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Female suicide and the concept of the midlife crisis
Oswald, Andrew J.; Tohamy, Ahmed - 2017
-being literature and a matching hill-shape in especially female suicide risk (evident in 28 countries and visible in the United States …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011647669
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Well-being of older people in East Asia : the People's Republic of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea
Ichimura, Hidehiko; Lei, Xiaoyan; Lee, Chulhee; Lee, Jinkook - 2024
East Asia is undergoing a rapid demographic transition and "super" aging. As a result of steadily decreasing fertility and increasing life expectancy, older people's proportion of the population and the old-age dependency ratio is rising across all countries in East Asia, particularly in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015076365
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Female Suicide and the Concept of the Midlife Crisis
Oswald, Andrew J.; Tohamy, Ahmed - 2017
-being literature and a matching hill-shape in especially female suicide risk (evident in 28 countries and visible in the United States …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653487
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Political institutions and suicide: A regional analysis of Switzerland
Fischer, Justina AV; Rodriguez-Andrés, Antonio - Thurgauer Wirtschaftsinstitut an der Universität Konstanz - 2008
suicide, remains still largely unknown. This paper examines the effects of political institutions and governance structure on … suicide using a balanced panel for 26 Swiss states (cantons) over the period 1980–1998. Our results indicate that stronger … popular rights and more fiscal decentralization reduce suicide, while more local autonomy increases it. The effects are not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005256266
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Regional estimates of multidimensional poverty in India
Dehury, Bidyadhar; Mohanty, Sanjay K. - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 9 (2015) 2015-36, pp. 1-35
This paper estimates and decomposes multidimensional poverty in 82 natural regions in India using unit data from the Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS), 2011-12. Multidimensional poverty is measured in the dimensions of health, education, living standard and household environment using eight...
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Work-family reconciliation policies and women's and mothers' labor market outcomes in rich democracies
Brady, David; Blome, Agnes; Kmec, Julie A. - 2018
Prominent research has claimed that work-family reconciliation policies trigger "tradeoffs" and "paradoxes" in terms of gender equality with adverse labor market consequences for women. These claims have greatly influenced debates regarding social policy, work, family, and gender inequality....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060338
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Digitalization: Labour markets
Chernoff, Alex; Galassi, Gabriela - 2023
In this paper, the authors assess the relationship between digitalization and labour demand and supply, and how this relationship affects wages and income inequality. We also explore implications of recent digitalization trends for the future of work.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014541748
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Situation der gesellschaftlich notwendigen Dienstleistungen in Südniedersachsen
Wolter, Marc Ingo; Bernardt, Florian - 2021
Ein funktionierendes Gemeinwesen, individuelle Teilhabe und die Bewältigung von Krisen sind ohne die erfolgreiche Erbringung von Dienstleistungen in kritischen Bereichen nicht denkbar. Das GenDis-Projekt („Gesellschaftlich notwendige Dienstleistungen sicherstellen: Ist Arbeit am Gemeinwohl...
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Natural Resources, Demand for Skills, and Schooling Choices
Bütikofer, Aline; Dalla-Zuanna, Antonio; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2023
This paper studies the consequences of the buildup of a new economic sector—the Norwegian petroleum industry—on investment in human capital. We assess both short-term and long-term effects for a broad set of educational margins, by comparing individuals in regions exposed to the new sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377189
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Regional estimates of multidimensional poverty in India
Dehury, Bidyadhar; Mohanty, Sanjay K. - 2015
Using unit data from the Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS), 2004-05, this paper estimates and decompose the multidimensional poverty dynamics in 84 natural regions of India. Multidimensional poverty is measured in the dimensions of health, knowledge, income, employment and household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010516360