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A policy agenda for diversity and minority integration
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010
The social and labor market integration of ethnic minorities in the EU is still a major political, societal and economic challenge. Based on evidence presented in Kahanec and Zimmermann (2011), this policy paper proposes an agenda for diversity and minority integration in the European labor...
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Inclusion of consumption into emissions trading systems : legal design and practical administration
Ismer, Roland; Haussner, Manuel; Neuhoff, Karsten; … - 2016
A world of unequal carbon prices requires measures aimed at preventing carbon leakage. Climate policy imperatives demand that such measures must be compatible with the goal of sending a carbon price signal down the value chain. For carbon intensive materials, the combination of dynamic free...
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Where does the fairtrade money go? : how much consumers pay extra for fairtrade coffee and how this value is split along the value chain
Naegele, Helene Blanche - 2019
Fairtrade certification aims at transferring wealth from the consumer to the farmer; however, coffee passes through many hands before reaching final consumers. Bringing together retail, wholesale, and stock market data, this study estimates how much more consumers are paying for...
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Enabling circular economy dynamics in the plastics and steel industries : perspectives from multiple stakeholders
Xi, Sun; Behr, Sophie M.; Kücük, Merve - 2024
This paper investigates the perspectives of stakeholder groups in the plastic and steel value chains on transitioning toward a circular economy (CE). Through semistructured interviews with 31 business stakeholders, we analyze business strategies, key factors, challenges and opportunities, as...
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Voluntary teaming and effort
Keser, Claudia (contributor);  … - 2007
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Key players and key groups in teams : a network approach using soccer data
Sarangi, Sudipta; Unlu, Emre - 2010
This paper provides a way of evaluating a player's contribution to her team and relates her effort to her salaries. We … collect data from UEFA Euro 2008 Tournament and construct the passing network of each team. Then we determine the key player … higher market values. -- Social Networks ; Team Game ; Centrality Measures …
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Knowledge-based capital and productivity divergence
Le Mouel, Marie; Schiersch, Alexander - 2020
Understanding the causes of the slowdown in aggregate productivity growth is key to maintaining the competitiveness of advanced economies and ensuring long-term economic prosperity. This paper is the first to provide evidence that investment in Knowledge-Based Capital (KBC), despite having a...
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Mortgage market maturity and homeownership inequality among young households : a five-country perspective
Bičáková, Alena (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper uses the newly constructed Luxembourg Wealth Study data to document cross-country variation in homeownership rates and the homeownership-income inequality among young households in Finland, Germany, Italy, the UK and the US, and relate it to cross-country differences in mortgage...
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Where do the brainy Italians go?
Constant, Amelie (contributor); D'Agosto, Elena (contributor) - 2008
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The dynamics of social assistance receipt : measurement and modelling issues, with an application to Britain
Cappellari, Lorenzo (contributor);  … - 2008
We model the dynamics of social assistance benefit receipt in Britain using data from the British Household Panel Survey, waves 1-15. First, we discuss definitions of social assistance benefit receipt, and present information about the trends between 1991 and 2005 in the receipt of social...
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