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The economics of social protection
Söderström, Lars - 2008
This book focuses on arrangements for redistributing consumption opportunities over the life cycle and for providing compensation for income losses or large expenditures due to reasons such as illness and unemployment. After extensive coverage of the nature of inequalities in income and wealth...
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Capitalism, inclusive growth, and social protection : inherent contradiction or achievable vision?
Krämer, Hagen; Proaño Acosta, Christian; Setterfield, Mark - 2023
vision of how capitalism works, chapters address the need for an alternative theory of economic policy-making by combining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014466854
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The economics of social security in Japan
Tachibanaki, Toshiaki (contributor) - 2004
This book provides a comprehensive appraisal of social security in Japan, where traditionally the burden of welfare provision has been the main responsibility of the family and employers, rather than the state. However, an ageing population, changes in family structure and continued recession...
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Developing an annuity market in Europe
Fornero, Elsa (ed.); Luciano, Elisa (ed.) - 2004
On the premise that pension provision in Europe will dramatically change over the next few decades, this book concentrates on the funded component of pension wealth, and specifically on annuities - financial products that, on the basis of actuarial equivalence, allow the conversion of wealth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474025
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Growth and economic development : essays in honour of A.P. Thirlwall
Thirlwall, A. P.; McCombie, J. S. L.; Arestis, Philip; … - 2006
demonstrates the considerable influence that his work on economic theory has had on his contemporaries, and the profession as a … / Mark Roberts -- Endogenous growth theory : a partial critique / Philip Arestis and Malcolm Sawyer -- The nature of economic … growth and the neoclassical approach. : more questions than answers? / John McCombie -- On the core of macroeconomic theory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850558
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Measuring and improving productivity in services : issues, strategies and challenges
Djellal, Faridah - 2008
The definition and measurement of productivity in services raises important conceptual, methodological and strategic problems. This book aims to provide a critical review of the main debates on productivity in the domain of services. The first part examines the theoretical consequences of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850594
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Financing transportation networks
Levinson, David M. - 2002
explores the fundamental theoretical basis of highway finance, in particular the use of tolls, and supports that theory with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850597
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Contracts and trust in alliances : discovering, creating and appropriating value
Vlaar, Paul W. L. - 2008
Paul Vlaar contends that strategic alliances and other forms of cooperation, such as buyer-supplier relationships, joint ventures and offshoring initiatives, increasingly stand at the basis of competitive advantage. Although contracts and trust play a crucial role in such relationships, prior...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850599
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Handbook on the economic complexity of technological change
Antonelli, Cristiano (contributor) - 2011
This comprehensive and innovative Handbook applies the tools of the economics of complexity to analyse the causes and effects of technological and structural change. It grafts the intuitions of the economics of complexity into the tradition of analysis based upon the Schumpeterian and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850601
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Economic and monetary union in Europe : theory, evidence, snd practice
Baimbridge, Mark (contributor); Whyman, Philip (contributor) - 2003
Economic and Monetary Union in Europe brings together contributions from leading specialists which explain and evaluate the most important implications of economic and monetary union. The book examines theoretical aspects of monetary integration, illustrates the historical lessons to be learned...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850608