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"Women's labour market participation interacting with macroeconomic growth and family policies"
Luci, Angela Stefanie - 2009
This thesis shows that women's labour market participation, macroeconomic growth and family policies are closely linked … countries. Yet, the analysis shows further that in most European countries, the redistributive character of several family … policy instruments risks discouraging mothers' labour supply. Hence, it is essential to create a set of coherent family …
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The Influence of Women in Business: Is a Higher Percentage of Women on a Company’s Board of Directors Associated with the Absence of Internal Control Weaknesses?
Goyette, Jamie - 2010
Research shows that larger, more profitable and more visible companies are less likely to disclose internal control weaknesses. Firms with similar characteristics tend to hire more female board members. This paper examines whether there is an association between companies that have a higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450213
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From rice fields to red light districts: an economic examination of factors motivating employment in Thailand’s sex industry
Wittman, Cori - 2011
Master of Agribusiness
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009464110
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Essays on gender in labor markets
Price, Curtis R - 2008
Women entered the labor force in unprecedented quantities starting in the 1970's. Nonetheless, women are still underrepresented in upper level management jobs. This dissertation is a compilation of three essays that discuss and analyze facets of women's labor supply, demand, and household...
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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
The transition process from centrally planned to market economies led to a dramatic fall in GDP accompanied by a tremendous increase in poverty and income inequality in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Much of the literature argues that the costs of the transition process were not distributed...
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China's Creative Industries : Copyright, Social Network Markets and the Business of Culture in a Digital Age
Montgomery, Lucy - 2010
China’s Creative Industries explores the role of new technologies, globalization and higher levels of connectivity in re-defining relationships between ‘producers’ and ‘consumers’ in 21st century China. The evolution of new business models, the impact of state regulation, the rise of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438197
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Liquid lifestyles and business cycles: An evolutionary theory of fashion
Chai, Andreas; Earl, Peter E.; Potts, Jason - 2005
This paper revisits the welfare economics of fashion from the standpoint of evolutionary economics. Whilst accepting that fashion-focused consumption may have an element of status-seeking behaviour about it, which may be of questionable value in welfare terms, the paper emphasizes that fashion...
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The evolution of innovation systems
Dodgson, M.; Kastelle, T.; Potts, J. - 2009
There is an increasing appreciation for the role that facilitating institutions play in successful innovation. Most commonly these institutions are discussed and analysed as innovation systems. National Innovation Systems were the first type identified, and a range of other forms of innovation...
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From simplistic to complex systems in economics
Foster, John - 2005
The applicability of complex systems theory in economics is evaluated and compared with standard approaches to economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009479538
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Econometric modelling in the presence of evolutionary change
Foster, J.; Wild, P. - 1999
A methodology is offered which can be used to construct an econometric model in the presence of structural change of an evolutionary type. The theoretical basis for such modelling is drawn from the self-organisation approach and operationalised in the context of the logistic diffusion growth...
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