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The great equalizer?: Globalization effects on gender equality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Seguino, Stephanie - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper assesses the impact of 30 years of globalization on gender equity in well-being in Latin America and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790313
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US Corporate Bond Yield Spread: A default risk debate
SHAH, Syed Muhammad Noaman Ahmed; KEBEWAR, mazen - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
According to theoretical models of valuing risky corporate securities, risk of default is primary component in overall yield spread. However, sizable empirical literature considers it otherwise by giving more importance to non-default risk factors. Current study empirically attempts to provide...
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Standard of Living in the European Union
Stávková, Jana; Žufan, Pavel; Birčiaková, Naďa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This chapter focuses on the measurement of standard of living and on the factors influencing its level. Specific attention is paid to the indicators of standard of living, and the frequent employment of GDP is discussed and compared with possible alternatives. Household income is also a factor...
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The quality of growth
Owen, Ann L.; Videras, Julio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
satisfaction. We show that each of these indicators is important in explaining the classifications based on the quality of growth …
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Impact of demographic features on economic development of India from 2001 - 2010
Dr Bhawna, Rathore - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
country is closely related to its economic growth. After the distraction caused by second world war in Germany and Japan, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114183
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Human Development Measurement: A broader approach in India
Sarvalingam, A; Sivakumar, Marimuthu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
How can we measure economic development? Is it in money terms or in human terms? If it is the second one, how can we measure economic development in human aspects? These questions had been asked and argued for several years. Human development concept and its index gives answer for these...
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Four Empirical Essays on the Economics of Height
Hiermeyer, Martin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008520792
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Stature and Nutrition in the Habsburg Monarchy: The Standard of Living and Economic Development
Komlos, John - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, …
Examines the height of Habsburg Soldiers in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and argues that the society was facing a Malthusian crisis, which induced the Monarch to enact many institutional changes in order to save the society from disaster. While living standards declined, the...
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Life of elderly in India
prasad, syam - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
developing world is attributed to their increasing numbers and deteriorating conditions. The lives of many older people are … affected more frequently by the social and economic insecurity that accompany demographic and development process (World Bank … consistent phenomenon in the third world as the older population is deprived of the basic needs (Keyfitz and Flieger 1990). In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836684
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Cities and Quality of Life-Should We Monitor Pakistani Cities?
Hasan, Lubna - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Around the world, national governments as well as international organization measure and monitor performance of large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836716