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Essays on labour economics [PDF]

, 2000
This thesis contains a collection of both empirical and theoretical papers on labour economics. The first paper analyses the effects of macro-economic conditions on the incidence and duration of unemployment, comparing different age groups. In the second
van Lomwel, A.G.C.
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Mobility Assistance Programmes for Unemployed Workers, Job Search Behaviour and Labour Market Outcomes

, 2017
The appealing idea of geographically relocating unemployed job seekers from depressed to prosperous regions and hence reducing unemployment leads to industrialised countries offering financial support to unemployed job seekers when searching for and/or ...
Caliendo, M., Mahlstedt, R., Mahlstedt, Robert, Künn, Steffen, Caliendo, Marco   +4 more
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An Analysis of the Demand for Tourist Accommodation to Travel with Dogs in Spain

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Pets, generally, and dogs have become an essential part of families. This situation implies that people consider their dogs when planning family holidays, excluding moving to a second home.
José E. Ramos-Ruiz, Minerva Aguilar-Rivero, Jaime Aja-Valle, Lucía Castaño-Prieto   +3 more
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Essays on the economics of child labour and child education [PDF]

This thesis focuses on the economics of child labour and child education within developing and developed countries. The first part of the thesis examines child labour and child education in developing countries.
Sauder, Markus Ulrich
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Trends in family labour, hired labour and contract work on French and Swiss crop farms: The role of agricultural policies [PDF]

The objective of this article is to analyse the trends in on-farm labour use, including own family labour, hired labour and contract work, and to assess the factors driving their evolution in France and in Switzerland during 1990-2007.
Latruffe, Laure, Dupraz, Pierre, Mann, Stefan   +2 more
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Imperfect Competition in the Labour Market [PDF]

It is increasingly recognized that labour markets are pervasively imperfectly competitive, that there are rents to the employment relationship for both worker and employer.
Alan Manning
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Early labour-market experiences of second-generation immigrants in Sweden [PDF]

, 2007
This article investigates second generation immigrant's early labour-market performances in Sweden. To study their labour-market success we estimate dynamic transition rate models-Cox type proportional hazards, in a competing risk framework using ...
Ali Tasiran, Tasiran, Ali Cevat, Tezic, Kerem, Kerem Tezic, Tasiran, A., Tezic, K.   +5 more
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Do Ends Justify Means? Feminist Economics Perspectives on the Business Case for Gender Equality in the UK Labour Market

e-cadernos ces, 2009
This paper intends to explore a feminist economics perspective on business case arguments for gender equality in the UK labour market, where there are significant inequalities between men and women.
Emily Thomson
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Behavioural assumptions in labour economics: Analysing social security reforms and labour market transitions [PDF]

, 2012
The aim of this dissertation is to test behavioural assumptions in labour economics models and thereby improve our understanding of labour market behaviour.
Economie van de welvaartsstaat, van Huizen, T.M., UU LEG Research UUSE Multidisciplinary Economics, UU LEG Research USE Tjalling C. Koopmans Institute   +3 more
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Labour Supply, Search and Taxes [PDF]

Classical labour supply theory is one of the most sophisticated parts of labour economics. Yet, there is no compelling theoretical reason to believe in an outcome on a classical labour supply curve and it is unclear whether it is a good empirical ...
Alan Manning
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