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Decomposing international gender test score differences

Munir, Farzana; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 52 (2018) 12, pp. 1-17

In this paper, we decompose worldwide PISA mathematics and reading scores. While mathematics scores are still tilted … towards boys, girls have a larger advantage in reading over boys. Girls' disadvantage in mathematics is increasing over the …

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A review of the main issues on the loan contracts: Asymmetric information, poor transparency, and hidden costs

Rundo, Francesco; Di Stallo, Agatino Luigi - In: Economies 7 (2019) 3, pp. 1-23

The well-known subprime mortgage crisis, which began to manifest in early 2007, since when the effects of the speculative bubble begin to become evident from the increase in default rates in residential mortgages, has triggered a global crisis that has pushed various legislations over time to...

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Economics versus Literature (L'economia contro la letteratura)

Jackson, William A. - In: Narrativa 42 (2020), pp. 25-38

Economics has always had a difficult relationship with literature. Although early economists such as Adam Smith adopted a literary approach, pressures soon emerged to develop formal theory imitating natural sciences. A key aim was to attain scientific status and avoid comparison with literary...

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On the accuracy of trade and GDP statistics in Africa: Errors of commission and omission

Jerven, Morten - In: Journal of African Trade 1 (2014) 1, pp. 45-52

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Stock market analysis: A review and taxonomy of prediction techniques

Shah, Dev; Isah, Haruna; Zulkernine, Farhana - In: International Journal of Financial Studies 7 (2019) 2, pp. 1-22

Stock market prediction has always caught the attention of many analysts and researchers. Popular theories suggest that stock markets are essentially a random walk and it is a fool's game to try and predict them. Predicting stock prices is a challenging problem in itself because of the number of...

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A focus on ethical value under the vision of leadership, teamwork, effective communication and productivity

Mercader, Víctor; Galván-Vela, Esthela; Ravina … - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 14 (2021) 11, pp. 1-32

The new economy and the knowledge-based society brought significant changes in all the areas of our daily lives. Also, the COVID-19 pandemic and the COVID-19 crisis implicated tremendous transformations in all the domains, on the one hand, threatening the balance of our society and, on the other...

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Railway development in light of market needs: A SWOT analysis of the rail transport markets in the Visegrád four countries

Toth, Bálint L. - In: International Journal of Business and Economic Sciences … 13 (2020) 3, pp. 32-44

Purpose: This paper intends to provide a comparative analysis of the Czech, the Hungarian, the Polish and the Slovak railway development strategies in light of the evolution of transport needs, travel habits, freight volumes, and regional business relations. By offering a general SWOT analysis...

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Qualität von Mobilfunkdaten – Projekterfahrungen und Anwendungsfälle aus der amtlichen Statistik

Saidani, Younes; Bohnensteffen, Sarah; Hadam, Sandra - In: WISTA - Wirtschaft und Statistik 74 (2022) 5, pp. 55-67

Mobile network data are considered a promising new data source, but its quality for use in official statistics has … the existing official data. However, the production of statistics in line with the official quality criteria is currently …

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Would you like to work more hours? A investigation on South Africa

Popescu, Cristina Raluca; Kocağ, Esra Karapınar - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 15 (2022) 10, pp. 1-19

conducted by Statistics South Africa, this study attempts to shed light on individual preferences for working more hours in the … probability by 2.7 percentage points. Within education categories, the highest coefficient in magnitude, having tertiary education … decreases the probability of willingness to work more hours by 8.2 percentage points. As an important labour market indicator …

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Macht – Leistung – Kultur: Staatenvergleiche vom 17. bis ins frühe 20. Jahrhundert

Steinmetz, Willibald - In: KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und … 73 (2021) Suppl 1, pp. 75-112

Praktiken des Vergleichens und Bewertens von Staaten mittels Zahlen haben eine lange Geschichte. Seit der Frühen Neuzeit erlebten sie einen Aufschwung infolge fiskal-militärischer Rivalität zwischen größeren und kleineren Mächten innerhalb wie außerhalb Europas. Im Laufe des langen 19....

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