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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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Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Transfer. The Case of the European Transition Countries and the Automotive Industry in the Czech Republic

Torlak geb. Cokoja, Elvisa - 2010

Technology transfer and the so-called productivity spillover-effects are important aspects of foreign direct investments regarding their contribution to the long-term development potential of the host countries.The effects of the foreign direct investments on the foreign and domestic companies...

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Inflation targeting and monetary integration in European emerging market economies

Felix Hammermann - 2008

This study addresses the potential trade-off between inflation and exchange rate targeting in former transition countries, which now may be labeled emerging market economies and which prepare for entry into the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Among this group of countries, some implemented...

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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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Nationale Sozialpartnerschaft und Soziales Europa : eine ländervergleichende Studie zur Umsetzung arbeitsrechtlicher EU-Richtlinien in Dänemark, Schweden, Finnland, Österreich, Lux...

Leiber, Simone - 2003

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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