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Poverty and Food Insecurity in Nepal A Review
Joshi, Niraj Prakash; Maharjan, Keshav Lall; Piya, Luni - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Nepal being the poorest country in the world, poverty remains one of the crucial development agenda in Nepal since it started its development effort in 1956. Therefore, this review paper analyzes the poverty and food insecurity in Nepal. Macro economic indicators of the country i.e., Gross...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009386717
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Economic Policies, Socieconomic Factors and Overall Health: A Short Review
Drakopoulos, Stavros A. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Many researchers have found that socioeconomic factors play a crucial role in determining physiological and psychological health levels of the population. This implies that socioeconomic inequalities tend to produce health inequalities. It is also generally accepted that the level of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008529254
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Behavioral economics and socio-economics journals: A citation-based ranking
Azar, Ofer H. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Journal quality is a major consideration for authors, readers, and promotion and tenure committees, among others. Unfortunately, most behavioral economics and socio-economics journals are not included in published rankings or in Journal Citation Reports. Consequently, no objective ranking of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621734
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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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Mises, Bastiat, public opinion, and public choice
Caplan, Bryan; Stringham, Edward - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
The political economy of Ludwig von Mises and Frederic Bastiat has been largely ignored even by their admirers. We argue that Mises' and Bastiat's views in this area were both original and insightful. While traditional public choice generally maintains that democracy fails because voters' views...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008685049
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Das ökonomische und politische Dilemma Europas
Mavrozacharakis, Emmanouil - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
States like Greece, Portugal, Ireland , Spain and Italy The advanced state debt are nothing more than a symptom of a lack of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212950
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Introducing new technologies in media companies from Romania, Portugal, Spain and Cyprus. A comparative approach
Surugiu, Romina; Radu, Raluca Nicoleta - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
introduction of new technologies in media companies in Romania, Portugal, Spain and Cyprus, using an institutional approach. We … part of national reports on media and new technologies in Romania, Portugal, Spain and Cyprus. The reports were made during …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258573
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Ist eine Deregulierung der Arbeitsmärkte in den südlichen EU-Staaten zur Bekämpfung der Eurokrise sinnvoll?
Fischer, Justina AV - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
foodstuffs (olive oil, ewe’s milk cheese) but at a lower price. On the other hand, for Spain and Portugal efforts to stimulate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258799
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The role of foreign direct investment in the renewable electricity generation and economic growth nexus in Portugal: a cointegration and causality analysis
Cerdeira, Bento; Paulo, João - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This study attempts to investigate a supply function for electricity in Portugal through cointegration and causality … product, inward foreign direct investment, carbon emissions from electricity production and population size in Portugal by … crucial in boosting Portugal’s socio-economic development towards a more efficiency-orientated and less resource …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259320
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Gender Differences in Occupational Mobility – Evidence from Portugal
Crespo, Nuno; Simoes, Nadia; Moreira, Sandrina B. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Portugal in the period 1998-2009, we find that women have a lower probability of upward mobility and a higher probability of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260592