There is a shortage of electronic, mechanical engineers and IT professionals within some segments of the Hungarian labour market. The ratio of women specialized in these fields does not reach ten percentages. There are several reasons for that, including the strong stereotypes about the...

In the context of the global financial crisis, many emerging countries experienced a significant degree of volatility in the foreign capital inflows. Sudden stops of capital inflows and increases in risk premia caused significant negative consequences to their economies. In this paper was...

Workforce movement might be a problem of every country and has negative political, social and economic consequences. Free movement of people is one of the most fundamental freedoms guaranteed by European Union law and it is a necessary precondition for building a single market. The mobility of...

One of the best known predictions of standard economic theory is that an increase of minimum wage decreases employment and thus job opportunities of low-skilled, low-experienced workers. This paper provides an in depth analysis of the dynamics of the Hungarian youth employment. An econometric...

This paper deals with the economic effects and the policy implications of trade liberalisation on the Jordanian economy, with emphasis on welfare, income distribution and real wages of heterogeneous households, by using a neoclassical dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model....

Virtual social worlds, such as Second Life, by gaining more and more popularity, have attracted the attention of the business media. The aim of the present article is to explore the relationship between the Second Life avatar (using the term of virtual identity) and shopping habits in Second...

Several methods are known for the purpose of capital allocation. There are some properties that allocation methods should satisfy. These are full allocation, core compatibility, riskless allocation and suitability for performance measurement (compatible with Return on Risk Adjusted Capital...

The self help groups were formed to provide micro credit facilities to rural poor women to engage them in economic activities. Present paper investigates the factors influencing the employment status of a selected group of self help group members. The same set of self help group members has been...

The article tries to find explanation for the question that although green products and services are more easily available than in the past and people are more and more informed on the environmental problems; however there are still consumers who do not show green behavior. The reason behind...

We shortly discuss the mathematical modeling and its problems of one of the structured credit derivatives, the synthetic CDOs. These financial products were among the favorites prior to the crisis, and there was a general view that the mathematical models caused or at least boosted it. We focus...