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This paper analyzes gender differences in the investment activity of German small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The empirical analysis is carried out on a sample of firms drawn from the KfW Mittelstandspanel, a representative survey of German SMEs for the period from 2003 to 2009. We find...
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This paper provides the first evidence on gender differences in investment financing, credit application and credit denial rates in Germany. The empirical analysis is carried out on a sample of firms drawn from the KfW Mittelstandspanel, a representative survey of German SMEs for the period from...
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, government revenues and economic growth in Algeria during the period 1980-2011. The empirical results reveal a bidirectional …
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The informal sector is one of the most problematical of the economical information system in general and on the labor market in particular. By its definition and nature, this sector is quantifiable with difficulty ; yet statiscally, some elements of information can be built on the informal...
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Social security systems are often treated according to their epistemology. The bismarckian and beverdgian systems could be the origin of all social protection systems. The firs was created by Bismark at 1883 in Germany, it was based on the insurance principal. The beverigian system was...
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Households survey Conducted by the National Office for Statistics in 2000 (Algeria). …
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Subject: The education in mathematics, its failure and costs, and how to redesign this market. The political economy of … mathematics education. Method: We do not require statistics to show that mathematics education fails but can look at the math … reasoning, they all are hindered and obstructed. Mathematics forms a core element in education and destroys much of school life …
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important role of education in occupational choice. To empirically test our hypothesis, we estimate a two-stage degenerated … increases with the level of education. In the informal sector education attainment tends to reduce the probability of self …
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As part of the Country Programme preparation activities, a rapid assessment on child labour and education was … undertaken with a specific interest in the programme implications for IPEC. This study looked at child labour and education … issues, not only to understand child labour, but also to understand its implications for the design of education policies and …
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It has been argued that increased life expectancy raises the rate of return on education, causing a rise in the … investment in education followed by an increase in lifetime labor supply. Empirical evidence of these relations is rather weak … dependence of hazard rates, which determine individuals' behavioral response w.r.t. education, work and age of retirement …
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