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Using Your Ties to Get a Worse Job? The Differential Effects of Social Networks on Quality of Employment in Colombia
Deguilhem, Thibaud - 2018
This article examines the effect of social networks by investigating how mobilizing family, friendship or kindship ties in job searches affects the quality of employment (QoE) using a mixed approach. Drawing from socioeconomic literature on the segmented labor market, the authors propose an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012934201
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Crecimiento Económico de Largo Plazo en Antioquia, Colombia : Estimación del PIB, 1800-1913 (Long Term Economic Growth in Antioquia, Colombia: GDP Estimates, 1800-1913)
Mejia, Javier - 2012
than the average of Colombia. Moreover, we found periods of economic boom between 1800 and 1840, 1860 and 1880, and 1905 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014167721
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693998
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El desempeño de los estudiantes de secundaria en los colegios de Fe y Alegría en Colombia: una cuestión de Fe y/o Alegría?
Osorio, Parra; Carlos, Juan; Wodon, Quentin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Fe y Alegría is a catholic network of schools that started operations in Colombia in 1971, and in 2009 served more than … 72,000 students in 61 schools. This paper assesses the performance of Fe y Alegría secondary schools in Colombia using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008833282
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Waste Management in the Various Municipalities of Various Socio-Economic Conditions (An Empirical Evidence from Pakistan)
Hasan, Syed Akif; Subhani, Muhammad Imtiaz; Osman, Ms. Amber - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
of Pakistan and therefore, they do not generate the healthy waste management practices in almost every municipality and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368166
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Open Space Purchases, House Prices, and the Tax Base
Donald, Vandegrift; Michael, Lahr - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper examines the effect of public acquisitions of open space on house prices and the municipal tax base. While a series of studies show that open space acquisitions raise values of nearby properties, no research to date appears to focus upon the effect of open space acquisitions upon...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005787228
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The deficit mechanism of the Hungarian municipalities
Vasvári, Tamás - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The management of the Hungarian municipal sector has received special attention since the crisis in 2008 and interest in the sector increased further due to the changes in legislation in 2011. A great number of economy experts and speakers on behalf of the government or the municipalities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114127
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District level mandates and high school students' understanding of economics
Grimes, Paul W.; Millea, Meghan J.; Thomas, M. Kathleen - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper investigates the impact of district-level course mandates on students’ end-of-course economic understanding. Data were collected from Mississippi high school students studying economics in three different course environments. Students were either enrolled in a one semester economics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261097
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Education Inequality and Economic Growth: Framework for the Evaluation of Pakistan’s Education Policy
Hassan, Rubina; Mirza, M. Shahzad - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
and its four provinces across gender domains. The paper also corroborates the education-growth hypothesis through panel …This paper attempts to substantiate the Education-Growth relationship with a view to evaluate Pakistan’s Education … Policy over the last two decades. With a view to the inadequacy of the generally used measures of education, we first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694145
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Educational breakthrough in eritrea: some expectations and outcomes
Rena, Ravinder - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The ongoing national reconstruction process of Eritrea is centered on the educational reformation. The Government of Eritrea has developed educational policy on top priority of national development which demands the emergence of new class of trained youth blended with disciplined mind with skill...
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