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This paper present an overview of the state of lifelong learning in Bulgaria from a gender perspective; reviews the progress in the public debates in this area and analyzes the implemented policies for developing lifelong learning in accordance with the European strategic objectives, including...
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The purpose of this paper is to examine the progress in socioeconomic conditions across the major states of India by using convergence hypothesis. Earlier studies that examined regional disparities of development used per capita State Net Domestic Product (SNDP) as an important proxy for...
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Abstract In the 1980s, fifty years after the Great Depression industrial countries came again to be haunted with the spectre of mass unemployment. The unemployment situation, into the 1990s, continues to be dire in several European Union countries. Double digit unemployment rates are currently...
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This paper examines the spatial interaction of neighboring cities over their employment cycles. The cycles of …-similar employment cycles, but neighboring cities with similar racial compositions tend to have less-similar employment cycles …
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social capital on Irish employment outcomes, while controlling for possible endogeneity. We allow the effects of social … and employment are not endogenous and that ‘weak ties’ matter for employment outcomes, whereas ‘strong ties’ are less …
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The author outlines that gender segregation in employment are relatively new for Bulgaria, and there are not many … authors it represents about 1/3 of the registered employment. The agricultural sector is one, where unregistered employment is …
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This book focuses on the critical role of employment and creation of decent work in facilitating peace in Iraq. It … economic growth leads to productive, remunerative and decent employment. This requires that the ongoing reconstruction … high level of employment and creation of decent jobs. The book also argues that careful consideration should be given to …
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projections and the uncertainty created by the financial meltdown, the outlook for employment has deteriorated considerably. This … after 2-3 quarters. On current policies, the Commission projects employment growth to turn negative during the next two … social safety nets are fully playing their role and a number of new innovative policies are also keeping people in employment …
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seems the most appropriate manner to combine and pursue employment and financial sustainability goals. The method computes …
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since the introduction of globalisation process in terms of employment, labour absorption and the labour market conditions … in India. It is seen that the overall growth rate of the organised sector employment maintained its declining trend from … the period 1977-78 to 1999-2000. The growth rate of the public sector employment declined more than the private sector …
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