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This article aims to investigate some aspects of the social process related to water resources management and gender … relations. Given that gender and water management are interrelated issues exposed to a growing attention at the international … reach an improved governance and planning in the field of sustainable water management. Therefore, to investigate gender …
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Contributing to a social cause can be an important driver for workers in the public and non- profit sector as well as in firms that engage in Corporate Social Responsibility activities. This paper compares the effectiveness of social incentives - that take the form of a donation received by a...
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In the current age of trade and financial openness, local economies in developing countries are becoming increasingly exposed to external investments. The objective of the proposed two-sector model with environmental externalities is to provide an insight into the interaction between external...
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represent a push factor of economic development in an economy polarized into two main classes (the Rich and the Poor) and …
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Which kind of social capital fosters the diffusion of development-oriented trust? This paper carries out an empirical …
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of social capital on those facets of development that can contribute in making growth more sustainable in the long run …, like, for example, human development and social cohesion. Second, it is still unclear what type of networks may exert a … positive effect on the different dimensions of development. In particular, the literature has not yet provided a rigorous …
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labour productivity, the economic performance, and human development. On the contrary, the linking social capital of …
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Using life cycle publication data of 9,368 economics PhD graduates from 127 U.S. institutions, we investigate how unemployment in the U.S. economy prior to starting graduate studies and at the time of entry into the academic job market affect economics PhD graduates’ research productivity. We...
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This paper investigates the link between development, economic growth, and the economic losses from natural disasters … development and slower than income at high levels of development. In that case, increasing risk-taking reinforces economic growth …-taking is both a driver and a consequence of economic development, and should not be indiscriminately suppressed. The …
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In a society composed of a ruler and its citizens: what are the determinants of the political equilibrium between these two? This paper approaches this problem as a game played between a ruler who has to decide the distribution of the aggregate income and a group of agents/citizens who have the...
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