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- Accounting for China’s growth
- ( L. Brandt;X. Zhu / Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn , 2010)
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There has been continued debate over the sources of China’s remarkable growth over the last three decades. This paper tries to determine and quantify the sources of China’s impressive e...
- Retirement responses to a generous pension reform: evidence from a natural experiment in Eastern Europe
- ( A.M. Danzer / Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn , 2010)
- Although a number of emerging countries have successfully introduced non-contributory pensions with broad coverage, very little is known about the labour market and retirement effects of pension syste...
- International terrorism, political instability and the escalation effect
- ( N. Campos;M. Gassebner / Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn , 2009)
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The events of 9/11 caused a major shift in donor behaviour. The securitisation of aid, as it was termed, saw governments prioritise security issues over strict development concerns. As such Oversea...
- Household access to microcredit and children’s food security in rural Malawi: a gender perspective
- ( G. Hazarika;B. Guha-Khasnobis / Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn , 2008)
- Using data from the 1995 Malawi Financial Markets and Food Security Survey, this study seeks to discover if women’s relative control over household resources or intra-household bargaining power ...
- Preparing for policy changes: social security expectations and pension scheme participation
- ( K. van der Wiel / Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn , 2008)
- This paper discusses the relationship between public and private savings by analysing private pension scheme participation in the presence of such policy uncertainty. It assesses the influence of subj...
- Reforming retirement-income systems: lessons from the recent experiences of OECD countries
- ( J.P. Martin;E. Whitehouse / Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn , 2008)
- Reforming pensions looms large over the policy agenda of OECD countries. This is hardly surprising since public spending on pensions accounted on average for 7 per cent of OECD GDP in 2005; and pensio...
- A gendered assessment of the brain drain
- ( F. Docquier;B. L. Lowell;A. Marfouk / Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn , 2007)
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International migration is a diverse phenomenon and its impact on source and destination countries has attracted the increased attention of policymakers, scientists and international agencies. Due ...
- The impact of population aging on the labor market: the case of Sri Lanka
- ( M. Vodopivec;N. Arunatilake / Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn , 2008)
- Focusing on retirement pathways and the determinants of labour market withdrawal, this paper examines the consequences of an ageing workforce. It also highlights some potential opportunities to remedy...
- Understanding poverty among the elderly in India: implications for social pension policy
- ( S. Pal;R. Palacios / Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn , 2008)
- Cash transfers to the poor elderly as social pensions are one of the most important anti-poverty programmes operating in India today. In 2007, the Government of India announced that changes to eligibi...
- Child labour and schooling response to changes in coca production in rural Peru
- ( A. Dammert / Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn , 2007)
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What impact do coca eradication policies aimed at reducing the production and distribution of cocaine in the Andes have on households? This paper examines the shift in the production of coca leaves...
