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The Impact of a Minimum Wage Increase on Employment, Wages and Expenditures of Low-Wage Workers in Vietnam
Nguyen Viet, Cuong - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This study provides empirical evidence on the impact of a minimum wage increase on employment, wages, and expenditures … minimum wage increase reduced employment of low-wage workers in the formal sector. However, workers who lost formal sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493289
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Economic relations from Ceará and main generators sectors of employment and income in the economy
Lima, Patrícia Verônica Pinheiro Sales; Guilhoto, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
demand over income and employment. The results highlight the main differences among the productive structures of the regions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109349
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Income Insecurity, Job Insecurity and the Drift towards Self-employment in SSA
Adams, Abass; Cantah, William Godfred; Wiafe, Emmanuel … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
months as compared to employment in the busiest months. Thus a link is established between income insecurity and job … income insecurity to the proliferation of informal enterprise through job insecurity in selected SSA countries. The study …, Kenya and the DRC. The analyses suggested that income insecurity exist in the form of significant seasonal variations in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110595
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Application of ICT to Agriculture as a Panacea to Unemployment in Nigeria
Tolulope Kehinde, Kayode-Adedeji; Agwu, Dr. Edwin M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
This study looked at the relevance of agriculture in the Nigeria society and the need for employment and application of … information and communication technology into agricultural sector as a solution to unemployment problems in Nigeria. As … Nigerians, it can as well be used to improve the economic development of Nigeria and Nigerians. Data was gathered through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123518
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A global perspective on the changing perceptions of the role of the external auditor and the significance of audit developments
Ojo, Marianne - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Through a consideration of factors which have resulted in a more reduced role for the external auditor in certain jurisdictions – when compared to others, this paper will consider, as well as highlight why an enhanced awareness of the role of the external auditor in such jurisdictions will be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647355
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Effects of corporate social responsibility and irresponsibility policies
Armstrong, J. Scott; Green, Kesten C. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This article reviews experimental evidence on the effects of policies intended to promote behavior by firms that is more socially responsible and less socially irresponsible. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) can provide firms with opportunities for profit, but changes are likely to increase...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260275
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Financial regulation and risk management: addressing risk challenges in a changing financial environment
Ojo, Marianne - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Amongst other goals, this paper aims to address complexities and challenges faced by regulators in identifying and assessing risk, problems arising from different perceptions of risk, and solutions aimed at countering problems of risk regulation. It will approach these issues through an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009220089
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Pluralism and deformalisation as mechanisms in the achievement of more equitable and just outcomes – the move from „Classical Formalism“ to deformalisation.
Ojo, Marianne - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
By tracing the development and evolvement of certain legal theories over the centuries, as well as consequences emanating from such developments, this paper highlights how and why a shift from the model of „classical formalism“ towards more deformalised models has arisen. The paper also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009223337
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Addressing risk challenges in a changing financial environment: the need for greater accountability in financial regulation and risk management
Ojo, Marianne - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
other regulatory actors and greater measures aimed at fostering corporate governance and accountability into the regulatory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009223349
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Justification and cooperation
Xiao, Erte - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The need for justification is a widely observed social phenomenon. This paper develops a theoretical framework and reports laboratory evidence to show how pure justification pressure affects cooperative behavior in economic exchange environments. In a one-shot anonymous interaction, compared...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009422008