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Felicidad y salud : una aproximación to well-being in the Rio de la Plata
Gerstenbluth, Mariana; Rossi, Máximo; Triunfo, Patricia - In: Estudios de economía 35 (2008) 1, pp. 65-78
We analyze data on happiness for Argentina and Uruguay. The focus is put on self-reported health status as a key aspect in increasing happiness levels. Then, the probabilty of being happy is estimated by probit models. Results show that the main relationship is between happiness and health...
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Participation, growth and social poverty : social capital in a homogeneous society
Antoci, Angelo; Sacco, Pier Luigi; Vanin, Paolo - In: The open economics journal 1 (2008), pp. 1-13
We introduce social capital accumulation into a neoclassical model, showing how it differs from physical and human capital accumulation. We take the view that social capital is crucial to the enjoyment of socially provided goods and that it is mainly accumulated by means of participation to...
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Structural changes and productivity in the crisis period in Romania : the industry case
Dachin, Anca; Burcea, Felix-Constantin - In: Theoretical and applied economics : GAER review 20 (2013) 6, pp. 139-148
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Gender discrimination and institutional frameworks : evidence from four european union countries
Drakopoulos, S. A.; Theodossiou, I.; Drakopoulou Dodd, Sarah - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 1 (2008) 1, pp. 6-36
This paper reviews important aspects of gender labour market inequalities in four European Union countries. It shows that individual countries differ in many aspects of gender discrimination. It seems that contributing factors to these differences are the national social and economic structures,...
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Arbeitslosigkeit in Europa : Jugendliche sind viel stärker betroffen als Erwachsene
Brenke, Karl - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 30, pp. 3-12
bessere Arbeitsmarktchancen zu verschaffen. Am offensten ist der Arbeitsmarkt in Deutschland. Hier kann die relativ wenig über …. Practical vocational training is obviously a potential tool for creating better job prospects for young Germany, the fact that …
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Industrial decline and labor reallocation in a transforming economy : Romania in early transition
Earle, John S. - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 1 (2012), pp. 1-18
Industrial decline and restructuring in the transition economies presents a prime example of the relationship between changes in aggregate economic indicators and underlying microeconomic adjustments. This paper employs matched labor force survey data to focus on the magnitude and determinants...
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Active labour market policies in a recession
Andersen, Torben M.; Svarer, Michael - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-24
A major labour market challenge following the Great Recession is to avoid an increase in long-term unemployment and thus the structural unemployment rate. Active labour market policies may play an important role in this respect. We consider these issues with outset in Denmark which is a country...
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Jugendarbeitslosigkeit sinkt deutlich : regionale Unterschiede verstärken sich
Brenke, Karl - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 19, pp. 3-13
Die Jugendarbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland sinkt auf den tiefsten Stand seit der Wiedervereinigung. Zwischen 2005 und … 2012 hat sich die Zahl der Erwerbslosen unter 25 Jahren mehr als halbiert. Im internationalen Vergleich steht Deutschland … qualifizierte Jugendliche schwer, auf dem Arbeitsmarkt Fuß zu fassen - in Deutschland sind es vor allem die Jugendlichen ohne …
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The analysis of training needs in public institutions operating in health care sector in the Podkarpacie Province
Skica, Tomasz; Rodzinka, Jacek - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 8 (2012) 1, pp. 85-101
The article is an attempt at diagnosing training needs of the employees of units operating in health care sector in the Podkarpacie Province. In times of permanent changes affecting each sphere of economy, providers of health care services cannot afford to remain outside this trend. Improving...
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The association between current account deficit and house prices in Turkey
Hepşen, Ali; Aşıcı, Mehmet - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 3 (2013) 3, pp. 65-79
Current account deficit has been a popular research topic among Turkish economists. The study investigates the relation between current account deficit of Turkey and house prices in the country. This paper uses the classical linear regression model and this is run for three times. The results of...
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