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In 2009, workers and their families across the country felt the impact of serious economic downturn, with unemployment reaching a 26-year high. While recent news suggests things may be improving, we cannot forget that for many low-wage and hourly workers -- who now represent over a quarter of...
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Workers at all levels within an organization have the need to manage their work and personal/family responsibilities. Much of the past research on workplace flexibility has focused on managerial or professional positions, and thus, higher-wage jobs and workers with higher incomes. But more...
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This paper seeks to explore the link between unions and nonprofit adult education programs such as those found in workers’ centers in the United States today. It is apparent that current organizing strategies applied by larger unions in the United States today are changing out of necessity....
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This paper seeks to explore the link between unions and nonprofit adult education programs such as those found in workers’ centers in the United States today. It is apparent that current organizing strategies applied by larger unions in the United States today are changing out of necessity....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449628
. In Latvia’s trade with “old” EU countries,the Ricardian model and the Heckscher-Ohlin theorem can be corroborated. After … 2000, however,share of EU-15 countries in Latvia’s exports steadily declines. Instead, share of regional (Baltic …
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trust elements ininterviews conducted with US exporters and EU importers of fruits and vegetables. Results are compared …
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Ten years ago, Austria, Finland, and Sweden joined the EU. The application of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP … of accession to the EU on the agricultural markets in Austria, Finland and Sweden in a simple supply and demand framework … comparing the evolution of the markets with and without entry into the EU. The results of the analysis suggest that consumers …
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current Doha Proposals, estimates for the EU are highly aggregated (i.e., EU15). Employing a detailed baseline scenario and a … run asymmetric budgetary and welfare impacts on EU member states. Our estimates forecast resource substitution effects …
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quantitative risk assessment to analyze the risk of pinewood nematode in the EU, by estimating the reduction expected within … scale based onpartial budgeting technique and for the EU as a whole based on partial equilibriummodeling. Results highlight …
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EU. … distributional aspects, part III applies these to normative and positive issues of environmental policies in the EU. …
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