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Study of Instruments and Tools to Anticipate the Effects of Industrial Change - Portuguese report
Moniz, António; Dinis, Marco - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1996
employment, trades and vocational qualifications” and for DG V (Employment) of the European Commission in the late 1994. It … instruments were not used in a minimum extend. The new Government, issued from the 1995 elections, proposed “employment” as a … major objective with horizontal responsibility. That’s also why there is now a Ministry for Qualifications and Employment …
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The Employment Cycles of Neighboring Cities
Wall, Howard J. - 2011
This paper examines the spatial interaction of neighboring cities over their employment cycles. The cycles of …-similar employment cycles, but neighboring cities with similar racial compositions tend to have less-similar employment cycles …
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Vulnerability to poverty in Italy
Amendola, Nicola; rossi, mariacristina; Vecchi, Giovanni - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The article empirically analyses the phenomenon of vulnerability to poverty – meant as an individual’s likelihood of becoming poor in the future. On the basis of studies conducted by the Italian Institute of Statistics on the consumption of Italian households in the years 1985-2001 and whose...
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Has the level of achieved education affected the income of Czech households
Birčiaková, Naďa; Antošová, Veronika; Stávková, Jana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper deals with an analysis of the effects of education on the income of Czech households from 2006-2010. EU-SILC (European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) review results are the main data source. The paper investigates with the living conditions of households and that is...
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Living conditions of Czech farmers according to the EU statistics on income
Ladislav Stejskal, L. S.; Jana Stavkova, J. S. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The paper deals with the assessment of income situation of the Czech households with the head person working or self-employed in the farm sector. Actual analyses result from initial consideration of the rise and dynamics of income disparities in our country. Primary data source are obtained from...
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Latvian and Europe construction comparison: stability and reasons of crisis
Skribans, Valerijs - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Recently construction industry in Latvia has experienced substantial changes. Stabile increase of construction since 2002 has transformed to a boom in 2006-2007. Year 2008 characterizes with continuation of the boom in first half-year and with the rapid downslide in the second half-year. The...
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The Living Conditions and Well-being of Refugees
de Bruijn, Bart - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In the study of international mobility, refugees make up a very specific population. In contrast to most migrants, forcibly displaced persons have little opportunity for expanding livelihoods, and are usually faced with realities that deny them a dignified life and fulfilment of their...
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The Us Dollar, the Euro, and the Yen : An Evaluation of Their Present and Future Status as International Currencies
Beckmann, Rainer - 2010
The paper evaluates the present and future international currency status of the US dollar, the euro and the yen. In section two the functions, benefits, and costs of a leading international currency are discussed. In section three key determinants for the continuous dominance of the US dollar...
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Financial Integration within the European Union : Towards a Single Market for Insurance
Beckmann, Rainer - 2010
Our study analyses the extent of integration of the EU market for life and non-life insurance. The main integration indicator used is the market share (premium based) of foreign companies in domestic markets. For the calculation of this indicator, three different kinds of foreign presence are...
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Market Access Strategies in the EU Banking Sector - Obstacles and Benefits Towards an Integrated European Retail Market
Beckmann, Rainer - 2010
The integration process in the European banking sector considerably differs with regard to product types. Deep integration can be observed in the money market as well as the market for wholesale products. In contrast to that, a strong segmentation of national markets still exists in the field of...
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