Background: To assess the potential impact of a tax-induced cigarette price increase on financial and health outcomes by different socioeconomic groups. Methods: In a modeled condition using pooled cross-section data from Household Income and Expenditure Survey (2002-2017) and Iran 2019...

Background: To assess the potential impact of a tax-induced cigarette price increase on financial and health outcomes by different socioeconomic groups. Methods: In a modeled condition using pooled cross-section data from Household Income and Expenditure Survey (2002-2017) and Iran 2019...

It is essential to develop methodology for collection of innovation data in the public sector. It pertains also to monitoring the outputs and outcomes of managerial innovations. As the methodology must be sensitive for public subsector specificity, this paper is focused on public cultural...

Development of competencies needed to be effective managers and leaders requires research and theory that can drive future scholarship and application. Competencies are defined and an overview is provided on research on competencies, their link to performance in various occupations, and their...

Beyond years of schooling, educational content can play an important role in the process of economic development. Individuals' choices of educational content are often shaped by the political economy of government policies that determine the incentives to acquire various skills. We first present...

Proponents of tracking argue that the creation of more homogeneous classes increases effciency while opponents point out that tracking aggravates initial differences between students. We estimate the effects on the intergenerational transmission of education of a reform that delayed tracking by...

The following dissertation is a collection of four stand-alone research papers. The common theme of all papers is the analysis of the decision of heterogeneous individuals about investing in education. The first paper analyses how these decisions affect the impact of globalisation or...

Bakalauro baigiamajame darbe atlikta Šiaulių rajono Pavenčių ir Meškuičių vidurinių mokyklų darbuotojų darbo užmokesčio lyginamoji analizė. Teorinėje dalyje, remiantis moksline literatūra, nagrinėjami darbo užmokesčio sistemų organizavimo principai: darbo užmokesčio...