often not met with adequate support from the firm. Male workers and those with lower levels of education are most exposed to …

stratification effect will be even stronger. Globalization will bring about the formation of an international technocratic elite with … emergence of a transnational oligarchy. -- globalization ; education ; elites ; meritocracy ; recruitment ; social mobility …, the main change that occurred in the way the Western world trained its elites is that meritocracy became the basis for …

role of the political elite in economic progress. This paper contributes to this literature by studying why the political … elite are motivated to promote economic development in China. It argues that like politicians in other types of political …, political stability, leadership turnover, or elite perceptions about the impact of growth on their hold on power rather than the …

obstacles to growth, poor education and poor access to electricity supply, we aggregate the firms' data at the sectoral level … primary and vocational education. Another key conclusion drawn in the AfDB report is that the main obstacle to production is …

outcomes: economic growth, health and education as two dimensions of human development, and governance, with a focus on …

This paper investigates progress in reducing the high level of racial stratification of occupations after apartheid in …-paying jobs (compared with whites). Less than a third of segregation and about half of racial stratification in occupational … over time. Segregation and stratification, however, remain when blacks and whites with similar characteristics are compared. …