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Desigualdade e Pobreza: Fatos Estilizados e Simulações

Souza-Sobrinho, Nelson - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001

This paper analyses the relations between poverty, inequality and economic growth in Brazil. First of all, based on recent research, it shows characteristics and historical evolution of inequality and poverty. These characteristics are not novelty to specialized research, but drawing them as...

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Financial Aid and Higher Education Enrollment in Chile: A Government Policy Analysis

Meneses, Francisco; Blanco, Christian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This paper evaluates the impact of the Chilean government's nancial aid on college and vocational education enrollment … over 30%. In the case of vocational education, we found that being pre-selected for college nancial aid decreases the … education over vocational education when they have nancial aid for both. Theoretical conclusion and public policy …

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Internationalization of Universities as Internationalization of Bildung

Lenz, Rainer; Steinhaus, Carol - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

itself. Internationalization is a powerful means to fulfill a university’s central task “Bildung of individuals” as it …

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SOCIAL NETWORKS AND HEALTH DECISIONS: A CASE OF TWO VILLAGES OF TAMIL NADU

K., Srinivasan; Raka, Sharan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

A common question always had been of interest to understand as to how people make decisions. It is well known that decisions are not made in isolation but they are the products of influence and confluence of social correlates. Studies of some Sociologists report that often decisions are made in...

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Social Networks and Decision Making: Women’s Participation in Household Decisions

Kannan, Srinivasan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Decision making is always been an important in social setting. For understanding the process of decision making it is important to understand as to how people make decisions and the factors influence the decisions. Studies (Srinivasan and Sharan 2005, Pescosolido, 1992) show that decisions are...

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Religiosity and Health

K., Srinivasan; Raka, Sharan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

There are studies showing linkages between religious beliefs and health. The importance of religion on health has been examined by studies (Vaux 1976), the dietary beliefs in health and illness (Chan Ho 1985), the role of religion in morbidity and mortalitiy (Jarvis and North Cott 1987), the...

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Social Correlates of Health choices: A study in Rural Tamil Nadu

Kannan, Srinivasan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Social Network suggests that the decisions are not made in isolation but they are outcome of influence and confluence of social correlates (Srinivasan and Sharan 2005). They are products of consultations with other members of the community or the institutions. Many at times they happen mutually....

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Organization of Indian Health Bureaucracy and its Delivery System

K., Srinivasan; Raka, Sharan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

The aim of this paper is to probe into the structure and functioning of health bureaucracy in India with specific reference to rural health bureaucracy of Tamil Nadu State. bureaucracy is defined as "a hierarchical division of staff who act on formal assignments" - Gouldner(1954). This...

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Несколько слов о социальном детерминизме

Kaluzhsky, Mikhail - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000

Article about the role of determinism in the development of social processes. Author from the standpoint of the materialist dialectic analyzes the dynamics and patterns of social processes in Russia. Particular attention is paid to the criticism of religious and ideological concepts of...

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Introduction: Environmental Sustainability Symposium

Cebula, Richard; Payne, James - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The issue of environmental sustainability is a controversial and extremely diverse multi-faceted topic that ranges from questions as to how to ensure that adequate investment in energy R&D and infrastructure will be undertaken, to state level renewable portfolio standards, to the impact of...

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