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Previous empirical research has shown that Mexico's Oportunidades program has succeeded in increasing schooling and improving health of disadvantaged children. This paper studies the program's potential longer-term consequences for the poverty and inequality of these children. It adapts methods...
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Zahlreiche Menschen, Politiker und Wissenschaftler in Deutschland glauben, dass das "Bruttoinlandsprodukt", kurz BIP … Bürger in Deutschland an vorletzter Stelle der Relevanz. Die Studie zeigt aber auch: Die Einschätzung der Wichtigkeit …Numerous people in Germany, including politicians and researchers, believe that the gross domestic product (GDP) is an …
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Youth unemployment in Germany has fallen to its lowest level since German reunification. Between 2005 and 2012 … regional concentration of youth unemployment is evident. Particularly in old industrial regions of western Germany and in … opportunities for young people in Berlin are particularly poor. -- youth unemployment in Germany …
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Very little is known about gender wage disparities in Kosovo and, to date, nothing is known about how such wage disparities evolve over time, particularly during the first few years spent by young workers in the labor market. More generally, not much is known about gender wage gaps in early...
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From August 2013, every child in Germany who has reached his or her first birthday will have a legal right to a place … in a childcare facility or family day care. What effects does this have on the mothers' economic activity and child … mothers' gainful employment of up to two percentage points in the short term. The share of younger children in state …
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, sind sozio-emotional auffälliger als Kinder, deren Müttern dies nicht widerfahren ist. Ähnliches trifft auf Jugendliche zu …: Wird die Mutter arbeitslos, glauben Jugendliche weniger daran, dass sie ihr Leben selbst bestimmen können. …A job loss has considerable negative consequences for those hit by unemployment. This is all the more relevant if …
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This paper investigates the gender-selection decisions of immigrants in the United Kingdom, using data from the 1971–2006 General Household Survey. We examine sex-selection in the UK among immigrant families and the gender composition of previous births, conditional on socio-economic...
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; fertility ; first birth ; economic uncertainty ; East and West Germany … kam es in den 90er Jahren zu einem massiven Rückgang der Geburten in Ostdeutschland. Wie sich vor diesem Hintergrund die …
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