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Growth, Inequality and Social Development in India : Is Inclusive Growth Possible?
Nagaraj, R. (ed.) - 2012
With six essays exploring different aspects of economic growth, poverty, inequality and social security, this book offers a critical perspective on India's development experience since independence. Incisive and empirically rich, the book opens up new vistas in development discourse and informs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106298
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Labour Migration in Europe Volume I : Integration and Entrepreneurship among Migrant Workers – A Long-Term View
Fauri, Francesca (ed.); Tedeschi, Paolo (ed.) - 2018
In this book, Fauri and Tedeschi bring together contributions that outline the movement of job seekers and ethnic minority entrepreneurs in Europe, all with the aim of analysing the overall impact of different forms of migration on European economies in the last hundred years. Contributions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396896
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Evaluating the Employment Effects of Job Creation Schemes in Germany
Thomsen, Stephan L. (contributor) - 2007
This book analyses the employment effects of job creation schemes for the participating individuals in Germany. Programmes provide subsidised jobs that are additional in nature and of value for society to hard-to-place individuals. International evidence on the effectiveness suggests that...
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Economic Policies since the Global Financial Crisis
Arestis, Philip (ed.); Sawyer, Malcolm (ed.) - 2017
This book investigates the changing nature of economic policies following the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2009. Well-respected, international scholars come together to discuss the level of economic growth following the crisis, concerns over inequality in industrialised countries, and labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397525
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The Dynamics of Opportunity in America : Evidence and Perspectives
Kirsch, Irwin (ed.); Braun, Henry (ed.) - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016
Across the country, our children are beginning life from very different starting points. Some have aspirations and believe they can be achieved. For too many others, aspirations are tempered, if not dashed, by the sobering realities of everyday life. These different starting points place...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011685727
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Social Exclusion : Short and Long Term Causes and Consequences
Parodi, Giuliana - 2012
The book provides a panoramic approach to social exclusion, with emphasis on structural causes (education, health, accidents) and on short term causes connected with the crisis which started in 2008. The picture emerging, based on econometric analysis, is that the crisis has widened the risk of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014015538
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Zuwanderung und Arbeitsmarkt : Deutschland und Dänemark im Vergleich
Zimmermann, Klaus F. (contributor);  … - 2005
Einkommen — Gelingt die Integration der Zuwanderer in den Arbeitsmarkt? -- Selbständigkeit: Vorteile für Einwanderer in … dem Arbeitsmarkt aktiv zur Verfügung. Falsche Arbeitsmarktanreize spielen dabei eine wichtige Rolle. Eine kritische Bilanz … von Erfolgen und Misserfolgen der Arbeitsmarktintegration von Zuwanderern ist notwendig, um Kurskorrekturen vornehmen zu …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014014007
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Poverty and Exclusion of Minorities in China and India
Bhalla, A.S.; Luo, Dan - 2017 - 2nd ed. 2017
on consumer expenditure (2011-12), health and education (2014) to examine the latest understanding of poverty in China … and India, and how that connects with minorities. Poverty has generally become less acute in both China and India, thanks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397529
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Lessons in Sustainable Development from China & Taiwan
Hsu, Sara - 2013
Both Taiwan and China are extremely populous nations that, due to population pressures and continuing high growth … and contrasts it to that of China, suggesting ways in which Taiwan can help China implement its environmental and social … policies, and in which China might help Taiwan continue its path toward sustainable environmental and social policies. She …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106407
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Data you need to know about China : Research Report of China Household Finance Survey•2012
Gan, Li - 2014
Since the beginning of the 21st century, China has been experiencing a dramatically rapid economic development. What is … the real life of Chinese people like under China’s steady GDP fast growth? How rich are the rich and how poor are the poor … questions. The Survey and Research Center for China Household Finance conducted the first and only nationally representative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014016889