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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449678
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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009460988
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471702
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471832
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Economic Reforms and Pro-Poor Growth: Lessons for Africa and other Developing Regions and Economies in Transition
Kimenyi, Mwangi S. - 2006
The paper discusses the meaning and measurement of pro-poor growth and also reviews evidence of pro-poor growth (or the lack of it) in a large cross-section of countries and time periods. The emerging story is that many episodes of growth are not pro-poor and also that although economic reforms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009430030
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Particularistic and System Trust among Small and Medium Enterprises: A Comparative Study in China's Transition Economy
Tan, Justin; Yang, Jun; Veliyath, Rajaram - 2009
Guanxi, a type of particularistic trust observed in Confucian societies has mostly been viewed as a static phenomenon. It is not clear how the role of guanxi changes over time during institutional transitions. This field study of twenty one small and medium enterprises (SMEs) located in two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009459040
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476692
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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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