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, und gegeben die Defizite bürokratischer Sozialpolitik, werden die theoretischen wie praktischen Möglichkeiten der römisch …
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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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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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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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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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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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Sozialpartnerschaft nimmt in der EU-Sozialpolitik eine Sonderstellung ein. Seit Anfang der 1990er Jahre gibt es die … der EU auf nationale Staat-Verbände-Beziehungen. Die Untersuchung zeigt, dass in der EU-Sozialpolitik ein … Umsetzungsdefizit besteht, EU-Sozialpolitik jedoch kein „Magnet nach unten“ ist. Entgegen einiger Erwartungen fand eine Absenkung von …
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This paper started by briefly pointing to the economic dilemma which gave rise to the Black Economic Empowerment Commission (BEECom). The country has experienced low growth coupled with high and growing levels of unemployment, which have led to widespread poverty and a highly unequal...
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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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