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Parenthood and Productivity of Highly Skilled Labor: Evidence from the Groves of Academe
Krapf, Matthias; Ursprung, Heinrich W.; Zimmermann, … - Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) - 2014
, becoming a mother before 30 years of age appears to have a detrimental effect on research productivity. …
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The dynamics of homeownership among the 50+ in Europe
Angelini, Viola; Brugiavini, Agar; Weber, Guglielmo - In: Journal of Population Economics 27 (2014) 3, pp. 797-823
We use life history data covering households in 13 European countries to analyse residential moves past the age of 50 …
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A Life-cycle Approach to Improve the Sustainability of Rural Water Systems in Resource-Limited Countries
Jones, Sharon A.; Anya, Abseen; Stacey, Nicholas; Weir, … - In: Challenges 3 (2012) 2, pp. 233-260
A WHO and UNICEF joint report states that in 2008, 884 million people lacked access to potable drinking water. A life-cycle approach to develop potable water systems may improve the sustainability for such systems, however, a review of the literature shows that such an approach has primarily...
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Residential Solar-Based Seasonal Thermal Storage Systems in Cold Climates: Building Envelope and Thermal Storage
Hugo, Alexandre; Zmeureanu, Radu - In: Energies 5 (2012) 10, pp. 3972-3985
The reduction of electricity use for heating and domestic hot water in cold climates can be achieved by: (1) reducing the heating loads through the improvement of the thermal performance of house envelopes, and (2) using solar energy through a residential solar-based thermal storage system....
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The Trend in the Rate of Labor Force Participation of Older Men, 1870-1930: A Review of the Evidence
Ransom, Roger L.; Sutch, Richard - Institute of Business and Economic Research (IBER), … - 1988
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Revisiting wage, earnings, and hours profiles
Rupert, Peter; Zanella, Giulio - Department of Economics, University of California-Santa … - 2012
cohorts we analyze the wage profile does not decline with age, while the earnings profile always does. The discrepancy is … explained by a sharp drop of the hours profile beginning shortly after age 50, when many workers start a smooth transition into …
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Labour's Record on Cash Transfers, Poverty, Inequality and the Lifecycle 1997 - 2010
Hills, John - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2013
poverty line. - By contrast, spending on other transfers to working-age adults fell as a share of national income from the … risen without the reforms (and pensioner poverty would have fallen less far). However, poverty for working-age adults … age adults. Being a child or a pensioner no longer carried a much greater risk of living in poverty than for other age …
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Specific Features of the use of Reinnovations When Creating High Technologies in Metallurgy and Engineering
Bozhko Valeriy P.; Maznichenko Anna D.; Omelchenko Olga L. - In: Business Inform (2013) 5, pp. 134-139
The article considers earlier created innovations in the field of pulse and high-speed processing, which by their technical and economic indicators are prospective for wide application in the modern metallurgical and engineering productions. It offers to use the procedure of reinnovations for...
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Protection sociale : investir à toutes les étapes du cycle de vie pour la justice sociale, la réduction de la pauvreté et le développement durable
Bonilla García, A; Gruat, J.V - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2003
working life but also childhood and old age. Explores a broader concept of social protection based on guaranteeing access to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690083
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Social protection : a life cycle continuum investment for social justice, poverty reduction and sustainable development
Bonilla García, A; Gruat, J.V - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2003
working life but also childhood and old age. Explores a broader concept of social protection based on guaranteeing access to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690171