Active labour market policies (ALMPs), which are primarily addressed to integrate (or reintegrate) into the labour market those who are on the edge of unemployment, are generally analysed in the context of a macroeconomic approach or within a micro-econometric model. A critique of the usual...

Features of integrative process in formation of the Arctic region Nadezhda Kharlampieva, Saint-Petersburg State University Article is devoted to the Arctic ? the new region of contemporary international relations system where global issues of world politics are solved. Discussion around the...

This research project ranks German regions with help of interregional migration data instead of gross domestic product, household incomes, unemployment or quality of life estimates. Therefore we estimate regional utility differentials for German states and planning regions following the approach...

Over recent years, parking policy has become a key element of urban transport policy and planning in many countries. The need of urban mobility, mostly guaranteed by private cars, in facts, impacts on the policy and regulations of parking areas. The issue is particularly relevant for work...

This paper reconsiders the evolution of the growth of American cities since 1790 in light of new theories of urban growth. Our null hypothesis for long-term growth is random growth. We obtain evidence supporting random growth against the alternative of mean reversion (convergence) in city sizes...

Reflections on the Mediterranean and especially on the architecture and urban spaces, are made with the knowledge of the many conflicts that always exist and persist on sites, based on a continuous movement of peoples, on migrations, a complex system of streams that formed city and left traces...

Following the methodology of Council for the study of productive forces (SOPS) we estimate the contemporary level of investment activity in 9 regions of the Far Eastern Federal District (FEFD) of Russia. We received the following results: the average level of investment activity in the Far...

The demographic and education composition of European countries is changing: the population share of young individuals is declining while that of the highly educated is rising. This study estimates the impact of cohort size on wages using data on several European countries to cast light on the...

The paper estimates how much of the Amazon deforestation is due to the consumption of goods and services from households who live within the Amazon region itself, comparing it to deforestation driven by consumers who live outside Amazon. As the Brazilian Amazon contains 5 big Metropolitan...

Environmental pollution is a serious problem in highly industrialized countries, as it may pose a threat to the human health and life. For these reasons, entities responsible for polluting the environment and its natural resources undertake pro-environmental actions that involve reduction of the...