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Whether, and how much, increased commute costs decrease labor supply is important for transport policy, city growth, and business strategies. Yet empirical estimates are limited and biased downward due to endogenous choices of residences, workplaces, commute modes, and wages. We use the...
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Child labor is one of the problems that occur as a result of responses to the economic problems faced by vulnerable children. Keeping in view the theoretical background of existence of child labor across the world, the study analyzes the incidence of child labor from Rawalpindi city of Pakistan....
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The current British Government's "Big Society" plan is based on the idea that granting more freedom to local communities and volunteers will compensate for a withdrawal of public agencies and spending. This idea is grounded on a widely held belief about the relationship between government and...
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In this paper I analyse a labour market where the wage is endogenously determined according to an Efficient Bargaining process between a firm and a labour union whose members are partitioned into two social groups: the old and the young. Furthermore, I exploit the Single-Mindedness theory, which...
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While Mexico's southern states differ substantially in terms of their migration profile, many of the issues confronted … by the three states are the same. In this paper, we focus on five questions: (a) How large are migration flows, and what … can be expected in the future?; (b) To what extent does migration increase per capita income and thereby reduce poverty …
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responsibility for the continuing migration pressure: First, because they fostered over decades corrupt and autocratic regimes with … constitutes one of the underlying factors for politically motivated migration. Secondly, the EU contributed to Africa’s economic … its external borders and prevention. Current EU programs and concepts to combat African migration are questionable. Even …
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review of different studies in the area of migration in health. The objective of the study is to find the impact of migration …
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common. This research tests whether migration could play any role in Monga mitigation. We implemented a randomized … migrate jointly (as opposed to migrating individually), sometimes assigning migration partners and the destination, and … very large effect on migration propensity: over 40% of those receiving an incentive choose to migrate, whereas only 13% of …
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What is the long term effect of cash transfers (CT) on rural migration? CT programs have demonstrated to increase human … on the long term effects of CT programs particularly on migration decisions. Progresa-Oportunidades, the pioneer Mexican … a significant increase in the migration patterns of this population. …
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This article uses matched employer-employee data for the State of Georgia to examine workers' earnings experience through the information technology (IT) sector's employment boom of the mid-1990's and bust in the early 2000s. The results show that even after controlling for pre-boom individual...
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