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Knowledge, inequality, and growth in the new economy
Nahuis, Richard - 2003
During the past two centuries, major technological breakthroughs such as the steam engine and electricity have acted as the catalysts for growth and have resulted in a marked increase in material well-being. The dominant technology today - information and communication technology (ICT) - does...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474134
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Competition in the provision of local public goods : single function jurisdictions and individual choice
Reifschneider, Alexandra Petermann - 2006
The central purpose of this book is to analyse the optimal allocation of local public goods or services (for example … garbage collection, police, fire brigades and medical services) in large urban agglomerations and the allocation consequences … jurisdictions and the impact this probable increase in competition may have on the achievement of the optimal allocation of local …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851526
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Path dependence and lock-in
Liebowitz, Stan J. - 2014
Since their first emergence in the work of Paul David thirty years ago, the dual issues of Path Dependence and Lock-In have become critically important subjects in the fields of economics, sociology, and business strategy. Theoretical and public policy debates on these issues have arisen,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852185
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Culture and the labour market
Austen, Siobhan - 2003
Culture and the Labour Market attempts to define the meaning of culture and the nature of its possible consequences on economic processes and outcomes. In particular, the book examines alternative theoretical and empirical approaches to the economic analysis of cultural effects in the labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851317
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Explaining the gender wage gap : the missing aspects of discrimination
Sielska, Alicja - 2023
"This timely book offers a fascinating contemporary analysis of research into the gender pay gap while also providing important nuanced observations. It illustrates the variant methodologies that have been employed by researchers who have attempted to elucidate this challenging topic. Explaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014437069
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Making and breaking gender inequalities in work
Rönnmar, Mia (ed.); Hayter, Susan (ed.) - 2024
"This timely book expertly analyses the persistence of gender inequalities in work. Despite the progress made through frameworks regulating work and employment relations, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed and exacerbated gender divides in labour markets. The authors present innovative ways to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014635726
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Segmented labor markets and labor mobility
Reich, Michael (contributor) - 2008
For this insightful collection, Professor Reich has selected some of the most significant published articles on labor mobility and segmented markets. The book investigates the development of this important field from the pioneering papers on labor market segmentation analysis of the 1970s,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852242
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The economics of technology and employment : theory and empirical evidence
Vivarelli, Marco - 1995
The impact of technical change on employment is investigated in this important new book which offers a critical appraisal of how far current economic analysis and theory can deal with this key policy issue. The Economics of Technology and Employment addresses the impact of technical change on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473912
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Tax compliance and tax morale : a theoretical and empirical analysis
Torgler, Benno - 2007
The question of why citizens pay their taxes has attracted increased attention in the tax compliance literature of late. In this book, Benno Torgler considers the evidence that suggests that enforcement efforts cannot fully explain the high degree of tax compliance within society. To attempt to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420106
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Terrorism and the international business environment : the security-business nexus
Suder, Gabriele G. S. (contributor) - 2004
This book was born from the editor's conviction that a wide set of contributors should provide the economic and corporate sectors with guidelines, developed from rigorous research and case studies, to analyse those adjustments made necessary through international terrorism, as known since...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850897