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Education has long been recognized as a central element in economics development. In Eritrea, Church education played a … the Muslim communities of the Eritrean Society. Since Independence, education is well organized in the country. Eritrea … has invested heavily in education and has embarked on a wide-ranging program. The World Bank, Eritrea has also made …
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as fixed income and equity securities and investment funds. Financial education determines investment decisions in which … analyse the effect of financial education on savings and investment decision-making for a broad set of financial assets. The … to the improvement of financial education policy designs, and it pursues several objectives: (i) to quantify the …
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considered as an important investment. Students usually think of higher education in more personal terms, therefore they tend to …Most scholars, professionals, parents, governments, and societies strongly believe that education, especially tertiary … education, provides important economic and social benefits to everyone involved. Furthermore, tertiary education is recently …
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In the last few years a growing number of economists and psychologists have focused on the ways parents care for their younger children. In households where both parents work in particular, the care of children has to be at least partially delegated to the care of other members of the family or...
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concerned with productivity and competitiveness issues. Not surprisingly, formal education is the preferred and most … achieved through a better understanding of the relationship between the skills developed through formal education and their … points out, "the issue is not whether education has benefits but, rather, the magnitude of its 'true' benefits, the benefits …
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lessons that Fortin draws from the Irish economic miracle are: support free trade and investment; develop business …-friendly industrial and tax policies; stick to free or low-cost secondary and post-secondary education; and ensure aggregate supply can …
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In this chapter, William Watson challenges Heath's interpretation of the benefits of productivity growth, but agrees with Richard Harris' views on the state of our knowledge about the potential contribution of social programs to productivity growth. Watson tackles Heath's assessment of the...
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During the Polish economy transformation process a lot of reforms have been implemented, including those connected with pension system. But future pensioners should not, unfortunately, trust in high rate of future pensions received from pensioner system, much earlier, individually should take...
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During the Polish economy transformation process a lot of reforms have been implemented, including those connected with pension system. Th e pension system was based on two obligatory pillars. So-called the second pillar of pension security was supposed to guarantee future humane pension (at an...
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a pension plan, we find significant variation in stated preferences towards proposed social investment screens. Although … individuals are able to express their preferences towards social investment criteria they are not able to translate these values … into investment decisions consistently. This is partially driven by the low financial sophistication of households. To …
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