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The effects of technical and organizational change on labor markets
Gärtner, Dennis - 2001
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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Economic internationalisation and the distribution of income : a comparison of the cases of Germany and the U.S.
Wacker, Ulrich - 2002
ofinternational trade theory. Focusing on general equilibrium frameworks stems from the insight that economicinternationalisation in … market issues established by human capital theory with the general equilibrium-leddebate on trade and the functional … ofinternational trade theory. Focusing on general equilibrium frameworks stems from the insight that economicinternationalisation in …
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Culture formation and endogenous cultural distance
Pichler, Michael - 2008
the "melting pot" theory of integration of cultural groups. …
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The economics of cultural formation of preferences
Pichler, Michael - 2010
This paper introduces a generalized representation of the formation of continuous preferences (which can reflect different intensities). The preference intensity that a child adopts is formed as the collective outcome of all role models for preference intensities - which are derived from the...
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Join the Leader, Imitate or Follow: Evolutionary Stable Strategies in the Commons
Schott, Stephan - 2010
"We develop an evolutionary game theory model for a limited access common pool resource. With full disclosure of …
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Ideal und Konzept des Grundeinkommens: zur Struktur einer über sich selbst hinausweisenden Idee
Booms, Martin - 2010
Das bedingungslose Grundeinkommen ist Gegenstand einer stark polarisierten Debatte zwischen ebenso unbedingten Befürwortern wie Gegnern. Das Buch vertritt demgegenüber eine differenzierte These: Demnach entfaltet sich das gesellschaftspolitische Potential des Grundeinkommens als regulativer...
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Socio-economic mortality differentials in Sydney over a quarter of a century, 1970-94
Hayes, Lillian J.; Quine, Susan; Taylor, Richard; … - 2002
OBJECTIVE: To examine trends in socio-economic differentials in all-cause mortality in Sydney over a 25-year period (1970-94). METHODS: Five measures of single indicators (two for occupation, two for education and one for income) and a composite measure of socio-economic disadvantage based on...
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Making WKU a Fair Trade University
Vaughan, Matthew John - 2011
Many products consumed on college campuses such as coffee and chocolate come from developing countries where producers are often paid insufficiently and exploited. Fair Trade certification of products guarantees producers a fair price and other social benefits. The objective of my CE/T project...
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Serving the Highly Vulnerable Customer: The Awareness of Transformative Service Behaviors in Sensitive Populations
Aiello, Taryn - 2011
The purpose of this study is to identify ideal behaviors and attitudes that are needed by service providers that cater to highly vulnerable populations. While the conceptualization of customer vulnerability has been widely debated in business, marketing, sociology, and psychology scholarly...
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Advancing and Resolving the Great Sustainability Debates and Discourses
Smith, Michael Harrison - 2009
decoupling this thesis advances the traditional debates and discourses about “growth”.This thesis shows that in theory and …
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