Transition to the market economy in ECA opened up a range of potential opportunities for young people. It has also raised a series of challenges. Youth unemployment and joblessness have emerged as serious problems with the potentially very high costs. Formal Education and Training systems have...

We use national labor force surveys from 1983 through 2011 to construct hours worked per person on the aggregate level and for different demographic groups for 18 European countries and the US. We find that Europeans work 19% fewer hours than US citizens. Differences in weeks worked and in the...

Eurasian Economic Perspectives -- Part 1: Human Resources -- Equity Market Segmentation in Risk-Based Portfolio Construction Techniques -- Forecasting the Dividend Policy Using Machine Learning Approach: Decision Tree Regression Models -- The Volatility Case of European Reits And Non-Reits --...

Education -- Validity And Reliability Of The Flipped Learning Scale -- Developing Financial Efficiency Index For Higher Education Institutions -- Human Resources Management -- Employee Commitment In Relationship To Organizational Culture: The Case Of Lithuanian Companies -- The Mediating role of...

Chapter 1. The Effect of HR Practices on the Fulfilment of a Psychological Contract in the Context of the Polish Organizational Culture -- Chapter 2. A Seat at the Table: Exploring 4.0 Leadership Attributes Using a Thematic Approach -- Chapter 3. Are Co-working Spaces Communitarian, and Open?...

Part I: Economics of Innovation -- Two Types of Innovation and Their Economic Impacts: A General Equilibrium Simulation -- Sustainability Integration Impact on Fast Fashion Supply Chains -- The Model of Assessing the Innovativeness of Public Entities Obliged to Carry Out Public–Private...

Part I. Growth, Development and Finance -- The Financial Benefits of Training on the Labor Market: Evidence from Romania -- The Nexus Between Economic Development and Environmental Pollution: The Case of Lithuania -- The Impact of Changes in Time to Maturity on the Risk of Geometric Options --...

Part 1. Economıcs of ınnovatıon -- The Importance of Emerging Industries: The Case of Biopharma -- The Hiramatsu Concept of “One Village, One Product” as an Element of Regional Industrial Specialisation and a Cluster Policy Tool -- Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth:...

ACCOUNTING/AUDIT -- Insights from Lobbying Research on the Accounting Standard-Setting Process through Comment Letter Submissions -- The Bulgarian Life Insurance Sector – Review and Analysis of Investment -- Measures to Assess the Payment Behavior of The Portuguese Subnational Governments --...

The returns to schooling are estimated for 28 European and Central Asian countries using the Mincerian function. Our results show that while the public sector pays on average more than the private sector, the effect of education on earnings is stronger in the private sector. However, the returns...