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Les systèmes de rémunération dans le secteur public de six pays de l'OCDE (Allemagne, Canada, États-Unis, France, Grande-Bretagne, Italie) : essai d'analyse comparative
Ghellab, Youcef; Laniel, Nicolas - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1998
Provides a comparative analysis of wage policies in the public sector of six OECD countries. Examines recent trends in reforms to the wage payment systems.
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Zur Erklärung der Beschäftigungsprobleme in ausgewählten Industriestaaten. Bericht über ein Forschungsprojekt
Soltwedel, Rüdiger; Spinanger, Dean - In: Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung 9 (1976) 2, pp. 118-135
Beschäftigten) dazu führen, daß sich in nahezu allen untersuchten Ländern die Arbeitslosigkeit zunehmend auf Jugendliche und Frauen …
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Zur Erklärung der Beschäftigungsprobleme in ausgewählten Industriestaaten. Bericht über ein Forschungsprojekt
Soltwedel, Rüdiger; Spinanger, Dean - In: Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung 9 (1976) 2, pp. 118-135
Beschäftigten) dazu führen, daß sich in nahezu allen untersuchten Ländern die Arbeitslosigkeit zunehmend auf Jugendliche und Frauen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005533999
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2012 Global Food Policy Report
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2013
This 2012 Global Food Policy Report is the second in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that have...
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Experience with youth employment programmes in the United States.
RG, Hollister - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1988
Examines, in particular, programmes set up under the Youth Employment and Demonstration Project Act, which operated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010967427
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Social integration in friendship networks: The synergy of network structure and peer influence in relation to cigarette smoking among high risk adolescents
Lakon, Cynthia M.; Valente, Thomas W. - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 9, pp. 1407-1417
Using data from a study of high risk adolescents in Southern California, U.S.A. (N=851), this study examined synergy … peer influences favoring drug use relates to more smoking among these high risk youth. …
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Substance use, generation and time in the United States: The modifying role of gender for immigrant urban adolescents
Almeida, Joanna; Johnson, Renee M.; Matsumoto, Atsushi; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 12, pp. 2069-2075
Although immigrant youth have lower rates of substance use than US born youth, whether substance use varies by … third generation youth. Additionally, immigrant boys who had been in the US ≤4 years had a significantly lower risk of … alcohol use. Among both boys and girls, all first and second generation youth were significantly less likely to report …
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Neighborhood context and immigrant children's physical activity
Brewer, Mackenzie; Kimbro, Rachel Tolbert - In: Social Science & Medicine 116 (2014) C, pp. 1-9
Physical activity is an important determinant of obesity and overall health for children, but significant race/ethnic and nativity disparities exist in the amount of physical activity that children receive, with immigrant children particularly at risk for low levels of physical activity. In this...
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An analysis of the credit rating agencies
D'Amato, Stephen - In: International Journal of Critical Accounting 6 (2014) 3, pp. 258-283
rating methodology and assess the ratings of these agencies in regards to Greece, France, and the USA. …
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Transfer students from two-year institutions to four-year institutions at the course-level: a case of minority students population
Kagochi, John; Durmaz, Nazif - In: International Journal of Education Economics and Development 5 (2014) 3, pp. 257-266
This paper empirically investigates the performance of transfer students from two-year colleges to four-year institutions at the course-level, especially colleges with significant minority student population. Advantages of looking at transfer student's performance at the course level are;...
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