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The Dynamics of Welfare Opinions in Changing Economic, Institutional and Political Contexts: An Empirical Analysis of Dutch Deservingness Opinions, 1975–2006
Jeene, Marjolein; Oorschot, Wim; Uunk, Wilfred - In: Social Indicators Research 115 (2014) 2, pp. 731-749
Long-term trends in deservingness opinions and how these fluctuate in relation to changes in the economic, institutional and political contexts have not often been examined. In this paper, we address these trend questions by analyzing 22 waves of the repeated cross-sectional Cultural Change in...
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Popular Criteria for the Welfare Deservingness of Disability Pensioners: The Influence of Structural and Cultural Factors
Jeene, Marjolein; Oorschot, Wim; Uunk, Wilfred - In: Social Indicators Research 110 (2013) 3, pp. 1103-1117
Research has shown that several criteria underlie people’s opinions about the welfare deservingness of benefit recipients. However, it remains unknown which factors are associated with the emphasis that people place on such criteria. Using a 2006 Dutch national survey on the welfare...
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Investigative Study of the Knowledge, Attitude and Opinion of University Undergraduates to Hiv/Aids and Its Screening
Josephine, Dr. Oliha - In: International Journal of Asian Social Science 4 (2014) 1, pp. 51-58
The study examined the knowledge attitude and opinion of the university undergraduates to HIV/AIDS and its screening in … (ANOVA) and independent t-test statistical techniques were used for data analysis. The findings showed that the students had … significant difference in their opinion of how one gets infected with the virus. The study therefore recommended that counselling …
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Insurance Deregulation and the Public Interest
Harrington, Scott - American Enterprise Institute
This study outlines the compelling case for widespread deregulation of property-liability insurance rates and forms.
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Privacy in Perspective
Cate, Fred - American Enterprise Institute
This book outlines the complexity of the issues and the stakes in the national debate over the privacy of personal information, and identifies likely ramifications.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010949282
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What Does the Public Know about Economic Policy, and How Does It Know It?
Blinder, Alan; Krueger, Alan - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 2004
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Driving America
Johnston, James - American Enterprise Institute
This book sheds light on environmental and other issues, including global warming, that will deeply affect the future of the automobile and of all American industry.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011273217
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PREFERENCE OF THE LISTED ENTITIES REGARDING THE SELECTION OF THE EXTERNAL AUDITOR
Timea, Fulop Melinda; Adriana, Tiron-Tudor; Ancuta, … - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 1 (2011) 2, pp. 503-509
The present research aims to highlight the importance of the external auditing in supporting corporate governance and the preference of the listed entities to be audited by the big audit companies. Given the proposed objectives of the research, our scientific method is based on a deductive...
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La perception des inégalités en France depuis dix ans
Forsé, Michel; Parodi, Maxime - In: Revue de l'OFCE n° 118 (2011) 3, pp. 5-32
The comparison of the 1999 and 2009 ISSP surveys shows that the financial crisis of 2008 did not greatly upset the French perceptions of wage inequality, or their wishes to correct them or even their sense of justice for their salary. Essentially, they continue to believe that inequalities in...
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Les discriminations entre les hommes et les femmes au prisme de l'opinion
Parodi, Maxime - In: Revue de l'OFCE n° 114 (2010) 3, pp. 135-166
This paper shows, from an opinion poll on the Perception of inequality and feelings of justice (PISJ 2009), how … important and totally unacceptable ? and this opinion is rather consensual between men and women. The feeling of discrimination … clearly four opinion groups: the first group accepts gender inequality as the consequence of a natural order; the second …
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