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Diffusion of Sustainability Innovations around Lynedoch EcoVillage
Stüwe, Claudia - 2009
In form of a qualitative single case study this thesis examines what people from industrialized countries such as Germany can learn about sustainability from Lynedoch EcoVillage, South Africa, and the associated 'Sustainability Institute', a non-profit trust based at and operating from Lynedoch...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009461026
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Testing economic model of child quality and quantity in a developing country
Hossain, Shaikh Iftekhar - 1993
Neoclassical theory of consumer behavior posits a static framework for utility maximization from micro perspectives. The consumer is assumed to behave as if he maximizes a utility function subject to a set of non-stochastic restrictions like exogenous prices and predetermined income. Gary Becker...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438610
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A study to test a model for predicting fiscal health for institutions of public higher education: A case study
Wanczyk, Janet D - 2001
As the financial health of institutions of higher education become uncertain, a need exists to assess an institution's short and long-term viability. The purpose of this study is to determine whether a model developed by Leslie and Fretwell (1996) could have predicted the fiscal health for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468058
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The role of corporate hedging: Evidence from oil and gas producers
Haushalter, George David - 1996
Financial theory offers an array of explanations for corporate hedging. However, financial economists have not reached any definitive conclusions regarding whether corporations' hedging policies are consistent with theory. To examine this question, this study uses a database of the risk...
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A computable general equilibrium analysis of a statewide fiscal reform: The case of Michigan's 1993-1994 property tax reform
Musazi, Buagu G Ndugga - 1997
A computable general equilibrium model analyzes the tax effects of simultaneously reducing property taxes by 44 percent and increasing the rate of sales taxation from four to six percent in Michigan in 1994. The dissertation fills the void in the literature for empirical regional computable...
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The management structure for research in the RSA, with a proposed management model for medical faculties
Brink A.J.; Slabbert B.R. - 1985
Government accepts responsibility for stimulating and supporting research and development for the welfare of the entire community. Research is therefore a matter of serious concern which should be approached with the greatest degree of responsibility by those trained and qualified to engage in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009480472
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The nature of unemployment in urban Ethiopia
Serneels, Pieter - 2004
With around 50% of the urban men between age 15 and 30 unemployed, Ethiopia has one of the highest unemployment rates worldwide. This paper describes the nature ofunemployment among young men in urban Ethiopia. We analyse the determinants ofincidence and duration and find that most variables...
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HEALTH, BINGE DRINKING, AND LABOR MARKET SUCCESS: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON YOUNG PEOPLE
Keng, Shao-Hsun; Huffman, Wallace E. - 1999
Health, like schooling, is a form of human capital and can be expected to be positively related to labor productivity and labor supply. The production of good health and labor productivity, however, sometimes competes with an individual's lifestyle, e.g., binge drinking. In this study, an...
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Youth entrepreneurship in Vilnius pedagogical university
Virkštytė, Sandra - 2008
develop youth entrepreneurship, because it can be solvation of such social – econimie problems as: unemployment, depopulation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009478412
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Situation in Youth Labour Market throughout the Baltic States
Raustys, Mindaugas - 2008
The aim of the master thesis is to analyze the situation in youth labour market of the Baltic countries. In order to … estimate tendencies in changing rates of youth employment and unemployment, statistic data and theoretical forecast have been …. The paper aims at presenting the situation of youth employment in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia while comparing it with …
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