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Healthy, wealthy and wise? A review of the wider benefits of education

Johnston, Grant - 2004

This paper reviews evidence that a greater education causes better outcomes in life, over and above the effects of … than just earnings-related) benefits of education, although studies which ignore these benefits might considerably … underestimate the total return from a additional year of education or an additional qualification. Research suggests that increased …

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Defining the rural area in Romania: Legislative approaches

Stanciu, Violeta - 2016

This article is an analysis of how the rural area was defined in the Romanian legislation starting with the oldest law in force until last legislative initiatives in the field. The texts of Romanian legal acts were studied comparatively and against the provisions of the European Charter of Rural...

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The Economics of Shale Gas Development

Mason, Charles F.; Muehlenbachs, Lucija A.; Olmstead, … - 2015

In the past decade, innovations in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling have fueled a boom in the production of natural gas (as well as oil) from geological formations - primarily deep shales - in which hydrocarbon production was previously unprofitable. Impacts on U.S. fossil fuel...

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Evaluating the economic impacts of the technological innovation in the motor vehicle industry: The input-output approach

Shibusawa, Hiroyuki; Sugawara, Takafumi - 2010

In this paper, the economic impacts of technological innovation, such as electric and hybrid vehicles, in the automobile industry in Japan are examined. The automobile industry has to develop environmentally friendly vehicles in the face of the global warming issue and the exhaustion problem of...

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Employee retention for economic stabilization: A qualitative phenomenological study in the hospitality sector

Vasquez, Dario - In: International Journal of Management, Economics and … 3 (2014) 1, pp. 1-17

Focusing on employee retention is vital to increase organizational performance and strengthen a nation's economy. Employee turnover leads to high unemployment and slow economic growth around the globe. The purpose of this study was to explore the reasons and motivating factors that cause...

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Potential economic benefits of carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction due to renewable energy and electrolytic hydrogen fuel deployment under current and long term forecasting of the Socia...

Rahil, Abdulla; Gammon, Rupert; Brown, Neil; Udie, Justin; … - In: Energy Reports 5 (2019), pp. 602-618

The 2016 Paris Agreement (UNFCCC Authors, 2015) is the latest of initiative to create an international consensus on action to reduce GHG emissions. However, the challenge of meeting its targets lies mainly in the intimate relationship between GHG emissions and energy production, which in turn...

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Technology readiness and economic benefits of swappable battery standard: Its implication for open innovation

Aqidawati, Era Febriana; Sutopo, Wahyudi; Pujiyanto, Eko; … - In: Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and … 8 (2022) 2, pp. 1-41

The innovation of electric motorcycle swap-battery (EMSB) technology encourages the formation of a new ecosystem at the early stage of the supply chain. The EMSB technology has allowed an open innovation system with collaboration between supply-chain players, universities, and the government for...

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Socioeconomic benefits of high-speed broadband availability and service adoption: A survey

Briglauer, Wolfgang; Krämer, Jan; Palan, Nicole - 2023

) the socioeconomic benefits in terms of economic growth, productivity, house prices, and education, as well as economic …

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Ecological purchases made by managers in hotel industry: An approach of the main determining factors

Ştefănică, Mirela; Vodã, Ana Iolanda; Butnaru, … - In: Amfiteatru Economic Journal 22 (2020) 53, pp. 57-70

Lately, there has been an intensification of the concern for environmental protection and development of an ecological attitude and behaviour among the operators in tourism industry. Consequently, ecological purchases have become important components in establishing hotel environmental...

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Semiparametric Estimation of Consumption Based Equivalence Scales: The Case of Germany

Wilke, Ralf A. - 2004

Consumption based equivalence scales are estimated by applying the extended partially linear model (EPLM) to the 1998 Income and Consumption Survey (EVS) of Germany. The chosen flexible semiparametric specification is able to capture a large variety of functional forms of household expenditure...

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