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at policy in 13 reforming countries. It concludes that older workers are best excluded from reform, because the economic …
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-as-you-go, state-run defined-benefit pensions to individual, private-sector, funded defined-contribution accounts. It looks at three … issues in this reform: the financing of the transition from pay-as-you-go to funded provision; the fiscal impact of voluntary … individuals for whom they were not suitable. The paper examines recent reform proposals and the prospects for reform under the New …
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lump sums with the risk that people outlive their resources. Finally, pensions in payment are not automatically adjusted to …
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The demographic database of Eurostat and of Us Census of Bureau are explored and the main facts are extracted and described. This paper is completely self-standing but is also part of a more general analysis dedicated to the functioning and sustainability of pay-as-you-go to finance the welfare...
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The demographic database of Istat (www.istat.it)is explored and the main facts are extracted and described, both at the aggregate national level as well as at the regional one. This paper is completely self-standing but, at the same time, poses the basis for a more general analysis that will be...
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The paper examines formation and sustainability of Pay-As-You-Go pension systems within the consequences of the ageing of population. Parametric reforms rather than institutional transformation of Pay-As-You-Go systems into funded pension schemes are advocated. Following the modern theories of...
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The network approach to entrepreneurship has become a notable theoretical perspective within the literature. Networking activities enable gaining resources for new ventures in growth process while allowing growing firms to maintain their flexibilities. In this study, we investigate the effects...
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The aim of this study is to examine the effects of business incubator programs and its services on tenant firm performance. In this context, the effect of business incubator services on firms’ survival was examined through the case of Turkey’s Business Development Centers (İŞGEMs). The...
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There are many support mechanisms for supporting newly established firms. Business incubators, one of them, are generally focused on supporting and promoting entrepreneurship, increasing employment through creating new job opportunities, enhancing local, regional and national R&D and...
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In the first part of the paper, it was shown that decisions on privatization have to be considered in the context of more general problem of finding a rational property structure in an economy. The second part demonstrates that public enterprises fulfill a number of special functions which are...
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