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Attaining the Millennium Development Goals: the role of macroeconomic policies
Chowdhury, Anis; Islam, Iyanatul - In: International Journal of Social Economics 38 (2011) November, pp. 930-952
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially the goal of poverty reduction. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs … to have significant impacts on poverty reduction. The poverty reducing impact of growth has also been weakened by the …
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Disabled people's living standards: filling a policy vacuum
Doessel, D.P.; Williams, Ruth F.G. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 38 (2011) March, pp. 341-357
Purpose – Government policy can alleviate inequities in living standards. Disabled people often qualify for government assistance which is one way that their living standard can improve, although arbitrary systems for distributing assistance are not likely to serve equity objectives. The...
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Green community entrepreneurship: creative destruction in the social economy
Gliedt, Travis; Parker, Paul - In: International Journal of Social Economics 34 (2007) August, pp. 538-553
association, Green Communities Canada. The social economy and ecological economics literatures are reviewed to construct a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005081368
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Global financial crisis: dharmic transgressions and solutions
Dilmaghani, Maryam - In: International Journal of Social Economics 39 (2012) January, pp. 55-80
/methodology/approach – Using the Ethnic Diversity Survey, the author: examines how religious belief and practice relate to earnings in Canada …
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The impact of economic downturn on mental health in Canada
Latif, Ehsan - In: International Journal of Social Economics 42 (2015) 1, pp. 33-46
using Canadian data since there are important differences between Canada and the USA with respect to labour market policies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014807325
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Religiosity and female labour market attainment in Canada: the Protestant exception
Dilmaghani, Maryam; Dean, Jason - In: International Journal of Social Economics 43 (2016) 3, pp. 244-262
overall religiosity inversely relates to female labour supply in Canada. When the impact of religiosity is assessed on a by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014807498
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American Exceptionalism and the Economic Role of the Public Sector: Canada and the US Compared
Lucore, Robert E. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 16 (1989) 3, pp. 34-43
, it is argued that Canada makes a better subject for comparison with the US. This is because the two countries are very …
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Advocacy by environmental nonprofit organisations ‐ An optimal strategy for addressing environmental problems?
Handy, Femida - In: International Journal of Social Economics 28 (2001) 8, pp. 648-666
in Canada. The findings of this survey show that although reduction of net costs is espoused, market‐based policies are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014806852
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Green community entrepreneurship: creative destruction in the social economy
Gliedt, Travis; Parker, Paul - In: International Journal of Social Economics 34 (2007) 8, pp. 538-553
association, Green Communities Canada. The social economy and ecological economics literatures are reviewed to construct a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805404
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Religiosity, human capital return and earnings in Canada
Dilmaghani, Maryam - In: International Journal of Social Economics 39 (2011) 1/2, pp. 55-80
/methodology/approach – Using the Ethnic Diversity Survey, the author: examines how religious belief and practice relate to earnings in Canada …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805713