Das Problem der Altersarmut ist in Deutschland in jüngster Zeit in den sozialpolitischen Fokus gerückt. In starkem Kontrast zu bislang vorliegenden empirischen Arbeiten behauptet ein aktuell veröffentlichtes Gutachten des wissenschaftlichen Beirats beim Bundeswirtschaftsministerium, dass sich...

This paper investigates the determinants of household poverty in Turkey using ordered logit model. It also focuses on parallel regression hypothesis and uses generalized ordered logit model. In this study, the data has been obtained from Household Budget Survey in 2009 and poverty levels have...

Economic analysis of crime and criminal law addresses the question of individual welfare (utility) maximization through optimal allocation of resources and time in accordance to their relative returns. In this paper I first summarize the theoretical and empirical evidence on the nexus between...

Undoubtedly, poverty reduction has become a front-burner issue in development and business agenda. Since its announcement and defense by its advocates as a potent weapon against poverty, the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) concept has been bedeviled by controversies. A major controversy is whether...

Currently, the essence and forms of interrelation between human capital and quality of life are still insufficiently studied. Therefore, there is a need for defining general components of these categories and areas, where human capital interacts with quality of life. Today, Latvia has been...

Je weiter sich der deutsche Sozialstaat aus seinen Sicherungsversprechen verabschiedet, je größer die Räume gewollter politischer Eigenverantwortlichkeit werden und je größer die Anteile individueller Sicherungsleistungen sind, die auf Wohlfahrtsmärkten "produziert" werden sollen, desto...

The frequent exposures of food safety events in recent years have aroused extensive social concerns. Food quality and safety are hot topics in the food engineering field. In a market with mutual competitions, the products of different enterprises are substitutive, and enterprises have to achieve...

Besides official social pages of organizations, the anonymous online consumer communities are emerging phenomena. Participating these communities may affect the relationship between consumers and brands. Focusing on the higher education context, where consumers and brands have strong...

Traditionally, the university is understood to be a custodian/depositary of common values, knowledge and inheritance of human cultures and civilization. In contrast to mere libraries, as well as to the complexity of the Internet, the uniqueness of the university consists of the fact that it...

Despite the attention being paid to the environmental and social dimension of sustainability of Higher Education Institution (HEI) in the literature, little empirical research has focused on economic sustainability considering the HEI as an entity depending on financial funds provided by...