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This is a contribution to the new economics of skilled labor emigration that focuses on the mobility of medical doctors from sending Middle East and North African countries. Economic models under risk neutrality and aversion are used. The findings show that the relative expected benefits and the...
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This paper presents new evidence on the distribution of risk attitudes in the population, using a novel set of survey questions and a representative sample of roughly 22,000 individuals living in Germany. Using a question that asks about willingness to take risks in general, on an 11-point...
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In 1970 the USA spent 7% of its GNP on healthcare, in 200716%. Whereas the OECD average per capita expenditure on … healthcare in 2007 was $2,964, the USA spent $7,290. Yet in that same period, the health of America’s citizens relative to those … up around healthcare in the USA. Because the magnitude of the relative decline in healthcare in the USA is poorly …
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We estimate a model of the joint participation and mobility along with the individuals' wage formation in France. Our …
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This paper analyzes the impact of post-secondary education on wages in Israel. The focus is on the impact of university choice on individual wages controlling for the degree acquired and the area of study. Although the raw data indicate that universities command a different return to education,...
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Wage inequality often creates much broader socio-economic inequality and may even accentuate them. For attaining … equitable development convergence in wages and earnings is therefore desirable. This paper explores trends and patterns in wage … differentials are coming down in terms of wage rates, they are increasing in terms of total earnings because of more than …
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the new economy a trade-off is observed between women employment expansion and their wage condition. There also exists an … established sector where women have traditionally been accepted and are having stable employment and wage condition. In few … sunrise sectors of the new economy women are enjoying both expanding employment and improving wage conditions. Though …
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There is wide consensus that entrepreneurial talent is the ability to discover and exploit market opportunities by taking the relevant risky decisions. Discovery and exploitation are separate but interlinked features of entrepreneurship requiring, in different proportions, the exploitation of...
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Universities have come under increasing pressure to become key drivers of economic development in the age of the knowledge economy. Yet we know very little about the impact of university quality and scientific excellence on the probability of graduates finding jobs. This paper investigates the...
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higher level of income-employment situation. This opportunity comes in the middle stage of demographic transition when the …’s readiness in this aspect we must look at the issue of education, skill formation and employment among youth in India. In this …
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