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Issues and problems in human resource development in the NER (India)
Mishra, SK - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
institutions will have to start technical and professional education programs. Several new educational institutions will have to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790093
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Social Networks and Labour Market Transitions
Bramoullé, Yann; Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
negative duration dependence of exit rates from unemployment. Our model has a number of novel testable implications. For …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792539
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Why effects of social capital on health status differ between genders: considering the labor market condition
Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper explores how social capital is related with self-rated health status in Japan and how this relationship is affected by gender, using data for 3075 adult participants in the 2000 Social Policy and Social Consciousness (SPSC) survey. Controlling for endogenous bias, unobserved city...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004961520
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Gross Job Flows in Ukraine: Size, Ownership and Trade Effects
Konings, Jozef; Kupets, Olga; Lehmann, Hartmut - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
This Paper documents and analyses gross job flows and their determinants in Ukraine using a unique dataset of more than 2200 Ukrainian firms operating in both the manufacturing and the non-manufacturing sector for the years 1998-2000. There are several important findings in the Paper. Job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136570
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North-South trade and basic needs
Chichilnisky, Graciela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1990
This paper examines the role of the international market in mediating North-South relations and analyzes how the market works in distributing the gains from trade. It is argued that the international market does not always provide an adequate engine of growth for the South if that region...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621510
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Il volontariato può sostenere lo sviluppo? Riflessioni metodologiche per la costruzione di un frame work teorico
GAROFALO, MARIA ROSARIA - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The main question of this paper is to investigate if and how the voluntary sector – as an institutional agent of the third sector - matters for the local development path. By adopting a multimensional and relational approach to the development, the paper surveys, compares and overlaps three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260011
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The Impact of ISO 9000 Diffusion on Trade and FDI: A New Institutional Analysis
Clougherty, Joseph A.; Grajek, Michal - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
The effects of ISO 9000 diffusion on trade and FDI have gone understudied. We employ panel data reported by OECD nations over the 1995-2002 period to estimate the impact of ISO adoptions on country-pair economic relations. We find ISO diffusion to have no effect in developed nations, but to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662290
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Institutions Rule: The Primacy of Institutions Over Geography and Integration in Economic Development
Rodrik, Dani; Subramanian, Arvind; Trebbi, Francesco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
We estimate the respective contributions of institutions, geography, and trade in determining income levels around the … world, using recently developed instruments for institutions and trade. Our results indicate that the quality of … institutions 'trumps' everything else. Once institutions are controlled for, measures of geography have at best weak direct effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005667122
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The Impact of ISO 9000 Diffusion on Trade and FDI: A New Institutional Analysis
Clougherty, Joseph A.; Grajek, Michal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The effects of ISO 9000 diffusion on trade and FDI have gone understudied. We employ panel data reported by OECD nations over the 1995-2002 period to estimate the impact of ISO adoptions on country-pair economic relations. We find ISO diffusion to have no effect in developed nations, but to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005785865
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Long Term Persistence
Guiso, Luigi; Sapienza, Paola; Zingales, Luigi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
Is social capital long lasting? Does it affect long term economic performance? To answer these questions we test Putnam’s conjecture that today marked differences in social capital between the North and South of Italy were due to the culture of independence fostered by the free city-states...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789085