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Human capital development for SMEs in Pakistan : is the "one-size-fits-all" policy adequate?
Mubarik, Muhammad Shujaat; Chandran, V G R; Devadason, … - In: International journal of social economics 43 (2016) 8, pp. 804-822
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Human capital development for SMEs in Pakistan: is the “one-size-fits-all” policy adequate?
Mubarik, Muhammad Shujaat; Govindaraju, Chandran; … - In: International Journal of Social Economics 43 (2016) 8, pp. 804-822
Purpose – Pakistan adopted “one-size-fits-all” policy for human capital (HC) development with the assumption that the …. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on new data set of a sample of 750 manufacturing SME firms in Pakistan … on the inadequacy of the current human capital development (HCD) policy in Pakistan. The study therefore recommends …
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Main Attributes and Features Effecting Juvenile Delinquents : Evidence from Karachi, Pakistan
Ghouri, Arsalan Mujahid - 2012
The purpose of the study is focused on the delinquents and their main features and attributes and causes while committing the crime. The universe of this research was the delinquents of Karachi Youthful Offender's Industrial School, Karachi. Random sampling methods were used for data collection...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013108371
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Crime and Self-Control Revisited: Disentangling the Effect of Self-Control on Risk and Social Preferences
Friehe, Tim; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah - 2014
In economic models, risk and social preferences are major determinants of criminal behavior. In criminology, low self-control is considered a fundamental cause of crime. Relating the arguments from both disciplines, this paper studies the relationship between self-control and both risk and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352262
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Crime and Self-Control Revisited: Disentangling the Effect of Self-Control on Risk and Social Preferences
Friehe, Tim; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah - 2014
In economic models, risk and social preferences are major determinants of criminal behavior. In criminology, low self-control is considered a fundamental cause of crime. Relating the arguments from both disciplines, this paper studies the relationship between self-control and both risk and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352353
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Self-control and crime revisited: Disentangling the effect of self-control on risk taking and antisocial behavior
Friehe, Tim; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah - 2017
Low self-control is considered a fundamental cause of crime. The aim of our study is to provide causal evidence on the link between self-control and criminal behavior. We test whether individuals with lower self-control behave in a more antisocial manner and are less risk-averse and thus are,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011686256
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Human Capital Formation and Criminal Behavior: The Role of Early Childhood Education
Dos Santos, Marcelo Rodrigues - In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 12 (2012) 1
Abstract This paper develops an overlapping generations model of criminal behavior, which extends prior research on crime by taking into account parental decisions about their children's education and about sending them to school when they become adolescents. Additionally, it is also assumed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014586876
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Building Criminal Capital behind Bars: Peer Effects in Juvenile Corrections*
Bayer, Patrick; Hjalmarsson, Randi; Pozen, David - 2009
This paper analyzes the influence that juvenile offenders serving time in the same correctional facility have on each other's subsequent criminal behavior. The analysis is based on data on over 8,000 individuals serving time in 169 juvenile correctional facilities during a two-year period in...
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Young adult job loss and criminal activity
Jolly, Nicholas A.; Propp, Margaret H. - 2024
This paper uses data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to study the relationship between job displacement and the probability of arrest and incarceration among young adults. Results show that displacement is associated with increases in the probability of arrest and incarceration. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014578151
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Crime and Punishment Re-Awakened – Insights on a Risky Business from the Worker's Perspective
Garoupa, Nuno; Martins, Ana Paula - 2002
This research inspects the general implications of considering duration of confinement as a deduction to the convicted consumer-worker time endowment. Even if analytically simple, the model is able to shed some light on the expected wage profile of criminals, and the pattern of their...
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