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Gender and social protection in South Asia: An assessment of the design of non-contributory programmes

Tebaldi, Raquel; Bilo, Charlotte - 2019

Social protection has received increased attention as a measure to reduce poverty and vulnerability and achieve social … transformation, including the reduction of gender inequality. According to the Social Protection Inter-Agency Cooperation Board … (SPIAC-B 2019), to contribute to gender equality, social protection systems should address life cycle risks, increase access …

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Social contract and social cohesion: Synergies and tensions between two related concepts

Loewe, Markus; von Schiller, Armin; Zintl, Tina; … - 2024

Social cohesion' and the 'social contract' are two related analytical concepts, which have become increasingly popular among researchers and practitioners. Both concepts help to understand and characterise societies and countries by shedding light on the relationships between members and groups...

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TTIP und ihre Auswirkungen auf Österreich

Breuss, Fritz - 2014

Mit einem umfassenden und in der Öffentlichkeit höchst umstrittenen Handels- und Investitionsabkommen (TTIP) wollen die EU und die USA die größte Freihandelszone der Welt errichten und damit Wachstum und Beschäftigung stimulieren. Zwar prognostizieren alle bisherigen TTIP-Studien positive...

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Essays on Offshoring, Wage Inequality and Innovation

Benz, Sebastian - 2014

This volume was prepared by Sebastian Benz while he was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in December 2013 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes five self-contained chapters. All chapters discuss different...

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Austria's Competitiveness in Trade in Services

Woerz, Julia - 2008

Trade in services is a rapidly growing phenomenon. Consequently, the question of individual countries? competitiveness in trade in services is of increasing importance. In this paper we describe patterns of competitiveness in services sectors for EU members over the period 1995 to 2005,...

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Macroeconomic and financial stability challenges for acceding and candidate countries

Winkler, Adalbert; Beck, Roland - 2006

This paper – based on a report by a Task Force established by the International Relations Committee (IRC) of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) – reviews macroeconomic and financial stability challenges for acceding (Bulgaria and Romania) and candidate countries (Croatia and...

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Einflüsse auf die KMU Finanzierung: Ein Vergleich ausgewählter Euroländer

Butkowski, Olivier; Hoffmann, Marina; Nielen, Sebastian; … - 2019

Diese Studie untersucht die Einflüsse auf die Finanzierung von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) in neun ausgewählten europäischen Ländern. Dabei wurden neben der Nutzung von externen Finanzierungsinstrumenten auch Zugangsrestriktionen berücksichtigt. Die Relevanz - also die...

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Governance of Financial Supervisors and its Effects – a Stocktaking Exercise

Quintyn, Marc - 2007

The attention for the governance of financial sector supervisors is of a recent date. The debate has risen to the fore as part of the wider discussion about the appropriate institutional organization of financial supervision and the drive for compliance with international best practices in the...

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Essays on network industries: privatization, regulation, and productivity measurement

Kuhlmann, Andreas - 2007

This study was prepared by Andreas Kuhlmann, while he was working with the Ifo Institute for Economic Research. It was completed in September 2006 and was accepted as a Ph.D. thesis by the Economics Department of the University of Munich. The subject of this study is the analysis of network...

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Die Nutzung insolvenzrechtlicher Sanierungswege durch kleine und mittlere Unternehmen: Das Beispiel der Eigenverwaltung

Kranzusch, Peter; Icks, Annette - 2018

Mit der Einführung des ESUG wurde das Insolvenzrecht Deutschlands im Jahr 2012 reformiert. Das ESUG eröffnet neue Sanierungswege, z. B. das eigenverwaltete Schutzschirmverfahren vor der Insolvenz und die Eigenverwaltung während des Eröffnungsverfahrens. Insgesamt beantragen weiterhin nur...

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