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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...
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Education and Labour Markets Outcomes : A French-German Comparison
Lauer, Charlotte (contributor) - 2005
labor market outcomes for men and women in France and Germany, two countries with different education systems. Using … German education systems, the social determinants of school and post-school attainment are analyzed. Then, the extent to … which education reduces the unemployment risk is examined, distinguishing between risk of entering unemployment …
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Theory and Practices on Innovating for Sustainable Development
Krozer, Yoram - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016
barriers to sustainable innovation on the basis of real-life cases. It discusses why innovation-based income growth reduces … environmental impacts and how the huge global markets for sustainable innovation are currently hampered by protectionist policies … examined in the first case. It also focuses on regional tacit inventors, who spur innovation in tourism mobility thanks to the …
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Access to Justice in Microfinance : An Analytical Framework for Peru
Olteanu, Yasmin - 2018
This book analyzes the whole path to justice: from the decision to enter the path to justice until justice is achieved and applies a mixed-methods approach using quantitative and qualitative data. It deliberately takes the consumer’s perspective and, beyond the scope of existing studies, does...
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Monopoly Restored : How the Super-Rich Robbed Main Street
Luzkow, Jack Lawrence - 2018
This book is a work of contemporary economic history focusing primarily on the US and the UK. It shows that, historically, much of the wealth of the ultra-wealthy has been based on inheritance, tax evasion, political influence, or wage theft. Today, much of the wealth of the rentier class-the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396836
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Inequality : Trends, Causes, Consequences, Relevant Policies
Arestis, Philip (ed.); Sawyer, Malcolm (ed.) - 2018
This book is the fifteenth volume in the renowned International Papers in Political Economy (IPPE) series which explores the latest developments in political economy. Containing contributions by experts in the field, this book focuses on topics that address the ongoing debate of inequalities in...
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Seven Centuries of Unreal Wages : The Unreliable Data, Sources and Methods that have been used for Measuring Standards of Living in the Past
Hatcher, John (ed.); Stephenson, Judy Z. (ed.) - 2018
The quality of life experienced by people in the past is one of the most important areas of historical enquiry, and the standard of living of populations is one of the leading measures of the economic performance of nations. Yet how accurate is the information on which these judgments are based?...
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The Impact of Mobile Phones on Poverty and Inequality in Developing Countries
James, Jeffrey - 2016
This book investigates at both the micro- and macroeconomic levels the impact of mobile phones on poverty and inequality in developing countries. To gauge the effects of mobile phones on these aspects, the author refers to the standard concept of technology adoption and also analyses the actual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397195
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Islamic Banking : Growth, Stability and Inclusion
Alam, Nafis (ed.); Rizvi, Syed Aun R. (ed.) - 2017
This book focuses on current issues impacting the Islamic banking system globally. The contributions introduce readers to existing research and literature in the field and highlight areas of potential scholarly development within Islamic banking studies. The chapters are a variety of case...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397224
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Landed Estates and Rural Inequality in English History : From the Mid-Seventeenth Century to the Present
Jones, Eric L. - 2018
Based on a detailed investigation of local sources, this book examines the history of the landed estate system in England since the mid-seventeenth century. Over recent centuries England was increasingly occupied by landed estates run by locally dominant and nationally influential owners....
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