Über die Frage, ob bzw. in welcher Höhe Eltern Beiträge für die Bildung und Betreuung ihrer Kinder in Kindertageseinrichtungen zahlen sollen, wird immer wieder und auch aktuell im Bundestagswahlkampf 2017 diskutiert. In Deutschland unterscheidet sich die Praxis bei der Erhebung der...

In exploring the impact of tax policy on labor-market performance, the paper first investigates how tax reform impacts labor supply and equilibrium unemployment in representative agent models. The impact of tax policy on labor market performance depends importantly on various other labor-market...

Nuclear meltdown in Japan and civil society strife across the Middle East highlight the degree to which resilience is core to international peace and security. This article considers the means by which communities can become increasingly resilient through shared best practices across a range of...

The research problem addressed in this study was the perceived reluctance of employers to hire business graduates from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The purpose of the study was informed by Lewin’s theoretical model of organizational change, and the research questions...

In totalitarian systems, especially that of dogmatic nature, education is often targeted to be devoted for the preparations of young generations and dedicating them to the regimes' structure and principles. However, such method negatively influences the educational system and renders the...

This article analyzes how cooperative federalism and inclusive decision-making can provide legitimacy and transparency when balancing property rights versus police powers to regulate natural gas production

Scholars have argued about the impact of fiscal decentralisation on public spending for a long time without coming to any firm theoretical and empirical conclusions. In contrast to earlier studies, this paper looks at the impact of fiscal decentralisation across different types of spending. It...

In this paper we analyze class size effects in the case of primary schools in Poland. We use two empirical strategies to avoid endogeneity bias. First, we use average class size in a grade as an instrumental variable for actual class size. This allows us to control for within school selection of...

The Report discusses recent trends in population and related outcomes as well as the policies that may influence these outcomes in the UNECE region (Europe, North America, post-Soviet Republics, and Israel), always through a lens focusing attention on the future. The Report is structured into...

La versión española de este artículo se puede encontrar en: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3132227. The TPS - Toyota Production System first known worldwide as Just In Time (JIT), then as Lean Production, however as Toyota claims, both names do not communicate and nor completely capture the spirit...