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Public policies enabling the social and solidarity economy in the city of Montreal
Mendell, Marguerite; Neamtan, Nancy; Yi, Hyuna - 2020
The paper describes the development of the social economy in Montreal between 2013 and 2019. In the Canadian political … significant relationships between the social economy and the Montreal municipal government, particularly on a sectoral basis …-2019 was characterized by an ongoing process of policy co-construction in Montreal, spearheaded by a diversity of actors. The …
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Les politiques publiques en faveur de l'économie sociale et solidaire dans la Ville de Montréal
Mendell, Marguerite; Neamtan, Nancy; Yi, Hyuna - 2020
An enabling environment for the social and solidarity economy (SSE) largely depends on policy co-construction with stakeholders, and their commitment to implement policy across all levels of government, especially at the local level. The city of Durban is emerging as an exemplar for creating an...
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The integration of immigrants from the former Soviet Union in the Israeli labor market
Eḳshṭain, Tsevi; Weiss, Yoram - 1999
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Discrimination in a segmented society : an experimental approach
Fershtman, Chaim; Genîzî, Ûrî - 2000
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Were Jews in interwar Poland more educated?
Abramitzky, Ran; Hałaburda, Hanna - 2020
In the context of interwar Poland, we find that Jews tended to be more literate than non-Jews, but show that this finding is driven by a composition effect. In particular, most Jews lived in cities and most non-Jews lived in rural areas, and people in cities were more educated than people in...
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Leaving the enclave : historical evidence on immigrant mobility from the industrial removal office
Abramitzky, Ran; Boustan, Leah Platt; Connor, Dylan - 2020
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Why do education vouchers fail at the ballot box?
Bearse, Peter M.; Cardak, Buly A.; Glomm, Gerhard; … - 2011
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Do longer school days improve student achievement? : evidence from Colombia
Hincapie, Diana - 2016
This paper analyzes the impact of longer school days on student achievement in Colombia. To identify the impact of longer schools days, this study exploits plausibly exogenous within school variation in the length of the school day. Using test score data from 5th and 9th graders in 2002, 2005,...
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Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system
Albornoz, Facundo; Berlinski, Samuel G.; Cabrales, Antonio - 2016
This paper studies a model where student effort and talent interact with parental and teachers' investments, as well as with school system resources. The model is rich, yet sufficiently stylized to provide novel implications. It can show, for example, that an improvement in parental outside...
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The effects of school construction on student and district outcomes : evidence from a state-funded program in Ohio
Goncalves, Felipe M. - 2015
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