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A method for socially evaluating the effects of long-run demographic paths on living standards
Parr, Nick; Guest, Ross - In: Demographic Research 31 (2014) 11, pp. 275-318
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Maternal and Child Survival: Findings from five countries experience in addressing maternal and child health challenges
Cortez, Rafael; Saadat, Seemeen; Chowdhury, Sadia; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Considerable progress has been made towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) since 1990. Although advances in improving MDG 4 and MDG 5a (reducing child and maternal mortality, respectively) have been made, progress is some countries have been insufficient. While some...
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Macroeconomics of Migration in New Member States
Bems, Rudolfs; Schellekens, Philip - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper examines the macroeconomic impact of migration on income convergence in the EU's New Member States (NMS …
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Laboratory Professionals in Africa: The Backbone of Quality Diagnostics
Schneidman, Miriam; Dacombe, Russell J.; Carter, Jane - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Laboratories have historically been under supported in developing country health systems resulting in poor quality diagnosis and inadequate disease surveillance. Laboratory professionals are predominantly male with relatively limited female labor participation, with potential gender based...
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Maahanmuutto ja työvoiman riittävyys: Taloudellisten vaikutusten arviointia
Alho, Juha M.; Kangasharju, Aki; Lassila, Jukka; … - 2023
negative effects by increasing net migration. Our calculations show that a yearly net migration of 44,000 persons is needed to … stabilize the size of the birth cohorts and the labor force with the current age and gender structure of net migration. The … future net migration of 15,000 persons, also projected by Statistics Finland. We utilize in our numerical calculations a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014329389
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Maahanmuutto ja työvoiman riittävyys : taloudellisten vaikutusten arviointia
Alho, Juha M.; Kangasharju, Aki; Lassila, Jukka; … - 2023
negative effects by increasing net migration. Our calculations show that a yearly net migration of 44,000 persons is needed to … stabilize the size of the birth cohorts and the labor force with the current age and gender structure of net migration. The … future net migration of 15,000 persons, also projected by Statistics Finland. We utilize in our numerical calculations a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014230726
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Constant global population with demographic heterogeneity
Cohen, Joel E. - In: Demographic Research 18 (2008) 14, pp. 409-436
To understand better a possible future constant global population that is demographically heterogeneous, this paper analyzes several models. Classical theory of stationary populations generally fails to apply. However, if constant global population size P(global) is the sum of all country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818142
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Increased labor market participation can't do the job of mastering Germany's demographic change in the future
Brenke, Karl; Clemens, Marius - In: DIW economic bulletin 7 (2017) 33/35, pp. 325-334
labor market. Most recently, Germany’s potential labor force has grown as a consequence of many factors, including migration … the future, Germany will be more or less reliant on migration. This is the finding of various model calculations showing …
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Relation between growth and unemployment in a model with labor-force participation and adverse labor institutions
Chen, Been-lon; Hsu, Mei; Lai, Chih-Fang - In: Journal of macroeconomics 50 (2016), pp. 273-292
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Demographic alternatives for aging industrial countries: increased total fertility rate, labor force participation, or immigration
Holzmann, Robert - 2005
The paper investigates the demographic alternatives for dealing with the projected population aging and low or negative growth of the population and labor force in the North. Without further immigration, the total labor force in Europe and Russia, the high-income countries of East Asia and the...
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