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Recoupling economic and social prosperity

Lima de Miranda, Katharina; Snower, Dennis J. - 2020

This paper explores a new theoretical and empirical approach to the assessment of human well-being, relevant to current challenges of social fragmentation in the presence of globalization and technological advance. We present two indexes of well-being - solidarity (S) and agency (A) - to be...

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Generalized trust, helpfulness, fairness and growth in european countries a revised analysis

Sztaudynger, Jacek J.; Ambroziak, Ewa; Starosta, Paweł - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 25 (2022) 3, pp. 135-160

This research is an attempt to assess the impact of trust, helpfulness, and fairness on economic growth in Europe. The first part of the paper highlights the concept of social capital and the related concept of trust, while the second part gives an overview of selected research hitherto...

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A Note on Social Capital, Space and Growth in Europe

Lavecchia, Luciano - 2015

This note replicates the analysis of Tabellini (2010) on the relationship between social capital and regional economic growth in Europe, extending that work and the underlying dataset by focusing on the spatial dimension of social capital and introducing a definition of contiguity among European...

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The Impact of the Reformation on the Economic Development of Western Europe

Sheremeta, Roman M. - 2018

The Protestant Reformation is a vivid example of how religious transformation could set in motion institutional changes, leading to profound consequences for economic and political development. Although economists and other social scientists agree that there is a strong relation between the...

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What mattered most in the Brexit vote? : evidence from detailed regression and decomposition analysis

Drinkwater, Stephen J.; Blackaby, David; Robinson, Catherine - 2024

The UK's decision to leave the EU continues to have major economic, political and social implications. It is therefore unsurprising that the reasons behind Brexit have been widely discussed. However, whilst existing empirical evidence has tended to focus on specific factors, we undertake a...

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Employee financial participation in businesses : is it worth discussing?

Błaszczyk, Barbara - 2014

This paper is an overview of the achievements in the area of employee financial participation (EFP) during the last fifty years. It addresses the question of the extent to which EFP is relevant in today's world. EFP is distinguished from participation in management (industrial democracy), and...

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Institutions and the support for market reforms : a combination of individual self-interest and good institutions determines the level of public support for market reforms

Denisova, Irina - 2016

Economic self-interest and social considerations are the key determinants of public support for market reforms in transition countries. However, political strategies that rely mainly on public support for pushing through economic reforms have limited relevance if the prevailing institutional...

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Inequality/Poverty and the 'Great Recession' : The Case of the 27 Members States of the European Union

Georgopoulos, Demosthenes - 2011

In this paper we investigate the relationship between relative poverty and/or inequality on the one hand and the … other. Using data from the 27 E.U. member states we try to establish a link of prevailing inequality/poverty inside each … positive relationship between higher inequality/poverty at the national level and the size of the economic crisis impact …

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Fiscal Discipline and Social Capital : Evidence from Europe During the Last Economic Crisis and Recovery

Parts, Eve - 2012

The purpose of the current paper is to investigate the possible relationship between fiscal discipline and social capital in EU member states during the last economic crisis and recovery, along with the assessment of the initial welfare effects of fiscal stimulus measures. Preliminary results...

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Measuring Economic Competitiveness of Magharib Countries Export Commodities

Mohamed, Issam A.W. - 2012

The geographic structure of the Magharib countries necessitates its political and economic partnership. However, there were many hindrances that curtailed further mutual benefits in the past decades. That minimized its economic cooperation in many ways. The emergence of the WTO adds to questions...

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