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countries after an aggregate income shock. The analysis is based on a data set in which the customer data of the microfinance … microfinance institution. The results support the hypothesis that especially transaction lending contributes to the problem of …
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borrowing groups of the microfinance institutions Constanta (Georgia) and FORA (Russia), this study describes to what extent … individual lending mechanism - based on the experience of 130 borrowers of the Microfinance Bank of Georgia – shows that there …
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A new strand of literature has recently sought to investigate possible links between technological changes, observed modifications to firms' organizational structure and the evolution of the wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers. After a brief overview of such approaches, this essay...
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This study compares the effects of economic internationalisation on the functional distribution of labour income in the U.S.and Germany. The benchmark for assessing the empirical analyses theoretically is the general equilibrium framework ofinternational trade theory. Focusing on general...
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impacts of energy efficiency increases over a sample population of consumers to quantify the proportion of households having …
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; household refrigerators; clothes washers; and unitary air conditioners. These programs have had an important impact in reducing …
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saturation, with ownership rates in urban households reaching 92%. Rural markets continue to grow from a much lower base. As a …
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The minimum energy efficiency standards program for household appliances in China was initiated in 1989. Since 1996 …
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