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Private Net Worth in Eastern and Western Germany Only Converging Slowly

Grabka, Markus M. - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 4 (2014) 11, pp. 25-32

Very nearly 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, households in eastern Germany have an average net worth of 67,400 euros which is less than half that of their counterparts in western Germany with an average net worth of 153,200 euros. In both parts of the country, real estate ownership is...

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Large-scale transition of economic systems: Do CEECs converge towards western prototypes?

Ahlborn, Markus; Ahrens, Joachim; Schweickert, Rainer - PFH Private University of Applied Sciences, Göttingen - 2014

performance. We acknowledge for the transition aspect by looking at cluster history and principal component analysis for periods … of transition. Our analysis reveals that there is consolidation rather than convergence with CEECs being divided in …

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Improving Post-High School Outcomes for Transition-Age Students with Disabilities: An Evidence Review

Cobb, R. Brian; Lipscomb, Stephen; Wolgemuth, Jennifer; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2013

This report uses evidence-based standards developed by the What Works Clearinghouse to review the research literature on programs that help students with disabilities make transitions after high school. Community-based work programs had mixed effects on employment and potentially positive...

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MOBBING - BASIC PROBLEM IN EMPLOYMENT IN TRANSITION

Vidoje Stefanoviæ, Bosko Vojnovic, Marija Stefanovic - „Ekonomika“ Society of Economists, Niš (Serbia) - 2014

Conceived as a process of economic restructuring, changes in ownership and increase business efficiency, the transition …

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Internationalization of post-Soviet Economists: Evidence from Central Asia and the Caucasus

ÇOKGEZEN, Murat; ÇOKGEZEN, Jale - In: Journal of Economics and Political Economy 1 (2014) 1, pp. 26-38

After the collapse of socialism, post-Soviet republics reorganized economics curricula, published new textbooks, and trained students and academics in their home countries or in the West. How did these efforts change the quantity and quality of international publications of post-Soviet...

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Should I Stay or Should I Go? Romanian Migrants during Transition and Enlargements

Andrén, Daniela; Roman, Monica - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

the receiving and origin countries. The restructuring process that accompanied a painful economic transition created …

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Privatization of Industry in Central and Eastern European Countries

Balan, Emilia - In: Revista de Economie Mondiala / The Journal of Global … 6 (2014) 2

gone through several phases of transition, having a mail goal the liberalization of their economies. Experiences taken from … practical point of view. The economists are still debating various strategies and their economic transition, because the … problems of transition in CEE countries are not fully resolved. The purpose of this article was the theoretical and empirical …

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Europeanization and the Romanian Political Regime. Executive – Legislative Relations

LĂSTUN, Livia; MUNTEANU, Irina - In: Europolity – Continuity and Change in European … 3 (2009) 2, pp. 44-61

Romania succeeded, despite all of the obstacles encountered, to enter the European Union, facing a transformation process before and after the exact moment of the adhesion. The main criterion: a higher level of democracy. The main method of completing this criterion: shaping of the decision...

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In Transition towards Sustainability: Bridging the Business and Education Sectors of Regional Centre of Expertise Greater Sendai Using Education for Sustainable Development-Based S...

Ofei-Manu, Paul; Shimano, Satoshi - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 7, pp. 1619-1644

This article discusses a business-school collaborative learning partnership in the Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Greater Sendai. This partnership is further linked to a broader context of multi-stakeholder public participation in the RCE...

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A Smarter Grid for Renewable Energy: Different States of Action

Koenigs, Clark; Suri, Mudita; Kreiter, Amelia; Elling, … - In: Challenges 4 (2013) 2, pp. 217-233

Smart grid has strong potential to advance and encourage renewable energy deployment, but given the multiple motivations for smart grid, renewables are not always central in smart grid policy discussions. The term “smart grid” represents a set of technologies, including advanced meters,...

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