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An Analysis of Unemployment Incidence and Duration: Some New Evidence from Canada

Campolieti, Michele - Vancouver School of Economics - 2009

This paper studies the incidence and duration of unemployment in Canada at an aggregate and a number of disaggregated levels with data from the Canadian Labour Force Survey covering 1976 to 2006. The principal empirical findings indicate that most of the changes in steady state unemployment...

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Labour Market Outcomes and Skills Acquisition of High-School Dropouts

Campolieti, Michele; Fang, Tony; Gunderson, Morley - Vancouver School of Economics - 2009

Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) for 2003, an ideal data set because it contains a rich array of outcome measures and their …

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Are young maize and rice farmers' profit efficient? : a gender differential analysis

Fani, Djomo Choumbou Raoul; Ukpe, Udeme Henrietta; … - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 2, pp. 1-18

. However, the contention is whether such disparity in performance exists typically at old age or whether it exists at youth age …

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Impact of employment support programs on the quality of youth employment: evidence from senegal's internship program

Tsambou, André Dumas; Diallo, Thierno Malick; Fomba … - 2023

Youth unemployment is major policy concern in Senegal. The country has in recent years, implemented several programs to … combat unemployment and the precariousness of youth employment in the labor market. However, the results of these programs … quality of youth employment. We provide empirical evidence of the effect of the apprenticeship program implemented by the …

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Maternal Employment and Adolescent Risky Behavior

Aughinbaugh, Alison; Gittleman, Maury - EconWPA - 2003

This paper examines the impact of maternal employment during a child’s first three years and during adolescence on his or her decisions to engage in a range of risky behaviors: smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol, using marijuana and other drugs, engaging in sex and committing crimes. Using...

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Policy and experiences of professional integrationof young immigrants in the Walloon region (Belgium)

MANÇO, Altay A. - In: Migration Letters 1 (2004) 1, pp. 11-25

This paper aims to identify obstacles to integration of young foreigners in the Walloon region and more generally in Belgium as a whole while presenting in a critical manner the actions undertaken by the local and/or regional actors and the public policies aimed at overcoming these obstacles....

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Microfinance in developing countries: accomplishments, debates, and future directions

Meyer, Richard L.; Nagarajan, Geetha - In: Agricultural Finance Review 66 (2006) September, pp. 167-193

services to difficult-to-reach populations, especially the remote, poorest, and the youth. In countries where the industry is …

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Monetary poverty, education exclusion and material deprivation amongst youth in Spain

Verdú, Cecilia Albert; Rodríguez, María A. Davia - Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias … - 2009

This piece of work analyses the profile of poverty amongst youth in Spain from a multidimensional perspective. This …

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Egyptian irregular migration to Europe

Zohry, Ayman - In: Migration Letters 4 (2007) 1, pp. 53-63

youth who want to migrate to Europe as well as current migrants intend to return to Egypt after a temporary stay in the …

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Religious Participation and Risky Health Behaviors among Adolescents

Mellor, Jennifer M.; Freeborn, Beth A. - Department of Economics, College of William & Mary - 2009

Previous studies have shown that adolescent religious participation is negatively associated with risky health behaviors like cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and illicit drug use. One explanation for these findings is that religion directly reduces risky behaviors because churches...

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