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The distribution of adult training among European unemployed: Evidence from recent surveys

Badescu, Mircea; Garrouste, Christelle; Loi, Massimo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

The importance of a highly skilled workforce has become increasingly relevant in the context of the European Union’s new strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth — ‘Europe 2020’. Policies encouraging wide participation in continuing training are therefore an important...

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Background Study on Labour Market and Employment in Bulgaria

Beleva, Iskra; Tzanov, Vasil; Noncheva, Teodora; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999

A factual and descriptive analysis of the employment situation in Bulgaria showed that the transition to a market economy has led to a substantial reduction of employment. The economic restructuring has begun in 1990 has proved very difficult, and the privatization of the large industrial...

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Adult Education in Turkey: Stylized Facts, Determinants and Further Issues

Dinçer, N. Nergiz; Tekin-Koru, Ayça - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

We provide a novel set of stylized facts on individuals engaging in adult education using the Adult Education Survey (AES) conducted by TurkStat for the first time. This way we provide the first evidence on the determinants of participation in adult education in a developing country, Turkey. Our...

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The Determinants of Participation in Adult Education and Training in Canada

Hui, Taylor Shek-wai; Smith, Jeffrey A. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002

This paper examines the determinants of participation in, and the amount of time spent on, public and private adult education and training in Canada. Using the master file data from the 1998 Adult Education and Training Survey, we estimate probit models of adult education and training (hereafter...

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The Proliferation of Fiscal Incentives and the Nicaraguan State as a Manager of Rents: A Political Economy Perspective on Nicaraguan Industrial Policy Since 1990

Maas, Hauke - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

This paper finds that the proliferation of fiscal incentives in the form of tax exemptions in Nicaragua since 1990 … productive investments, Nicaragua’s tax incentives are merely “assistentialist” and lack effectiveness. For a dynamic industrial …

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Evolución de la Pobreza Multidimensional en Nicaragua, 2001-2009

Espinoza-Delgado, José Luis; López-Laborda, Julio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

This paper estimates multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua applying the methodology developed by Alkire and Foster … using the 2001, 2005 and 2009 Nicaragua Living Standards Measurement Survey data. Eleven dimensions are considered and three … case of Nicaragua. In general, this paper, in addition to questioning the official poverty estimates in Nicaragua and to …

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Does the insurance effect of public and private transfers favor financial deepening? evidence from rural Nicaragua

Hernandez-Hernandez, Emilio; Sam, Abdoul G.; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

a loan via changes in credit demand and supply. Empirical evidence from poor rural households in Nicaragua shows CCTs …

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Nicaragua: el desafío pendiente de superación de la pobreza

Gallardo, Mauricio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This paper discusses why Nicaragua is today one of the poorest countries in the region of Latin America and the …

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Central America's Macroeconomic Environment and the Role of the Investment Climate under Free Trade

Gould, David; Loening, Josef L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Central America's economic performance in recent years has benefited from improved macroeconomic management, a favorable external environment, as well as rising investor confidence since the region has pursued greater access to global markets, particularly with the signing of DR-CAFTA in 2004....

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"You Quit?" Influence of Neighbor Experience and Exit on Small Farmer Market Participation

Michelson, Hope - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

This research analyzes the relationship between a farmers' participation in Nicaraguan supermarket supply chains and the market entries and exit of neighboring farmers. Drawing on insights from the technology adoption literature on learning and experimentation, we incorporate measures of...

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