Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 30,890
Cover Image
African Development,Partnership and Rationality Challenge:An Exposition
NWAOBI, GODWIN - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Since 1950s, most African nations have gained independence from their colonial powers. Fortunately, independence has brought many changes to these nations and these include multi-party democratic government and western education systems. Unfortunately, the Africa’s economy is the least...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259767
Cover Image
African Development, Partnership and Rationality Challenge : An Exposition
Nwaobi, Godwin Chukwudum - 2013
Since 1950s, most African nations have gained independence from their colonial powers. Fortunately, independence has brought many changes to these nations and these include multi-party democratic government and western education systems. Unfortunately, the Africa's economy is the least developed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013074888
Cover Image
Social Security Mechanisms : Theories, Design and Practice
Nwaobi, Godwin Chukwudum - 2008
Living through hunger and physical hardship from infancy to premature old age; living through economic shifts that close factories and strip currency of its value in an instant; living through social turmoil, political upheaval, and war; through it all, poor men and women in communities around...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012722487
Cover Image
Determinants, Effects, and Funding of Arts Consumption
Hall, Thomas W. - 2015
We conducted a three-phase study of arts participation using SPPA (Survey of Public Participation in the Arts) data going back to 1982. Using statistical methods to correct for possible survey sampling bias (including clustering, stratification, and weighting), in phase 1 we confirm previous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014133649
Cover Image
Arts and love: The time Italian couples spend on cultural activities
Lazzaro, Elisabetta; Frateschi, Carlofilippo - Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, … - 2015
distinguish between arts attendance (going to theater, visiting a museum, etc.) and amateur arts practices (playing music …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011106038
Cover Image
How learning a musical instrument affects the development of skills
Hille, Adrian; Schupp, Jürgen - 2013
Despite numerous studies on skill development, we know little about the causal effects of music training on cognitive … and non-cognitive skills. This study examines how long-term music training during childhood and youth affects the …-Economic Panel (SOEP). Our findings suggest that adolescents with music training have better cognitive skills and school grades and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010195960
Cover Image
A double machine learning approach to estimate the effects of musical practice on student's skills
Knaus, Michael C. - 2018
This study investigates the dose-response effects of making music on youth development. Identification is based on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011867890
Cover Image
Shopping With(Out) Children : Family and Consumption in the Supermarket Arena
Costa, Rosalina Pisco - 2011
Sociological perspective on shopping time is usually undertaken from a gender point of view. In this presentation we prosecute a different look. Focusing specifically on shopping time with (or without) children, we conceptualize it as “family practices” (Morgan, 1999), in-between family...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118765
Cover Image
Exposure to foreign media and changes in cultural traits: Evidence from naming patterns in France
Disdier, Anne-Célia; Head, Keith; Mayer, Thierry - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2006
Free trade in audio-visual services has faced opposition on the grounds that foreign media undermine domestic culture, and ultimately, global diversity. We assess the media-culture link using name frequencies as a measure of tastes. Using a 47-year panel of French birth registries, we first show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005018091
Cover Image
Exposure to foreign media and changes in cultural traits: Evidence from naming patterns in France
Head, Keith; Disdier, Anne-Célia; Mayer, Thierry - Department of Economics, Sciences économiques - 2009
Free trade in audio-visual services has faced opposition on the grounds that foreign media undermine domestic culture, and ultimately, global diversity. Using a long panel of French birth registries, we assess the media-culture link using name frequencies as a measure of tastes. Controlling for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010756877