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Birthplace diversity, income inequality and education gradients in generalised trust : the relevance of cognitive skills across 29 countries

Brorgonovi, Francesca (contributor); … - European Commission / Joint Research Centre - 2017

Using data from 29 PIAAC countries the paper examines mechanisms through which education could promote generalised trust. Large part of the association between trust and education is mediated by individuals' characteristics and related with countries' birthplace diversity and income inequality.

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Skills beyond education : an analysis of cognitive skill evolution and its implications for employment chances

Flisi, Sara (contributor); Goglio, Valentina (contributor); … - European Commission / Joint Research Centre - 2015

Skills are at the core of improving individuals' employment outcomes and increasing countries productivity and growth while ensuring social cohesiveness. This is particularly relevant as today's global competition is characterized by a higher share of knowledge-based content which heavily relies...

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Consumer footprint : basket of products indicator on housing

Baldassarri, Catia (contributor); … - European Commission / Joint Research Centre - 2017

overall results reveal that the use phase (energy and water consumption) dominates the impacts, followed by the production of … different relative share. However, human toxicity, respiratory inorganics, resource depletion (metals, fossils, and water … smart windows for improved energy efficiency; 8. a combination of selected above mentioned energy-related scenarios; 9 …

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Consumer footprint : basket of products indicator on food

Castellani, Valentina (contributor); … - European Commission / Joint Research Centre - 2017

depletion and climate change are among the leading impacts. Since many LCA study on food are limited to the assessment of …

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Consumer's behaviour in assessing environmental impact of consumption : state of the art and challenges for modelling consumer's behaviour in life cycle based indicators

Nita, Viorel (contributor); … - European Commission / Joint Research Centre - 2017

The European Commission (EC) has been developing an assessment framework to monitor the evolution of environmental impact associated to the European Union (EU) consumption. The assessment framework should help to support a wide array of policies, such as those related to resource efficiency,...

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Consumer's behaviour in assessing environmental impact of consumption : state of the art and challenges for modelling consumer's behaviour in life cycle based indicators

Nita, Viorel (contributor); … - European Commission / Joint Research Centre - 2017

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Consumer footprint : basket of products indicator on housing

Baldassarri, Catia (contributor); … - European Commission / Joint Research Centre - 2017

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Consumer footprint : basket of products indicator on mobility

Castellani, Valentina (contributor); … - European Commission / Joint Research Centre - 2017

cars. In terms of impact categories, resource depletion is the most important one, especially for road transport (due to …

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Consumer footprint : basket of products indicator on mobility

Castellani, Valentina (contributor); … - European Commission / Joint Research Centre - 2017

cars. In terms of impact categories, resource depletion is the most important one, especially for road transport (due to …

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Demand response status in EU Member States

Bertoldi, Paolo (contributor); Zancanella, Paolo (contributor) - European Commission / Joint Research Centre - 2016

in the wholesale, balancing and ancillary electricity markets, as stipulated in Article 15 of the Energy Efficiency …

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