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Born lucky – or just lucky to be born rich? A note

Groezinger, Gerd - In: International Journal of Public Policy 5 (2010) 4, pp. 430-435

A paper by social psychologists proclaimed that, for UK citizens, it could be shown that being born in the summer half-year was associated with a significantly higher belief in being lucky, compared with being born in the winter half-year. Are we that much determined by nonsocial forces? A test...

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Employment relations in German multinational companies in the UK and the future of the German model: empirical evidence on country-of-origin effects and industry internationalisati...

Tuselmann, Heinz-Josef; Heise, Arne; McDonald, Frank; … - In: International Journal of Public Policy 5 (2010) 4, pp. 390-408

Interest has grown in the significance of the country-of-origin impact on the Employment Relations (ER) approaches in the international subsidiaries of Multinational Companies (MNCs). In this article, a comparative cross-sectional analysis of German subsidiaries with indigenous UK firms will be...

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Welfare regimes and macroeconomic regime constellations: explaining the Scandinavian anomaly

Sauer, Thomas; Vogel, Lena - In: International Journal of Public Policy 5 (2010) 4, pp. 331-356

Since the early 1990s, the Scandinavian countries have recovered from one of the most severe crises of any Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) country ever, returning to a 'high road' growth path and also succeeding in terms of macroeconomic stabilisation indicators. To...

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Endogenous determination of FDI growth and economic growth: the OECD case

Turkcan, Burcu; Yetkiner, I. Hakan - In: International Journal of Public Policy 5 (2010) 4, pp. 409-429

This paper tests the endogenous relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) growth and economic growth using a panel data set for 23 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries for the period 1975-2004. In particular we estimate a two-equation simultaneous...

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Full employment abandoned: shifting sands and policy failures

Mitchell, William; Muysken, Joan - In: International Journal of Public Policy 5 (2010) 4, pp. 295-313

This paper briefly analyses the shifts in economic theory that have moved policy makers from unambiguously pursuing full employment to the current state where full employability is justified as being optimal. We also explore how these theoretical developments translated in practice, culminating...

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Employee-friendly labour time: a key element to a sustainable pattern of production and consumption

Groezinger, Gerd; Matiaske, Wenzel; Tobsch, Verena - In: International Journal of Public Policy 5 (2010) 4, pp. 357-372

Whereas the preferences of consumers are a cornerstone of market economies, the preferences of employees, e.g., regarding the preferred amount of paid labour, usually are not. However, we have strong evidence that differences between aspired and actually worked weekly hours have a serious...

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The economic benefits, organisational structure and governance of the motability scheme: a consumption opportunity set model

Taylor, Peter - In: International Journal of Public Policy 1 (2005) 1/2, pp. 78-90

This paper examines the Motability scheme which enables disabled people to obtain cars on a leasing basis in the UK. The scheme is centred around Motability, a charity, which has an arms-length relationship with a government department, and a close relationship with a non-profit making private...

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Intellectual flexibility, innovative partnerships and collaborations in the African university of the 21st century: policy challenges and way forward

Simala, Kenneth Inyani - In: International Journal of Public Policy 8 (2012) 4/5/6, pp. 214-229

Policy challenges facing African universities are well documented and relate to such issues as curricula, governance, funding, roles and expectations. To meet these challenges calls for radical and strategic changes that will impact on the overall policy and practice of universities as presently...

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Global best practices, national innovation systems, and tertiary education: a critique of the World Bank's Accelerating Catch-up (2009)

Keating, Michael F. - In: International Journal of Public Policy 8 (2012) 4/5/6, pp. 251-265

The World Bank's 2009 publication Accelerating Catch-up: Tertiary Education for Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa outlines … tertiary education reforms designed to promote knowledge economies. In this document, the World Bank recognises that reforming … the tertiary education sector in sub-Saharan Africa necessitates enhanced state functions in terms of governance …

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Mix of contracts or contractual mix-up? The coordination of government intervention on access to work in France

Verdier, Eric; Vion, Antoine - In: International Journal of Public Policy 1 (2005) 1/2, pp. 162-184

Over the past 30 years, considerable use has been made by the French government of contract-based arrangements for implementing vocational training and employment policies. Three major types of contracts have been used: 'meta-contracts' that bind governments at state and regional levels;...

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