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Education in a Devolved Scotland: A Quantitative Analysis
Machin, Stephen; McNally, Sandra; Wyness, Gill - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013
electorate will need to consider how a devolved Scotland has fared in educating its nation under its own terms - and hence how …
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Active labour market policy in Scotland: does it make a difference?
Adams, John; Thomas, Ray - In: International Journal of Manpower 28 (2007) April, pp. 30-30
Purpose – The paper aims to show that active labour market policies in Scotland over a nine-year period have failed to … Scotland have become worse off in terms of the risk of unemployment and despite active labour market intervention. Research … policies in Scotland do not work in terms of reducing the risk of unemployment. Policy needs to focus on creating demand for …
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A comparison of the national sustainable development strategies for New Zealand and Scotland
Frame, Bob; Bebbington, Jan - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 15 (2012) 3, pp. 249-276
, Scotland and New Zealand, over the period 2003-2007. Since governance of issues starts with formulation of strategic direction …
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Technologies for sustainability: a governmentality perspective
Russell, Shona; Frame, Bob - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 16 (2013) 1/2, pp. 91-106
water governance in Scotland and New Zealand to consider if and how technologies are able to contest the current …
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Deprived or not deprived? Comparing the measured extent of material deprivation using the UK government’s and the Poverty and Social Exclusion surveys’ method of calculating materi...
Treanor, Morag - In: Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology 48 (2014) 3, pp. 1337-1346
families with young children in Scotland. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014 …
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Fiscal Policy: Its Role in an Independent Scotland
Laramie, Anthony J; Mair, Douglas - Post Keynesian Economics Study Group - PKSG - 2013
In this paper we consider the implications for macroeconomic fiscal policy in Scotland if the Scottish electorate votes …
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Victory for volunteerism? Scottish health board elections and participation in the welfare state
Greer, Scott L.; Stewart, Ellen A.; Wilson, Iain; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 106 (2014) C, pp. 221-228
National Health Service in Scotland. We begin by proposing that much current public involvement practice is dominated by a …
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Managing collaboration and knowledge transfer in developing economies: a study of a new joint venture in Thailand
Pollard, David - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 4 (2008) 2/3, pp. 246-260
The creation of a new joint venture, involving Scottish and Thai partner organisations, is analysed with regard to the initial setting up of collaborative operations and a pre-implementation programme of knowledge transfer in the context of economic uncertainty. The study concludes that, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010816976
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Reciprocal instrumentalism: Scotland, WHO Europe, and mental health
Smith-Merry, Jennifer; Freeman, Richard; Sturdy, Steve - In: International Journal of Public Policy 9 (2013) 4/5/6, pp. 260-276
) and Scotland in the context of mental health. Since devolution Scotland has gained autonomy as a constituent country of … the UK and has developed a reputation for progressive mental health policy. Scotland has also become increasingly involved … alongside an analysis of related texts. We observe that the relationship between Scotland and WHO was created and perpetuated …
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Cost-effectiveness of febuxostat in chronic gout
Beard, Stephen; Scheele, Birgitta; Nuki, George; … - In: The European Journal of Health Economics 15 (2014) 5, pp. 453-463
Our objective was to evaluate data on the cost-effectiveness of febuxostat compared with standard clinical practice with allopurinol in patients with gout that was presented to the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) in 2010. A Markov health-state model estimated the direct health-related costs...
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