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Einflussfaktoren auf das Erwerbspersonenpotenzial: Demografie und Erwerbsverhalten in Ost- und Westdeutschland

Fuchs, Johann; Söhnlein, Doris - 2007

structure of the population. The second effect is the migration component. This part is due to the cumulative net inflow of … demographic factor on the labour force is very clear and is caused by the projected ageing of population to a great extend …

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Legal default rules: the case of wrongful discharge laws

MacLeod, W. Bentley; Nakavachara, Voraprapa - 2006

One of the most vexing public policy issues is the extent to which governments should intervene into private contractual relationships. The purpose of this paper is to explore both theoretically and empirically the extent to which such interventions may enhance efficiency. In the case of...

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This job is getting old: measuring changes in job opportunities using occupational age structure

Autor, David H.; Dorn, David - 2009

High- and low-wage occupations are expanding rapidly relative to middle-wage occupations in both the U.S. and the E.U. We study the reallocation of workers from middle-skill occupations towards the tails of the occupational skill distribution by analyzing changes in age structure within and...

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Youth unemployment: Déjà Vu?

Bell, David N.F.; Blanchflower, David G. - 2010

This paper reviews current issues in youth labour markets in developed countries. It argues that young people aged 16-25 have been particularly hard hit during the current recession. Using the USA and UK as cast studies, it analyses both causes and effects of youth unemployment using micro-data....

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Will There Be a Shortage of Skilled Labor? An East German Perspective to 2015

Buscher, Herbert S.; Dettmann, Eva; Sunder, Marco; … - 2009

facing high unemployment in the course of economic transformation and experiences population aging and shrinking more rapidly …

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Estimating the impact of immigration on wages in Ireland

Barrett, Alan; Bergin, Adele; Kelly, Elish - 2009

We estimate the impact of immigration on the wages of natives in Ireland applying the technique proposed by Borjas (2003). Under this method, the labour market is divided into a number of skill cells, where the cells are defined by groups with similar levels of experience and education (or...

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I panni di lana: Nascita, espansione e declino dell’industria tessile di lana italiana, 1100-1730

Munro, John H. - 2005

This study of the Italian wool-based textile industries (woollens, worsteds, and serges) seeks to examine its rise, expansion, and ultimate decline, over a period of five centuries (from ca. 1200 to ca. 1730) in the context of both international competition and economic conjoncture, in the...

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Education and labour market: estimating future skill gap in India

Majumder, Rajarshi; Mukherjee, Dipa; Ray, Jhilam - 2017

Demographic transition creates a small window for countries when the population pyramid shows signs of maturity and … bulges in the middle, indicating a relatively larger share of working age population. Key to reaping this demographic … dividend lies in using the working age population to fullest potential and enhance production to the maximum possible. However …

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Population Dynamics and the Demographic Dividend Potential of Eastern and Southern Africa: A Primer

Cummins, Matthew - 2019

catalyze economic growth and poverty reduction as the working age population expands due to falling birth and death rates …. Using a variety of demographic variables, the paper describes the ongoing population boom in ESA alongside the move toward …

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Employee age structure and firm innovation

Ilmakunnas, Pekka - 2025

The age-innovation relationship is studied at the firm level, using ten waves of Finnish innovation surveys linked to register data on firms and their employees. A negative age-innovation relationship exists for a wide range of average employee ages. This is robust to using employee age group...

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