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This open access book is the result of an expert panel convened by the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Nature Sustainability. The panel tackled the seventeen UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 head-on, with respect to the global systems that produce and distribute...
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This upper level textbook provides a coherent introduction to the economic implications of individual and population ageing. Placing economic considerations into a wider social sciences context, this is ideal reading not only for advanced undergraduate and masters students in economics, health...
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This upper level textbook provides a coherent introduction to the economic implications of individual and population ageing. Placing economic considerations into a wider social sciences context, this is ideal reading not only for advanced undergraduate and masters students in economics, health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397011
1. Introduction -- 2. The Basic Concepts -- 3. The Little Mathematics You Need -- 4. Four Archetypal Pension Systems -- 5. Pension Benefits in a More Realistic Setting -- 6. The Challenges for Public Pension Schemes -- 7. Concluding remarks
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1. Conceptualisations and Measurement -- 2. Theories and Empirical Findings -- 3. Happiness and Policy -- 4. Inequality -- 5. Poverty, Deprivation and Social Class -- 6. Some Questions of Intergenerational Economics -- 7. Ageing, House Prices, and Economic Crises -- 8. Behavioural Economics and...
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1 Introduction -- 2 Intragenerational social welfare evaluation -- 3 Intergenerational social welfare evaluation -- 4 Extended anonymity and intergenerational social welfare evaluation -- 5 Intergenerational social welfare evaluation with variable population size -- 6 Conclusion: Further issues...
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Chapter 1. Introduction: Revisiting Networks: setting the conceptual and methodological scene -- Chapter 2. The direct and indirect role of migrants’ networks in accessing diverse labour market sectors: an analysis of the weak/ strong ties continuum -- Chapter 3. Are “weak ties” really...
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Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Circular Economy research: From theory to practice -- Chapter 3: Conceptualization of Circular Economy 3.0: synthesizing the 10Rs hierarchy of value retention options -- Chapter 4: Working with new conceptualization of Circular Economy 3.0 -- Chapter 5: The...
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Chapter 1: Leadership for Sustainable Development in Africa - Roles and Responsibilities -- Chapter 2: Leading the Way Forward: What Can African Governments Do -- Chapter 3: Responsible Corporate Leadership: Driving Sustainability in Nigeria’s Financial Services Industry -- Chapter 4:...
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Introduction -- Conceptual background -- Research design -- Strategies for sustainable freight transport -- The acceptance of sustainable freight transport -- Policy measures to promote sustainable freight transport -- Conclusion.
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