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The Role of Demographics in Precipitating Crises in Financial Institutions

Macunovich, Diane - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

There are significant effects of changing demographics on economic indicators: growth in GDP especially, but also the current account balance and gross capital formation. The 15-24 age group appears to be one of the key age groups in these effects, with increases in that age group exerting...

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Health and Well-Being in the Crisis

Askitas, Nikos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

The internet has become an important data source for the Social Sciences because these data are available without lags, can be regarded as involuntary surveys and hence have no observer effect, can be geo-labeled, are available for countries across the globe and can be viewed in continuous time...

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Prospective NATO or EU Membership and Institutional Change in Transition Countries

Belke, Ansgar; Bordon, Ingo; Melnykovska, Inna; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper quantifies the impact of incentives related to potential membership on institutional change as measured by the World Bank Governance Indicators (WBGI). Based on a panel of 25 transition countries for the period from 1996 to 2008 we show that pre-accession incentives provided by EU and...

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Employer Preferences and Social Policy: Business and the Development of Job Security Regulations in Germany since World War I

Emmenegger, Patrick; Marx, Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This article examines the role of business in the historical development of job security regulations in Germany from their creation in the inter-war period to the dawn of the crisis of the 'German Model' in the 1980s. It contrasts the varieties of capitalism approach, which sees business as...

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Can Private School Growth Foster Universal Literacy? Panel Evidence from Indian Districts

Pal, Sarmistha; Kingdon, Geeta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set the agenda for the attainment of universal literacy by 2015 primarily to be delivered by the state sector. This agenda tends to ignore the significant private school growth around the world since early 1990s, thus initiating the policy debate as to whether...

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The Gender Gap in Early Career in Mongolia

Pastore, Francesco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Relatively little is known about the youth labour market in general and about gender differences in Mongolia, one of the fifty poorest countries in the world. This paper addresses the issue by taking advantage of a School to Work Survey (SWTS) on young people aged 15-29 years carried out in...

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The Dynamics of Women's Labour Supply in Developing Countries

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Umana-Aponte, Marcela - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

that the within-country relationship of women's employment and income is, on average, negative in Asia and Latin America … and potentially correlated shocks. In Asia and Latin America, characteristics that strengthen counter-cyclical responses … self-employment amongst women. In Asia and Latin America, there is a parallel rise in paid employment and a sharp drop in …

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Another Economic Miracle? The German Labor Market and the Great Recession

Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

The mild response of the German labor market to the worst global recession in post-war history appears as an economic miracle. In response to the crisis, Germany has shown to be a strong case of internal flexibility. We argue that important factors that have contributed to this development...

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Pitfalls of Immigrant Inclusion into the European Welfare State

Kahanec, Martin; Kim, Anna Myunghee; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper's main purpose is to gauge immigrants' demand for social assistance and services and identify the key barriers to social and labor market inclusion of immigrants in the European Union. The data from an online primary survey of experts from organizations working on immigrant...

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Short-Time Work: The German Answer to the Great Recession

Brenke, Karl; Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Short-time work was the "German answer" to the economic crisis. The number of short-time workers strongly increased in the recession and peaked at more than 1.5 million. Without the extensive use of short-time work, unemployment would have risen by approximately twice as much as it actually did....

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