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Bridging lifelong guidance and validation of non-formal and informal learning through ICT operationalisation
Mouratoglou, Nikos; Villalba-Garcia, Ernesto - 2022
In this paper, the authors explore the way(s) that information and communication technologies (ICT) might contribute to effective coordination of lifelong guidance and validation of non-formal and informal learning. Based on 12 national practices, the paper illustrates the potential for...
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Towards European standards for monitoring and evaluation of lifelong guidance systems and services ; Vol. III
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training - 2023
This report is the third volume of a Cedefop study on developing EU standards for monitoring and evaluating lifelong …
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New insights from the PAGE09 model : the social cost of CO2
Hope, Chris W. - 2011
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Sovereign default and the euro
Whelan, Karl - 2013
The introduction of the euro meant that countries with sovereign debt problems could not use monetisation and devaluation as a way to prevent default. The institutional structures of the euro were also widely thought to prevent a country in difficulties being bailed out by other euro members or...
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Tax competition in an expanding European Union
Davies, Ronald B.; Voget, Johannes - 2009
This paper empirically examines whether expansion of the EU has increased international tax competition. To do so, we … studies, we find robust evidence for tax competition. In particular, our estimates suggest that EU membership affects … responses with EU members responding more to the tax rates of other members. This lends credence to the above-noted concerns. …
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The ECB's role in financial supervision
Whelan, Karl - 2009
The European Council's decisions to implement the De Larosiere recommendations for a reformed approach to micro-level financial supervision and a new European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) are to be welcomed. The ECB's central role in the ESRB is also to be welcomed. However, the limited role...
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The future for Eurozone financial stability policy
Whelan, Karl - 2010
The past few months have exposed serious problems in relation to Europe's ability to cope with financial stress. Placing the new Financial Stability funds on a permanent basis, in the form of a new European Monetary Fund will be required if Europe is to deal effectively with the serious debt...
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Malthusian dynamics in a diverging Europe : Northern Italy 1650 - 1881
Fernihough, Alan - 2010
Recent empirical research has questioned the validity of using Malthusian theory in pre-industrial England. Using real wage and vital rate data for the years 1650-1881, I provide empirical estimates for a different region - Northern Italy. The empirical methodology is theoretically underpinned...
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Height and well-being amongst older Europeans
Denny, Kevin - 2010
This paper uses a cross-country representative sample of Europeans over the age of 50 to analyse whether individuals' height is associated with higher or lower levels of well-being. Two outcomes are used: a measure of depression symptoms reported by individuals and a categorical measure of life...
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Tax-benefit systems in Europe and the US : between equity and efficiency
Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; Neumann, Dirk; … - 2011
approach to characterize the redistributive preferences embodied in the welfare systems of 17 EU countries and the US. Implicit …
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