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Privatization of Education in Israel
Harel Ben-Shahar, Tammy - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012895237
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Privitization and Public Interest Lawyering : The Radiating Effect of the Israeli Supreme Court Decisions to Annul Prison Privatization
Berda, Yael; Barnea, Gilad; Sitbon, Ofer - 2013
In this article we argue that privatization of core government authorities create structural changes. Litigation … against Privatization processes of core government authorities must address these institutional-structural changes in … to annul a law privatizing prisons, we show how litigation against privatization of core state authorities is changing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014155364
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Is a Flat-Line a Good Thing? On the Privatization of Israel's Healthcare System
Seidman, Guy I. - 2010
Israel presents an intriguing conundrum: on the one hand, it provides quality healthcare in a near-universal healthcare system; on the other, it has maintained healthcare costs level at approximately 7.7% of GDP. This comes at a time when all western nations struggle with one or both sides of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014192628
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Raising the Financial Costs of Children and Fertility Responses : Evidence from the Kibbutz
Ebenstein, Avraham Y. - 2011
examines the impact of the privatization of kibbutzim on fertility behavior among members. We find that fertility declined by 6 …-15 percent following the shift to privatization. In light of the massive change in financial costs associated with childbearing … due to privatization, our results suggest that financial considerations may be a more modest factor in fertility decisions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119221
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Italian state-owned enterprises after decades of reforms : still public?
Clò, Stefano; Di Giulio, Marco; Galanti, Maria Tullia; … - 2015
The present paper analyzes the top ten Italian state-owned enterprises (SOEs) over the period 2004-2013, after both their corporate organization and their markets have been deeply reformed. We question whether SOEs' strategies are more profit or public oriented. The authors find that, on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011432120
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Political economy of Nigerian power sector reform
Ogunleye, Eric Kehinde - 2016
in significant progress that includes unbundling and privatization of the long-standing government-owned monopoly in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440968
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Privatising public housing redevelopment : grassroots resistance, co-operation and devastation in three Dublin neighbourhoods
Norris, Michelle; Hearne, Rory - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011502566
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Privatization in Italy 1993-2002 : goals, institutions, outcomes, and outstanding issues
Goldstein, Andrea - 2003
This paper describes the privatization program in Italy during the 1990s and puts that policy in the context of … attempts at privatization of the 1980s, delaying until 1992 the start of largescale privatizations. These were imposed on … analysis of the consequences of privatization on corporate governance show that, notwithstanding considerable changes in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011507688
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Voter support for privatizing education : evidence on self-interest and ideology
Merzyn, Wolfram; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - 2003
Economic theory advances various arguments in favor of and against privatizing education. In this paper we investigate the extent to which these arguments influence voters opinions. We analyze two popular referenda in which some 400,000 voters in two Swiss cantons expressed their opinions on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011508114
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Public or private job placement services : are private ones more effective? ; analyzed public employment agencies were at least equally as successful as private ones in placing une...
Stephan, Gesine - 2016
Expenditures on job placement and related services make up a substantial share of many countries' GDP. Contracting out to private providers is often proposed as a more efficient alternative to the state provision of placement services. However, the responsible state agency has to design and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524758