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Social Development – A Multidimensional Approach To Social Development Analysis. Country Level Evidence for Year 2011
Lechman, Ewa - 2014
The study investigates disparities in social development in 144 countries worldwide. In the paper we aim to investigate cross-country differences in social development level in year 2011, as well as to estimate inequalities on the field. Secondly, we assess relative social development level...
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Saving, Investment, Greed, and Original Accumulation Do Not Explain Growth
McCloskey, Deirdre Nansen - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
must practice thrift, and pre-industrial Europe, with its low yield-seed ratios, did so on a big scale. British thrift …
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Factors Behind International Relocation and Changes in Production Geography in the European Automobile Components Industry
Lampón, Jesús; Lago-Peñas, Santiago - 2013
This article analyses business strategies in the automobile sector to determine the key factors behind production relocation processes in automobile components suppliers. These factors help explain changes in production geography in the sector not only in terms of location advantages but also...
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Eurasian Integration and Its Institutions : Possible Contributions to Security in Eurasia
Vinokurov, Evgeny; Libman, Alexander - 2017
The authors turn to the large family of institutions that came into existence in post-Soviet Eurasia (and, in some ways, beyond it) over the last two decades. The researchers review their current state, agenda, real and perceived mandate, and their respective achievements and constraints. The...
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Earnings of culture workers: findings from Canadian Census data
Singh, Vik - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
A study of earnings in the culture sector is important to an understanding of the vitality of this sector. It is also an issue of significant interest to many culture organizations and lobby groups. The Canadian Framework for Culture Statistics1 classifies 48 occupations2 as culture occupations....
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Il Pay-as-You-Go pubblico e privato: davvero diversi? Un confronto Europa - Us
SALERNO, Nicola Carmine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
difference between Europe and Us, with respect to future challenges. Is insurance pooling really different from pay …-as-you-go financing, in a context of rapid population ageing? The structural roots of future challenges appears the same for Europe and Us … "Present and Future of PayGo in Italy, Europe and Us". All chapters will be collected in a book edited by Nicola Carmine …
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Friends and health of the workers in Italy
Fiorillo, Damiano - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Using a rich cross-sectional dataset, we estimate the effect of meetings with friends on self-perceived health, chronic conditions and limitations in daily activities of Italian employees. We address the self-selection of individuals in labour market using an Heckman selection model. Our main...
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Social Protection Strategry
Shah, Syed Akhter Hussain - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The author identifies three gaps; vertical gap, horizontal gap, degree of social protection gap in workers’ social … for enhancements of social protection from 0.4 million persons to 7.4 million workers and their dependants. The framework …
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Il Pay-as-You-Go in Europa attraverso i Programmi di Stabilità. Le risorse che gli attivi/occupati dovranno mettere a disposizione per finanziare il welfare
SALERNO, Nicola Carmine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
created in purpose to investigate the effects of population ageing on the sustainability of public finances across Europe …, Europe and Us". All chapters will be collected in a book by Nicola C. Salerno. …
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Social learning increases the acceptance and the efficiency of punishment institutions in social dilemmas
Gürerk, Özgür - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Endogenously chosen punishment institutions perform well in increasing contributions and long-term payoffs in social dilemma situations. However, they suffer from (a) initial reluctance of subjects to join the punishment institution and (b) initial efficiency losses due to frequent punishment....
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