrik-Alexander; Dudel, Christian; Kolobova, … - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014282311
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New times, old beliefs : projecting the future size of religions in Austria
Goujon, Anne; Skirbekk, Vegard; Fliegenschnee, Katrin; … - 2006
% in 2051. The most uncertain projections are for those without religious affiliation: they could number as little as 10 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003317389
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Secularism or catholicism? : the religious composition of the United States to 2043
Skirbekk, Vegard; Goujon, Anne; Kaufmann, Eric - 2008
We project the religious composition of the United States to 2043, considering fertility differences, migration, intergenerational religious transmission and conversion by 11 ethnoreligious groups. If fertility and migration trends continue, Hispanic Catholics will experience rapid growth,...
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Projecting meat and cereals demand for China based on a meta-analysis of income elasticities
Zhou, De; Yu, Xiaohua; Abler, David Gerrard; Chen, Danhong - 2014
There are many projections for China’s food demand, and the projection results differ significantly from each other … projections based on time-varying income elasticities and values based on constant elasticities are substantial in quantities and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010353356
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Future fertility in low fertility countries
Basten, Stuart; Sobotka, Tomáš; Zeman, Kryštof - 2013
produce global argumentbased population projections by age, sex and level of education. First we give an overview of fertility …-derived projections of the TFR trends with the forecasts formulated by the UN World Population Prospects in 2010. The survey results in … trends in main regions. Presented analyses and projections indicate that a global convergence of fertility to around …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010235972
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The empirical (ir)relevance of the interest rate assumption for central bank forecasts : conference paper
Knüppel, Malte; Schultefrankenfeld, Guido - 2013
The interest rate assumptions for macroeconomic forecasts differ considerably among central banks. Common approaches are given by the assumption of constant interest rates, interest rates expected by market participants, or the central bank's own interest rate expectations. From a theoretical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337208
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Macro-fiscal management practices in Eastern and Southern Africa
Battersby, Bryn; Lienert, Ian - 2021
This paper examines the institutional arrangements of the macro-fiscal function in 16 African countries. Most ministries of finance (MoFs) have established a macro-fiscal department or unit, but their functions, size, structure and outputs vary considerably. Based on a survey, we present data on...
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