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The economics of the family and family policy
Cabrillo, Francisco - 1999
, the demand for children, inter-generational relationships, and the economics of inheritance. The family is analysed using …1. Economists and the family -- 2. The family as an economic unit -- 3. Marriage(I) -- 4. Marriage (II) -- 5. Children …This comprehensive and authoritative book offers a global approach to the modern economics of the family, family law …
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Flexible working and organisational change : the integration of work and personal life
Peper, Bram (ed.); Doorne-Huiskes, J. van (ed.);  … - 2005
traditional family pattern in Europe is being challenged by the growing number of dual-income families, and by the rise of women … compatible with the need, increasingly expressed by employees, for greater integration between work and family life. The book …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473797
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Contingent employment in Europe and the United States
Storrie, Donald W. (contributor);  … - 2003
employment in the USA -- 8. Contingent employment in the Netherlands -- 9. Conclusions : contingent employment in Europe and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850977
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World finance and economic stability : selected essays of James Tobin
Tobin, James - 2003
Nobel Prize winner James Tobin has made outstanding contributions to modern macroeconomics. In this final collection of his work he examines the economic policies of the United States and its relations with other major economies after 1990. In James Tobin's view, the welfare of populations...
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Alliance capitalism for the new American economy
Rugman, Alan M. (contributor); Boyd, Gavin (contributor) - 2003
Alliance Capitalism for the New American Economy advocates engagement with the USA's macromanagement problems in a … spirit of alliance capitalism, for the development of a more integrated, dynamic economy. Whereas most studies of the USA …1. The American political economy -- 2. Problems of governance in the USA -- 3. American structural and policy …
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Transatlantic sport : the comparative economics of North American and European sports
Barros, Carlos Pestana (contributor);  … - 2002
This book offers a comparative perspective on the economics of sport and highlights both the similarities and differences in the North American and European models of sport. It tackles policy issues, such as the organising, financing and regulation of team sports alongside theoretical issues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852037
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Institutions and trade policy
Finger, J. M. - 2002
This book reprints 18 essays selected from almost 30 years of work by the author as a high level official at the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the US Treasury Department and the World Bank. These essays report some of the core analytical thinking behind positions taken by these...
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What has happened to the quality of life in the advanced industrialized nations?
Wolff, Edward N. (contributor) - 2004
indices. The chapters cover such topics as: race, home ownership and family structure; the status of children; the consumer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850879
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Intangible capital : its contribution to economic growth, well-being and rationality
Tomer, John F. - 2008
Despite increasing research efforts, there is still much confusion regarding the nature and contribution of the most intangible forms of capital. This book develops a comprehensive and unifying conception of intangible capital in order to understand its role with respect to economic growth,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851117
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Handbook of creative cities
Mellander, Chorlotta (contributor);  … - 2011
With the publication of The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida in 2002, the "creative city" became the new hot topic among urban policymakers, planners and economists. Florida has developed one of three path-breaking theories about the relationship between creative individuals and...
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