This paper introduces the theoretical foundations and the structure of a macroeconometric model for the analysis of compensation schemes. After a brief explanation of the main relationships between technical change and employment, the general structure of the model is outlined with reference to...

As put forward by Pinfold (2000) and several other articles in this journal the study of the sciences is often a fruitful way of stimulating the development of new thinking and new concepts. In the present article the methodical interest is attached to economists’ use of evolutionary and...

Based on the subjective interpretation framework, this paper attempts to develop a concept of social construction of error. Following Max Weber, this paper argues that action has meaning attached to it as human agents make sense of their everyday life. Making sense of the external world means...

We analyse the implications of regulating market-based process attributes in an international trade context. We apply our work to agro-food products by providing anecdotal evidences. To guarantee fair trading in open market-based credence goods, we underline the importance of the defining stage...

There has been some evidence to suggest that women and people of color have optimized their status as marginalized employees in a dual labor economy by institutionalizing their expanding participation in secondary labor market activity. To determine the validity of this claim, the author...