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Aspecte privind importanta resurselor umane pentru cresterea economica
Duda-Daianu, Dana Codruta; Izvercianu, Monica; Staicu, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This article tried to emphasize some aspects concerning the relation between economical increasing and investments in human resources. We proposed to study the correlation between economic performance and the application’s level of human resources management. The research was made on a number...
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Conundrums in public distribution system in India: an assessment by states and social groups
Goli, Srinivas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Growing number of studies accentuated enigmas in PDS system, many of them provided evidences based on National Sample Survey (NSS) and other official statistics, more particularly by major states. Many of them also highlighted theoretical and operational difficulties in existing policy...
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Sustainability and human development: a proposal for a sustainability adjusted HDI (SHDI)
Pineda, Jose - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
planetary boundary. There are 17 countries that lost at least one position in their HDI ranking after adjusting for …This paper proposes a sustainability-adjusted HDI in which country’s achievements in human development are penalized … sustainability. Between these countries, however, the countries that experience the largest drop in ranking were 37 positions for the …
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How has politico-economic liberalization affected financial allocation efficiency? Fresh African evidence
Asongu, Simplice A - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper investigates how financial, trade, institutional and political liberalization policies have affected financial efficiency in Africa. It uses updated data to appraise second generation reforms in order to gather fresh evidence and derive more updated policy implications. The ‘freedom...
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Capabilities vis-a-vis Happiness: Evidence from Pakistan
HASAN, HAMID - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
While research on happiness and capabilities has been growing rapidly, they seldom treated together for useful policy insights. Using a unique self-reported questionnaire about mental well being in the Pakistan Socio-Economic Survey (PSES), we measure Sen’s capabilities (freedom, functionings...
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Empirical social choice: An introduction
Kurrild-Klitgaard, Peter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The year 2012 was the 30th anniversary of William H. Riker’s modern classic Liberalism against populism (1982) and is marked by the present special issue. In this introduction, we seek to identify some core elements and evaluate the current status of the Rikerian research program and its...
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Double burden of nutritional disorder among Indian women: an assessment of differentials and determinants
Singh, Deepti; Goli, Srinivas; T.V., Sekher - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
In India, over the years, the progress in women’s nutritional status has been less impressive and remains as a major problem for health policy. The dual burden of nutritional disorder of women in India is posing a serious challenge not only for nutritional policy but also for socio-economic...
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“All’s well that ends well!” subjective wellbeing: an epistemic enquiry
Pillai N., Vijayamohanan; B. P., Asalatha - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Wellbeing in general is represented in terms of the quality of life of an individual or group. The different objective and subjective indicators that go into the composition of quality of life leave its definition and measurement elusive, despite its global recognition as a policy goal. Attempts...
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Two-Person Fair Division of Indivisible Items: An Efficient, Envy-Free Algorithm
Brams, Steven J.; Kilgour, D. Marc; Klamler, Christian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Many procedures have been suggested for the venerable problem of dividing a set of indivisible items between two players. We propose a new algorithm (AL), related to one proposed by Brams and Taylor (BT), which requires only that the players strictly rank items from best to worst. Unlike BT, in...
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Redistributive effect of personal income taxation in Pakistan
Ahmed, Vaqar; O'Donoghue, Cathal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper studies the redistribution effect of personal income tax in Pakistan. We decompose the overall tax system in order to evaluate the contribution of rate, allowances, deductions, exemptions and credits. The structure given in Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, is applied to gross household...
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