The issue of the unemployment concerning the population aged between 15-24 years has represented an important subject of research, due to the multiple implications that such a problem propagates on both social and economic sphere. Through this paper we wanted to achieve an updated synthesis of...

Die vorliegende Diplomarbeit setzt sich mit der „Frage nach der optimalen Klassenschülerzahl“ auseinander. Sie recherchiert nicht nach einer quantitativen Größe, die die optimale Klassenschülerzahl widerspiegelt, sondern es werden in einem ersten Schritt umfassende Analysen und...

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...

En su influyente artículo, Guiso et al. (2008) descubrieron una relación positiva entre distintas medidas de igualdad de género y la brecha de género en matemáticas (que tiende a favorecer a los niños), explotando la variación de datos transversales de las puntuaciones en las pruebas de...

Evento: Pathways to Gender Equality in Central Banks. Organizado por: IEA, BE y Banco de la Rep. de Colombia ; Giving visibility to issues related to gender diversity, are key to finding solutions to the waste of talent that involves not taking this diversity into account, consequently putting...

Bangladesh NGO Foundation (BNF) has been launched by the Bangladesh Government in 2004 with the aim to support of the partner Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in assigning in taking up socio- economic development activities and poverty alleviation as well as gender balances through small...

In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird auf eine per Gesetz vorgeschriebene Frauenquote in Deutschland eingegangen. Im Fokus steht die Frage, ob Frauendiskriminierung durch eine solche Vorschrift tatsächlich bekämpft werden kann oder ob vielmehr die Männer diskriminiert würden. Zudem werden...

Material resources affect the levels of mortality. In cross-sectional relationships income has been found to be positively associated with survival, both within and between countries. Preston (1975, 1976), in particular, using cross-national data for three separate decades of the 20th century,...