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Breaks in employment due to childcare in the Czech Republic before and after 1989
Valentova, Marie - In: Work, Employment & Society 26 (2012) 2, pp. 262-277
employment due to childcare and how their perceptions are affected by whether they had their children prior to or after the fall … of the socialist regime. The analysis reveals that women’s perceptions of interruptions in employment due to childcare … exhibit more negative perceptions of how engaging in childcare influenced their careers compared to mothers who interrupted …
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The role of employment interruptions and part-time work for the rise in wage inequality
Biewen, Martin; Fitzenberger, Bernd; de Lazzer, Jakob - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 7 (2018) 10, pp. 1-34
The incidence of employment interruptions and temporary part-time work has grown strongly among full-time workers, yet little is known about the impact on wage inequality. This is the first study showing that such episodes play a substantial role for the rise in inequality of full-time wages,...
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The role of employment interruptions and part-time work for the rise in wage inequality
Biewen, Martin; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Lazzer, Jakob de - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 7 (2018) 10, pp. 1-34
The incidence of employment interruptions and temporary part-time work has grown strongly among full-time workers, yet little is known about the impact on wage inequality. This is the first study showing that such episodes play a substantial role for the rise in inequality of full-time wages,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011951625
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Enfants, interruptions d'activité des femmes et écart de salaire entre les sexes
Meurs, Dominique; Pailhé, Ariane; Ponthieux, Sophie - In: Revue de l'OFCE n° 114 (2010) 3, pp. 113-133
The article presents an analysis of the impact of children on wages in terms of the family gap in pay. After a brief presentation of the main empirical results and theoretical explanations that can be found in international literature, it analyzes, for France, the effects children have on...
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Maastricht criteria versus stability pact
Bohn, Frank - 2005
It is generally believed that fiscal consolidations should occur prior to a country's admission to the European Monetary Union (EMU). This paper argues that the fiscal Maastricht Criteria require badly timed, costly adjustments while not guaranteeing sustained fiscal restraint. An effective...
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The Eritrean Diaspora: Savior or Gravedigger of the Regime? Diaspora Responses to the Imposition of UN Sanctions
Hirt, Nicole - 2013
This article examines the impact of UN-imposed sanctions on the stability of the Eritrean regime, using diaspora behavior as an explanatory variable of crucial importance. It explores the transnational nature of Eritrean society, which is characterized by long-distance nationalism, and examines...
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Riots and the window of opportunity for coup plotters: Evidence on the link between urban protests and coups d'état
Gerling, Lena - 2017
This paper investigates the impact of urban protests on coup attempts in a sample of 39 Sub- Saharan African countries for the period 1990 to 2007. Widespread public discontent, especially when occurring in urban centers, can act as a trigger of coups d'état in autocratic regimes by opening a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011574079
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Wie beeinflussen die politische Lage und FDI das Wirtschaftswachstum? Empirische Evidenz für die Ukraine und Polen
Levoshko, Tamila - 2016
Die vorliegende Studie untersucht erstmalig für die Ukraine und Polen, wie der Wechsel der vertretenen Regierungspartei in der Region und die Absorptionsfähigkeit von FDI das regionale Wirtschaftswachstum beeinflussen. Die empirische Analyse erfolgt auf regionaler Ebene für den Zeitraum...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688281
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Macroeconomic effects of China's financial policies
Chen, Kaiji; Zha, Tao - 2018
The Chinese economy has undergone three major phases: the 1978-97 period marked as the SOE-led economy, the 1998-2015 phase as the investment-driven economy, and the new normal economy since 2016. All three economies have been shaped by the government financial policies, defined as a set of...
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Regras de políticas monetária e fiscal no Brasil: Evidências empíricas de dominância monetária e dominância fiscal
de Mendonça, Mário Jorge Cardoso; Moreira, Tito … - 2017
Based on the hypothesis that the rulers of monetary and fiscal policy in Brazil may have been submitted to different regimes, the present study applies Leeper model (1991; 2005) in order to identify the chronology of policy regimes regarding their active and passive character. The policy rules are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011818884