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Bolt, Daniel; Wollack, James; Suh, Youngsuk - In: Psychometrika 77 (2012) 2, pp. 339-357

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A Critical Evaluation of the EU 2020 Poverty and Social Exclusion Target: An Analysis of EU-SILC 2009

Maître, Bertrand; Nolan, Brian; Whelan, Christopher T. - Geary Institute, University College Dublin - 2013

As part of its 2020 Strategy adopted, the EU has set a number of headline targets including one for poverty and social exclusion reduction. Our analysis in this paper suggests that, in focusing on the union of the three chosen component indicators, cross-nationally we are not comparing like with...

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Towards Measurement of Farm Sustainability - an Irish case study

Dillon, Emma J.; Hennessy, Thia C.; Hynes, Stephen - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009

Sustainability Indicators (economic, environmental and social) are developed here using Irish National Farm Survey (FADN) data over a ten-year period (1996-2006) in an attempt to measure the sustainability of Irish agriculture at the farm-level. The general concept of sustainability is discussed...

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Strong sustainability, critical natural capital and the capability approach

Pelenc, Jérôme; Ballet, Jérôme - In: Ecological Economics 112 (2015) C, pp. 36-44

This article is an attempt to conceptually improve the notion of strong sustainability by creating a rapprochement between its core concept, critical natural capital, and the capability approach. We first demonstrate that the capability approach constitutes a relevant framework for analysing the...

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Conditional Covariance Theory and Detect for Polytomous Items

Zhang, Jinming - In: Psychometrika 72 (2007) 1, pp. 69-91

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A test-theoretic approach to observed-score equating

Linden, Wim - In: Psychometrika 65 (2000) 4, pp. 437-456

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The theoretical detect index of dimensionality and its application to approximate simple structure

Zhang, Jinming; Stout, William - In: Psychometrika 64 (1999) 2, pp. 213-249

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Mapping EU Attitudes: Conceptual and Empirical Dimensions of Euroscepticism and EU Support

Boomgaarden, Hajo G.; Schuck, Andreas R. T.; Elenbaas, … - In: European Union Politics 12 (2011) 2, pp. 241-266

Public attitudes towards the European Union (EU) are at the heart of a growing body of research. The nature, structure and antecedents of these attitudes, however, are in need of conceptual and empirical refinement. With growing diversification of the policies of the Union, a one-dimensional...

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Doing well and doing good: a multi-dimensional puzzle

Forget, Vanina - HAL - 2012

Socially responsible firms are expected by European regulators to create shared value for their shareholders, their stakeholders and society. Yet how to generate profits while providing public good is still academically debated. This paper argues that corporate social responsibility encompasses...

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Causality and multidimensionality of strategic performance management systems: the impact on managers' satisfaction

Laitinen, Erkki K.; Lansiluoto, Aapo; Ulvila, Marko - In: International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and … 6 (2010) 1, pp. 28-53

systems (SPMS). The study investigates the effects of multidimensionality, causality and utilisation of performance … the empirical evidence supports three of the study's five hypotheses. Multidimensionality has more effect on satisfaction … than causality. Causality has an effect on the utilisation of SPMS. The direct effects of multidimensionality on …

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