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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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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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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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that any observed raw employment and wage gaps between natives and migrants can be fully explained by these differences. … prerequisite for employment and its relevance for productivity and wages is magnified by the fact that it is only through literacy …
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empirical analysis builds on four indicators of economic development that are per capita GDP, inequality, poverty and employment … positive while its effect on employment is negative. Although trade theory predicts that trade openness is the potential source …
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Transformation of the countryside from agrarian subsistence economy to non-farm monetised economy is propagated as a precursor of growth and development and involves shifting of labour from farming to off-farm activities. India has started its journey in this path but has a long way to go....
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This study looked at the relevance of agriculture in the Nigeria society and the need for employment and application of … and application of ICT as a veritable but untapped employment opportunity. The study also revealed that there is need to …
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It has been well documented that employment outcomes often differ considerably across areas. This paper examines the … effects on labor force participation and employment for U.S. metropolitan area residents. We find that the local human capital …
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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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