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Inheritances and the distribution of wealth or whatever happened to the great inheritance boom?

Wolff, Edward N.; Gittleman, Maury - 2011

We found that on average over the period from 1989 to 2007, 21 percent of American households at a given point of time received a wealth transfer and these accounted for 23 percent of their net worth. Over the lifetime, about 30 percent of households could expect to receive a wealth transfer and...

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Does finance bolster superstar companies?

Popov, Alexander - 2009

We study the relative effect of venture capital and bank finance on large manufacturing firms in local U.S. markets. Theory predicts that with venture capital, the firm size distribution should become more stretched-out to the right, but it’s ambiguous on the effect of banks on large firms....

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Regulatory effects of the amendment to the HwO in 2004 in German craftsmanship

Rostam-Afschar, Davud

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Concept Note : Vocational Education and Training in European Development Cooperation

Europäische Kommission / Geraldirektion Entwicklung … - 2014

This paper is written by DEVCO B3 and sets out the concepts that underlie the preparation of VET reforms and other VET-related projects by EU Delegations or teams within the European Commission.

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Youth Employment in Developing Countries : Background paper prepared under Service Contract DCI-EDUC/2012/310-255

Pieters, Janneke - 2013

The aim of this paper is to identify the key challenges in relation to youth employment in developing countries and … provide recommendations on how EU development cooperation could support the youth employment agenda. It starts with a general … discussion of the main reasons why youth employment challenges matter for development and a comprehensive description of common …

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Quality of work and employment : A policy tool towards inclusive and sustainable growth : Conference report

2012

On 12 April 2012, a conference on 'Quality of work and Employment: A policy tool towards inclusive and sustainable … than 20 years now, were discussed, focusing on the current challenges for quality of work and employment and the need for a … broader approach to sustainable and inclusive work when employment policies are designed. The overview report of the latest 5 …

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Restructuring in the construction sector

Coughtrie, Duncan; Ward, Terry - European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and … - 2009

This report from the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) looks at recent developments in the construction sector in different European countries. It highlights the way in which the sector is being affected by the current downturn, and how companies have responded to the crisis. The study also...

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Restructuring in Belgium : Background paper

2009

quarter of 2010. Along with basic descriptive statistics outlining the employment effect of restructuring activities in …

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Diversity policy in employment and service provision - Case study : Turku, Finland

Penninx, Rinus - 2009

Immigration in Finland and in Turku is relatively new. It has been predominantly supply-driven (refugees, returnees and family related migration) and is now gradually changing to more demand-driven migration. Policy reactions – both at the national and local level – have been partial and...

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Diversity policy in employment and service provision - Case study : Mataró, Spain

van Heelsum, Anja - 2009

In this overview, the city of Mataró shows some specific characteristics when compared with other CLIP cities. Mataró is dealing with a large influx of migrants that has developed over the last 10 years; it has to deal with a considerable number of irregular migrants and consequently many...

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