Private companies are awarded contracts to provide Internet technologies within jails and prisons. These correctional contractors often argue that their services can reduce recidivism rates by, for example, providing inmates with access to video messaging services where inmates can communicate...

ACTECON Papers, in its 7th issue, focuses on the concept of recidivism within the framework of competition law. Recidivism, which is accepted as an aggravating factor in competition legislation constitutes a crucial issue especially for the undertakings subjected to sanctions in competition...

Youth employment is a key priority of the European Economic and Social Committee and its Labour Market Observatory. The Observatory is carrying out a study on the implementation of EU policies for youth employment in a selection of six Member States: Austria, Croatia, Finland, Greece, Italy and...

Youth employment is a key priority of the European Economic and Social Committee and its Labour Market Observatory. The Observatory is carrying out a study on the implementation of EU policies for youth employment in a selection of six Member States: Austria, Croatia, Finland, Greece, Italy and...

In this paper we propose a relatively simple procedure to predict Euro-zone industrial production using mostly data derived from the business surveys of the three major economies within the European Monetary Union (France, Germany, and Italy). The basic idea is that of estimating business...