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Why Do European Home Owners Experience Loan Repayment Difficulties? Some Preliminary Results of Combining Macro and Micro Approaches

Doling, John; Horsewood, Nick; Neuteboom, Peter - In: International Journal of Housing Policy 7 (2007) 2, pp. 193-209

In recent decades, more and more European households have become home owners. Typically, this has been achieved with the help of a loan, repaid over a number of years to cover a proportion of the purchase price. Some households in some countries and at some times experience financial hardship in...

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Human Trafficking: The Shameful Face of Migration

eSocialSciences; PLoS Medicine Editors - 2011

A new framework for understanding migration as a series of phases, defining categories of people affected by migration and suggesting estimates of the likely size and importance of each group is given. URL:[http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/browseIssue.action]

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A magyar agrárgazdaság helyzete

Kapronczai, Istvan; Udovecz, Gabor - In: GAZDÁLKODÁS: Scientific Journal on Agricultural Economics 53 (2009) 6

A 2008. év második felében kirobbant és fokozatosan elmélyülő pénzügyi-gazdasági válság súlyos piacvesztést eredményezett a magyar nemzetgazdaságban. Az ipari termékek külpiaca beszűkült, az építőipar pedig a fizetőképes kereslet csökkenése folytán került válságba....

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Measuring Economic Insecurity

BOSSERT, Walter; D’AMBROSIO, Conchita - Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de … - 2009

We provide a systematic treatment of the notion of economic insecurity, assuming that an individual’s sentiment of … insecurity depends on the current wealth level and its variations experienced in the past. We think of wealth as a comprehensive …

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On Welfare and Terror

Burgoon, Brian - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 50 (2006) 2, pp. 176-203

insecurity, inequality, poverty, and religious-political extremism. Thus, countries with more generous welfare provisions should …

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Consumer insecurity and preference for nostalgic products: Evidence from China

Zhou, Ling; Wang, Tao; Zhang, Qin; Mou, Yupeng - In: Journal of Business Research 66 (2013) 12, pp. 2406-2411

This research examines the effects of consumers' insecurity on their preferences for nostalgic products. Using survey … data from a sample of 356 Chinese consumers, the analysis shows that existential insecurity and social insecurity enhance … promote sales by relieving consumers' insecurity, through designing nostalgic appearance and creating meaningful stories for …

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Valuing perceived insecurity associated with use of and access to public transport

Börjesson, Maria - CTS - Centre for Transport Studies Stockholm (KTH and VTI) - 2012

insecurity involved in accessing the public transport system is a welfare loss that can be quantified. …

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Calorie demand and labour productivity in Peru: evidence from the National Household Survey 1998 - 2002

Lavado, Pablo; Gallegos, José - Departamento Académico de Economía, Universidad del … - 2005

Is the extreme poverty line a good measure of food insecurity and nutritional status? It is said that an individual who …

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An Analysis of the Effects of Insecurity on Capital Market and Economic Growth of Nigeria

Angahar, Paul Aondona; Iorpev, Luper - In: International Journal of Academic Research in … 2 (2012) 3, pp. 207-216

This study adopts an ex-post facto research design to empirically examine the effect of insecurity on capital market … performance and economic growth on Nigeria. Using data on peace index (PINDEX) and Peace Score (PSCORE) as proxy for insecurity … relationship between capital market performance, economic growth, and insecurity. Peace index is statistically significant to …

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Measuring Economic Insecurity

Bossert, Walter; D'Ambrosio, Conchita - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

We provide an axiomatic treatment of the measurement of economic insecurity, assuming that individual insecurity …

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