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Transatlantic Science and Technology : Opportunities for Real Cooperation Between Europe and the United States
Herlitschka, Sabine E. - 2013
in transatlantic S&T cooperation between the European Union and the United States. The EU-U.S. relationship dates back to … the 1950s, with regular EU-U.S. Summits to assess and develop transatlantic cooperation. In the area of S&T, the EU and U … opportunities and new mechanisms for increased transatlantic EU - U.S. S&T cooperation under current conditions • examples of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014016143
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Diasporas and conflict
Mariani, Fabio; Mercier, Marion; Verdier, Thierry - 2016
We build a model of conflict in which two groups contest a resource and must decide on the optimal allocation of labor between fighting and productive activities. In this setting, a diaspora emanating from one of the two groups can get actively involved in the conflict by transferring financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011544003
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The legacies of slavery in and out of Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella - 2015
The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this …" countries in Africa, with attention to their economic, institutional, demographic, and social implications. Next I evaluate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283184
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The Political Economy of Neo-modernisation : Rethinking the Dynamics of Technology, Development and Inequality
Baek, Seung Jin - 2018
: Theoretical Reshaping for the Augmented Inequality Dynamics -- Chapter 6: Can the SDGs Promote Structural Transformation in Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396829
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The Global Digital Divides : Explaining Change
Pick, James B. - 2015
world, the countries of Africa, and for individual states/provinces within nations. Based on theory, novel findings, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012402093
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Information provision and preferences for education spending : evidence from representative survey experiments in three countries
Cattaneo, Maria Alejandra; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2019
Do differences in citizens' policy preferences hamper international cooperation in education policy? To gain comparative evidence on public preferences for education spending, we conduct representative experiments with information treatments in Switzerland using identical survey techniques...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012133857
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Public Procurement, Innovation and Policy : International Perspectives
Lember, Veiko - 2014
Foreword -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Public Procurement and Innovation: Theory and Practice -- 3 Australia -- 4 Brazil.- 5 China.- 6 Denmark -- 7 Estonia -- 8 Greece -- 9 Hong Kong -- 10 Korea. -- 11 Sweden.- 12 United Kingdom -- 13 United States of America -- 14 Public Procurement, Innovation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014016946
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Trumponomics : Was Präsident Trumps Vorhaben für die US- und Weltwirtschaft bedeuten
Schlothmann, Daniel - 2018
Einleitung -- Wichtige makroökonomische Kennzahlen -- Der Modellrahmen -- Makroökonomische Konjunkturtheorien -- Die US-Wirtschaft bei Trumps Amtsantritt -- Die Auswirkungen von Trumps Vorhaben -- Fazit.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014019312
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The lot of the unemployed : a time use perspective
Krueger, Alan B. (contributor); Müller, Andreas (contributor) - 2008
This paper provides new evidence on time use and subjective well-being of employed and unemployed individuals in 14 countries. We devote particular attention to characterizing and modeling job search intensity, measured by the amount of time devoted to searching for a new job. Job search...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003716529
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Immigrants and welfare programmes : exploring the interactions between immigrant characteristics, immigrant welfare dependence and welfare policy
Barrett, Alan (contributor); McCarthy, Yvonne (contributor) - 2008
The primary purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the papers within the economics literature that have examined the questions of immigrant welfare use and the responsiveness of immigrants to the incentives created by welfare systems. While our focus is largely on papers looking at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003716533