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Sozialpolitik in der Transformationsphase Polens. Von einer gleichermaßen notwendigen wie möglichen Rolle der dortigen römisch-katholischen Kirche im Kontext dialogischer Formen de...

Schulz, Kai - 2007

, und gegeben die Defizite bürokratischer Sozialpolitik, werden die theoretischen wie praktischen Möglichkeiten der römisch …

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Verteilungswirkungen anreizorientierter Sozialpolitik : das deutsche Rentenversicherungs- und Steuersystem in der Perspektive dynamischer Lebenszyklusmodelle

Grub, Martin - 2005

Drei große Reformenpakete und eine Reihe kleinerer Begleitmaßnahmen prägen das renten¬politische Erbe der rot-grünen Bundesregierung. Einerseits greifen sie Trends in der Reformpolitik seit Beginn der 90er Jahre auf. So verstärkt die Rentenstrukturreform 2001 beispielsweise die...

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A Model for Structuring Efficient Consumer Response Measures

Aastrup, Jesper; Kotzab, Herbert; Grant, David B.; … - 2008

performance, behavioural, attitude and capability measures. Two extant studies from Austria and Denmark are examined in the …

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Comparing hospital costs: What is gained by accounting for more than a case-mix index?

Hvenegaard, Anne; Street, Andrew; Sorensen, Torben Hojmark - 2009

We explore what effect controlling for various patient characteristics beyond a case-mix index (DRG) has on inferences drawn about the relative cost performance of hospital departments. We estimate fixed effect cost models in which 3754 patients are clustered within six Danish vascular...

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Mit Sicherheit besser? : Aktivierung und Flexicurity in Dänemark

Bogedan, Claudia - 2005

Labour market policies in Denmark, especially measures for the unemployed, recently received much attention, because of …. Denmark offers a flexible labour market with minimal regulations combined with high social security. This ‘flexicurity’ has …. However, Denmark has been able to embed activation into the tradition of a generous and universal welfare state. The paper …

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An Investigation of the Employment Status of Muslims in Queensland

Adibi, Hossein - 2008

This research is supported by the Multicultural Affairs Queensland (MAQ) as part of the Queensland Government's Muslim Community Engagement Strategy to promote positive community relations with the Muslim Community. The present study investigates the employment status of Muslims in Queensland....

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The Moral High Ground: Differentials Among Executive Directors of Canadian Nonprofits

Handy, Femida; Mook, Laurie; Ginieniewicz, Jorge; … - 2007

There is a considerable literature, albeit inconclusive, on whether workers in the nonprofit sector are paid less than their counterparts in the private and public sectors. For example, a large national study in the U.S. showed positive and negative differentials for some occupations and...

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The Interchangeability of Paid Staff and Volunteers in Nonprofit Organizations

Handy, Femida; Mook, Laurie; Quarter, Jack - 2008

This article examines the interchangeability of paid and volunteer labor. It reports on estimates and prevalence of such interchangeability through a series of studies of Canadian nonprofits: two national surveys of nonprofit organizations and case studies of two hospitals. The first study found...

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Scamming the poor: The modern fringe economy

Karger, Howard Jacob - 2004

Because of the difficulty in securing traditional forms of credit, the poor are often driven into the fringe economy for check cashing, bill paying and short-term loans. These services involve high user fees and exorbitant interest rates that rival or even exceed those for illegal loan sharking....

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Webcast of Flexible Work Arrangements and Low-Wage Work

Workplace Flexibility 2010, Georgetown University Law Center - 2009

Webcast of "Flexible Work Arrangements and Low-Wage Work," a briefing held on Wednesday, July 8, 2009, and presented by Workplace Flexibility 2010 and the New America Foundation.Panelists presented "the latest research on scheduling challenges faced by low-wage workers, [. . .] common sense...

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