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Equity for Open-Access Journal Publishing
Shieber, Stuart M. - eSocialSciences - 2009
Open access journal publishing is currently at a systematic disadvantage relative to the traditional subscription …-based journal publishing. A simple, cost effective remedy to this inequity is proposed that would put open access publishing on a … path to become a sustainable, efficient system, allowing the two journal publishing systems to compete on a more level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967296
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Economics of Migration and Remittances: A Review Article
Guha, Puja - eSocialSciences - 2014
economics perspective, examining in particular the dichotomy between economic and social theory in explaining the nexus between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945422
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The Cult of Statistical Significance - A Review
Motiram, Sripad - eSocialSciences - 2014
A review and extended discussion is presented of The Cult of Statistical Significance: How the Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice and Lives by Deirdre McCloskey and Stephen Ziliak, a work that raises important issues related to the practice of statistics and that has been widely commented...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945474
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Letting Girls Learn: Promising Approaches in Primary and Secondary Education
Herz, Barbara; Subbarao, K.; Habib, Masooma; Raney, Laura - eSocialSciences - 2014
opportunity costs, reflecting economics and tradition). It then outlines promising approaches for increasing female education. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945480
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Offshoring in a Ricardian World
Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés - eSocialSciences - 2007
Falling costs of coordination and communication have allowed firms in rich countries to fragment their production process and offshore an increasing share of the value chain to low-wage countries. This paper proposes a Ricardian model where both of these effects are present and analyzes the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341648
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Predicting Indian Business Cycles: Leading Indices for External and Domestic Sectors
Dua, Pami - eSocialSciences - 2007
This paper evaluates the real-time performance of the growth rate of the DSE-ECRI Indian leading index for exports for predicting cyclical downturns and upturns in the growth rate of Indian exports. The index comprises the 36-country real effective exchange rate and leading indices of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341649
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AT Times When Limbs May Fail: Social Security for Unorganised Workers in Karnataka
Rajasekhar, D.; Suchitra J.Y.; Madheshwaran S.; … - eSocialSciences - 2006
Policy makers, therefore, often encounter the following questions while formulating the social security schemes. What are the priority social security needs of unorganized workers? What existing mechanisms and strategies do they use to meet the social security needs? Do social security needs and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341656
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Why Current Publication May Distort Science
Young, Neal S; Ioannidis, John P A; Al-Ubaydli, Omar - eSocialSciences - 2008
economics. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341658
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Overview of Bilateral Free Trade and Investment Agreements
Bilaterals.org - eSocialSciences - 2006
A comprehensive inventory of bilateral FTAs on a global scale, with sections on Africa and the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean. It highlights the key points of each agreement, and details planned future developments. Background paper prepared for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341661
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Migration and Labour mobility in the Leather Accessories Manufacture in India
Pais, Jesim - eSocialSciences - 2006
Liberalisation and the policies thereafter have lead to a definite increase in production and export from the leather accessories industry in India. The focus of this paper is on migration and labour mobility in the leather accessories manufacture in Dharavi, Mumbai. The core data for the paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341668