The paper deals with the story of the cumulative risks of a successful research concluded in China in which I both participated and was its leader. The topic of the research was the impact of the global crisis on government, enterprises and migrant behavior. The fieldwork included in the two...

Measuring non-cognitive skills in evaluations of education policy interventions is an increasingly important task. At the same time, choosing the adequate measures is difficult. Contrary to cognitive development, there is a shortage of reliable and valid measures of personality and behavioral...

The National Educational Integration Network (OOIH) launched a program in 2003 that focused on the integrated education of primary school children (grades 1 through 8) in 45 schools in Hungary. The goal of the program was to compensate for the educational disadvantages of children from poor...

The National Educational Integration Network (OOIH) launched a program in 2003 that focused on the integrated education of primary school children (grades 1 through 8) in 45 schools in Hungary. The goal of the program was to compensate for the educational disadvantages of children from poor...

Measuring non-cognitive skills in evaluations of education policy interventions is an increasingly important task. At the same time, choosing the adequate measures is difficult. Contrary to cognitive development, there is a shortage of reliable and valid measures of personality and behavioral...

The paper deals with the story of the cumulative risks of a successful research concluded in China in which I both participated and was its leader. The topic of the research was the impact of the global crisis on government, enterprises and migrant behavior. The fieldwork included in the two...

Many successful examples prove that universities can have a significant role in the enhancement of their regions. Modern economic development demands that due to increased committment to the needs of society and economy, the main traditional activities of universities (education and research)...

Napjainkban igen sok sikeres példa bizonyítja, hogy az egyetemek igen komoly szerepet tölthetnek be egy-egy térség versenyképességének a javításában, és sok esetben aktív szereplői a helyi gazdaságfejlesztési erőfeszítéseknek. A modern gazdasági fejlődés megkívánja, hogy...

One-sector R&D-based models predict scale effects, which is empirically inconsistent. This is due to the "knife-edge" assumption that new ideas created are linear in the stock of knowledge. If this assumption is dropped to make a one-sector R&D-based model consistent with data, growth becomes...