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Public spending efficiency in the OECD: Benchmarking health care, education, and general administration
Dutu, Richard; Sicari, Patrizio - In: Review of Economic Perspectives 20 (2020) 3, pp. 253-280
In many OECD countries, changes in demography and health conditions are putting pressure on public finance. To prevent …) in a sample of OECD countries around 2012, focussing on health care, secondary education, and general public services …
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Global skill partnerships: A proposal for technical training in a mobile world
Clemens, Michael A. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 4 (2015), pp. 1-18
Skilled workers emigrate from developing countries in rising numbers, raising fears of a drain on the human and financial resources of the countries they leave. This paper critiques existing policy proposals to address the development effects of skilled migration. It then proposes a new kind of...
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How to improve participation in social assistance programs
Ribar, David - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Social assistance programs are intended to improve people's well-being. However, that goal is undermined when eligible people fail to participate. Reasons for non-participation can include inertia, lack of information, stigma, the time and "hassle" associated with applications and program...
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Legitimidad como factor clave del éxito organizativo
Díez Martín, F.; Blanco González, A.; Prado Román, C. - In: Investigaciones Europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 16 (2010) 3, pp. 127-143
In this article we tried to synthesize the existing literature on organizational legitimacy, showing its importance for business development. The article's central argument suggests the existence of certain organizational actions whose development address legitimacy to organizations. At the same...
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Do bilateral social security agreements deliver on the portability of pensions and health care benefits? A summary policy paper on four migration corridors between EU and non-EU me...
Holzmann, Robert - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 5 (2016) 17, pp. 1-35
This policy paper summarizes four corridor studies on bilateral social security agreements (BSSAs) between four European Union (EU) member and two nonmember states, draws conclusions on their results, and offers recommendations. BSSAs between migrant-sending and migrant-receiving countries are...
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Principles of the European Administrative Space and their Impact on Performance in Public Organizations
Cioclea, Alexandra Ema - In: CES Working Papers 4 (2012) 3, pp. 288-295
The European Union is interested in ensuring that each national administration offers comparable administrative …, public administration structures and regulations vary among the Member States and a set of common principles can guide them … performance are compatible with public administration organizations and some of the criteria are common to those promoted by the …
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Evaluation of the financial performance of the municipalities in Slovakia in the context of multidimensional statistics
Lukáč, Jozef; Teplická, Katarína; Čulková, Katarína - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 14 (2021) 12, pp. 1-10
In some studies, only financial aspects are emphasized, but we also see cases of assessing the financial health of municipalities through socio-economic indicators. Public organizations worldwide have had to increase their financial performance by adopting management practices. Nonetheless,...
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Does the location of construction land supply play an very important role on economic growth? The case study of Tianjin Binhai New Area
Huang, Lingxiang; Yang, Lu; Tian, Lingling; Yu, Rui; … - In: Journal of Urban Management 9 (2020) 1, pp. 104-114
Land is not only a basic factor of production and an important space carrier, but also a key tool to control the development of urban economy. While the phenomenon of land participation in regulation exists generally in China, the theory of supporting regulation and the effect of regulation are...
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The administration of Abbasids caliphate: A fateful change in the muslim history
Gillani, Aftab Hussain; Tahir, Mohammad - In: Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences (PJCSS) 8 (2014) 2, pp. 565-571
caliphate contributed a lot for education, science, literature and fine arts. In this era many inventions were made. In short …
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Selected contraints to development of entrepreneurship in Poland
Czemiel-Grzybowska, Wioletta - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 10 (2014) 2, pp. 21-27
Small enterprises are a key source of employment, economic growth, innovation and productivity in advanced as well as emerging economies and as such they are a crucial sector of an economy. Access to financing plays an important role for the small enterprise sector in any economy. Based on...
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