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Endogenous preferences, emotions, and the breaking of social capital into economics

Vihanto, Martti - Turun Kauppakorkeakoulu, Turun Yliopisto - 2007

The creation and effects of social capital have seldom been a target for systematic analysis in orthodox economics. The purpose of the paper is to argue that in order to include social capital, along with physical and human, into economic analysis, we have to regard human preferences as...

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Is Little Brother Nothing but Trouble?: Educational Attainment, Returns to Schooling and Sibling Structure

Pekkala, Sari - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 2003

Family effects on an individual's labor market success have been studied by economists and sociologists. The consensus is that background matters to educational and labor market performance, but it is not clear how and why. I look at indicators of family background and sibling structure,...

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The Importance of Management in the Deregulated Retail Electricity Distribution Market in Slovenia

Papler, Drago; Bojnec, Stefan - In: Management 1 (2006) 2, pp. 115-129

intensity, in labour productivity growth in the retail electricity distribution enterprise. Electricity demand in industry is …

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Human Capital, Research and Development and Productivity Growth: Empirical Analysis for Slovenia

Novak, Matjaz; Spaija, Taja - In: Management 3 (2008) 2, pp. 153-164

The aim of this article is to present empirical estimates about the impact of human capital on labor productivity … convergence of labor productivity was used. The basic difference between both methodological frameworks is in the bias of the … exact methodology for measuring its value. The results about the impact of human capital on labor productivity are therefore …

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The Role of Financial Constraints on Foreign Markets

Kostevc, Crt - In: Management 1 (2006) 2, pp. 131-143

firm size, productivity, capital intensity, . . .) – to a large extent determine the firms that will be able to enter into …

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