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Gender Equality in Central and Eastern Europe : A Comparison of Labour Market Attitudes, Educational Achievement and Poverty between East and West
Schnepf, Sylke Viola - 2005
tremendous increase in poverty and income inequality in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Much of the literature argues that the …’s economic empowerment: the labour market, education and poverty. Large and complex data sets on peoples’ attitudes and … greater in transition than in OECD countries.On the other hand, once the feminisation of poverty is concerned data on …
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Banking and economic growth : case of the Gambia
Bukhari M. S. Sillah - 2005
This research advances four theoretical approaches in an attempt to relate the banking activities to the real economic activities. It starts with the Schumpeter’s circular flow of creditary production that argues that the banks start the production cycle for offering the credits that enable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009428994
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Special Economic Zones and Economic Transformation.The Case of the People's Republic of China
Knoth, Claus - 2000
Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, ob die Wirtschaftssonderzonen in der Volksrepublik China ein sinnvolles Politikinstrument waren, um ein sozialistisches Wirtschaftssystem in einem Transformationsprozeß zu einem marktwirtschaftlichen System zu unterstützen. Darüber hinaus wird die...
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The Political Determinants of the Depth of Banking Crises
Winkler, Nicolas - 2006
Seit dem Ende der Bretton-Woods Ära haben zahlreiche Bankenkrisen Volkswirtschaften immense Kosten auferlegt. Die vorliegende Studie beschäftigt sich mit den politökonomischen Einflussfaktoren auf die Tiefe dieser Bankenkrisen. Es wird argumentiert, dass nur schnelle und tiefgreifende...
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Die Bedeutung der Finanz- und Fiskalpolitik im Rahmen der chinesischen Wirtschaftsreform seit 1978
Zhang, Qin - 2006
Die Beziehungen zwischen der Wirtschaftsentwicklung und der Finanzpolitik sind der Kerninhalt dieser Arbeit. Seit 1978 hat die VR China eine systematische Sozial- und Wirtschaftstransformation vollzogen und die zentrale Planwirtschaft allmählich zur Marktwirtschaft hin orientiert. Deswegen ist...
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A Comparison of Reform-Era Labor Force Participation Rates of China’s Ethnic Minorities and Han Majority
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Hughes, James W.; Zhang, Dandan - 2005
Previous research suggests that minorities are not faring well in China’s transition—both income and occupational attainment gaps are widening. We are particularly interested in whether the differences in majority and minority economic outcomes are the result of ethnicity per se, or whether...
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An Assessment of the Performance of Indian State-Owned Enterprises
Ahuja, Gautam; Majumdar, Sumit K. - 1998
We examine the determinants of performance of 68 Indian state-owned enterprises in the manufacturing sector for a five-year period: 1987 to 1991. Relative performance is determined using data envelopment analysis, with variations in performance patterns subsequently explained using regression...
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The balance between equity and efficiency in Australian public policy
Argy, Fred - 1996
1. Australia has performed quite well over the last two decades in terms of real GDP per head; the GDP gains have not been fully reflected in other economic welfare measures (section 1). 2. Most economic reforms have important distributional effects, and these are often prolonged and enduring....
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Behavioural differences among Chinese firms - from the perspective of earnings determination
Meng, Xin; Perkins, Frances - 1996
Firms with different ownership structure behave differently. Currently there are three major ownership structures in China’s industrial sector: state enterprises, collective enterprises, and private enterprises. Market-oriented economic reform has given great autonomy to firm managers in terms...
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