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Regulating labour and safety standards in the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors
Yeshanew, Sisay Alemahu - 2018
The general labour and employment laws of many countries do not necessarily take into account the special circumstances of those who work in the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors, whereas legislation governing these sectors tend not to integrate appropriate labour standards. This...
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Maritime professions : issues and perspectives
Kołodziej-Durnaś, Agnieszka (ed.); Sowa, Frank (ed.);  … - 2023
"On a global scale, more than 40 million people make their living working directly at sea as fishers, seafarers, in aquaculture or seabed-mining, or related occupations such as dockworkers, shipbuilding, logistics, maritime administration, secondary branches of shipping, marine tourism and other...
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The evolution of secularization: Cultural transmission, religion and fertility theory, simulations and evidence
Bar-El, Ronen; Garcia-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana; … - 2010
empirical estimation that employs data from 32 countries (included in the International Social Survey Program: Religion II …
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Monotheism (from a sociopolitical and economic perspective)
Iyigun, Murat - 2007
The Axial Age, which lasted between 800 B. C. E. and 200 B. C. E., covers an era in which the spiritual foundations of humanity were laid simultaneously and independently in various geographic areas, and all three major monotheisms of Judaism, Christianity and Islam were born between 1200 B. C....
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Asabiyya: re-interpreting value change in globalized societies
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2009
This article reflects the renewed interest of economics and the social science discipline in value systems and religion …
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Immigrant Religious Adjustment: An Economic Approach to Jewish Migrations
Chiswick, Carmel Ullman - 2003
An economic theory of immigration and immigrant absorption for a religious minority is developed and applied to Jewish history. Human capital is classified according to whether it is allocative or productive, transferable or location-specific, general or Jewish. Crossclassifying these categories...
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The evolution of secularization: Cultural transmission, religion and fertility theory, simulations and evidence
Bar-El, Ronen; García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana; … - 2010
empirical estimation that employs data from 32 countries (included in the International Social Survey Program: Religion II …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273867
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Democracy and income in-equality : an empirical analysis
Grâdšṭayn, Marq; Milanović, Branko; Ying, Yvonne - 2001
proxied by a country s dominant religion seems to be related to inequality. But in addition, in Judeo-Christian societies …
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Foreign direct investment : the role of institutional and cultural determinants
Lucke, Navina; Eichler, Stefan - In: Applied economics 48 (2016) 10/12, pp. 934-956
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Mortality differentials by religious denomination in Vienna 1981 - 2002
Klotz, Johannes; Gisser, Richard - 2015
religion and religion not stated) in the city of Vienna. Relative mortality risk is above average for Roman Catholics (1 ….01), but below average for Protestants (0.98) and people with no religion (0.97). Very low mortality risks are found for … their low overall mortality level, people with no religion face excess suicide mortality. …
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