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Jacob Mincer A Pioneer of Modern Labor Economics
Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520422
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The Marriage Motive: A Price Theory of Marriage : How Marriage Markets Affect Employment, Consumption, and Savings
Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana - 2015
theory of labor and marriage presented in Chapter 2, which provides the conceptual framework for the rest of the chapters …. Two major implications of the theory are sex ratio effects and compensating differentials in marriage. The book … marriage works to help us design better economic and social policies as well as help people live better and happier lives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012401932
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Foreign Capital Flows and Economic Development in Africa : The Impact of BRICS versus OECD
Tiruneh, Esubalew Alehegn (ed.); Wamboye, Evelyn (ed.) - 2017
This collection examines the extent to which foreign capital from conventional (OECD countries) and non-conventional (BRICS) sources has impacted economic development in Africa over the last two decades. It provides in-depth analyses of the nature, motives, and implications of this capital, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397859
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The Power of the Chinese Dragon : Implications for African Development and Economic Growth
Henson, Spencer (ed.); Yap, O. Fiona (ed.) - 2016
This important reader brings together published articles from Palgrave's journal The European Journal of Development Research on the development between China and Africa as well as emerging national economies in the BRICs group. Topics include trade relations, investment in sub-Saharan Africa,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014018614
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Foreign Aid in China
Zhou, Hong - 2015
Foreign aid has connected China and the international community through many channels, and created new types of strong partnerships throughout the world. As a recipient country, China and donors have engaged in an unprecedentedly deep level of cooperation on development-related issues. China’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014021350
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US Economic Development Policies towards the Pacific Rim : Successes and Failures of US Aid
Wiegersma, Nan; Medley, Joseph E. - 2000
US aid interventions have greatly advantaged some countries in their quest for development, but not others. The extensive development assistance, technology transfers and market access that the United States government granted Taiwan and South Korea in their development and the aid recently...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054300
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Poverty, hunger and democracy in Africa : potential and limitations of democracy in cementing multiethnic societies
Bigman, David - 2011
The book evaluates alternative policy options for the African countries to overcome the food crisis and the changing structure of world trade to sustain their impressive growth of the early 2000s.These policies must go beyond economic reforms and seek a solution to the entrenched political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106207
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Monopsonistic Labour Markets and the Gender Pay Gap : Theory and Empirical Evidence
Hirsch, Boris - 2010
Spatial Monopsony -- Simple Static Monopsony -- Short-Run Spatial Monopsony -- Long-Run Spatial Monopsony -- Spatial Monopsony and the Gender Pay Gap -- Spatial Monopsony and Regional Differences in the Gender Pay Gap -- Dynamic Monopsony -- Simple Dynamic Monopsony -- A General Equilibrium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013521339
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Women's Entrepreneurship and Microfinance
Neogi, Chiranjib (ed.); Bhandari, Amit Kumar (ed.);  … - 2017
This book offers a critical perspective on the issues related to women’s empowerment, microfinance, and entrepreneurship in India. Written by distinguishing experts in this field, this book highlights women’s empowerment, which is a process of entrusting power to an individual on the control...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397244
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Change Management in der Sozialwirtschaft
Brinkmann, Volker - 2005
Change Management in der Sozialwirtschaft — Markt und fachliche Entwicklungschancen sozialer Dienstleistungen — Einführung in das Tagungsthema -- Marktentwicklung und Organisationswandel in der Sozialwirtschaft. Eine Bestandsaufnahme -- l Zur Einstimmung — die Lage ist ernst -- 2 Soziale...
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