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Development and Gender Inequality ; Development and Gender Inequality
Lamanna, Francesca - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010353250
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IMPORTANCE OF THE HUMAN FACTOR IN THE KNOWLEDGE-BASED SOCIETY
BRETCU, Angela - 2016
the development of information and communication techniques, which allowed the occurrence of the „knowledge-based society …, where the human factor becomes increasingly important for the evolution of society. In this context, education seems to play … the decisive part, but an education focused on real values, where the truth and the ethics prevail before efficiency and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011437101
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Real Exchange Rates and Competitiveness: The Political Economy of Skill Formation, Wage Compression, and Electoral Systems
Soskice, David - 2010
A major puzzle in the open economy literature is why some countries have persistently higher real exchange rates than others. Even more puzzling is the fact that countries with high real exchange rates are strong export performers. We solve both puzzles with a model that integrates two central...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475518
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Changing patterns of South African income distribution: Towards time series estimates of distribution and poverty
van der Berg S.; Louw M. - 2004
. In particular, we attempt to arrive at racial distribution data as well as data on inequality within race groups, which … to arrive at overall estimates of inequality and poverty; next we discuss the trends in poverty as derived from our data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009480492
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The Buck Stops Here: Fundraising Strategies for Nonprofit Organizations of Color
Fuentes, Claudia - 1997
This is an in-depth investigation of current fundraising issues for nonprofits of color. The aim is to explore why nonprofit organizations of color (those nonprofits that are headed by a person of color and serve a specific minority group) are not getting as many philanthropic dollars as their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449481
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Will you help me please? The effects of race, gender and manner of dress on retail service.
Ainscough, Thomas L.; Motley, Carol M. - 2000
This research attempts to determine if a customer's visible physical characteristics influence retail service delivery. The results of this study suggest that black and male customers wait significantly longer than white and female customers at retail customer service counters. In addition,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009452205
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LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH: A LOOK AT RACE IN TRANSRACIAL ADOPTION
Espindola, Azucena - 2011
emphasis in the role of race in transracial adoption and how transracial adoption can benefit and/or affect the children who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009485639
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Last Hired, First Fired? Black-White Unemployment and the Business Cycle
Couch, Kenneth A.; Fairlie, Robert - 2005
Past studies have tested the claim that blacks are the last hired during periods of economic growth and the first fired in recessions by examining the movement of relative unemployment rates over the business cycle. Any conclusion drawn from this type of analysis must be viewed as tentative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009430029
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Predictors of the likelihood of adoption among U.S. women by race and ethnicity
Poston, Dudley L. (contributor) - 2007
, parity, fecundity status, and socioeconomicstatus. A special focus was placed upon the relationship between the race and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009464924