Inequality of opportunity in educational achievement in Latin America: evidence from PISA 2006-2009 [PDF]
We assess inequality of opportunity in educational achievement in six Latin American countries, employing two waves of PISA data (2006 and 2009). By means of a non-parametric approach using a decomposable inequality index, GE(0), we rank countries ...
Fábio D. Waltenberg +1 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The apparel industry is one of the world's most profitable sectors but also among the most environmentally damaging. Growing sustainability pressures have led companies to adopt diverse strategies to reduce their impact, yet no single study has systematically analysed these approaches or their consumer implications.
Maria Leonor Ferreira +1 more
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Academic achievement in sciences: the role of preferences and educative assets [PDF]
This paper provides new evidence on the effect of pupil´s self-motivation andacademic assets allocation on the academic achievement in sciences acrosscountries. By using the Programme for International Student Assessment 2006 (PISA2006) test we find that
Andrés Felipe García-Suaza +2 more
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Media Attention to Climate Change and Investor Flows in US Equity Mutual Funds
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates how climate‐related news influences mutual fund investor behaviour in the United States. Although prior research has documented the financial relevance of climate risks, little is known about how media attention to climate change shapes capital allocation across mutual funds.
Laura Andreu +3 more
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UNDERSTANDING THE FUNCTIONAL CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREMS WITH SOME APPLICATIONS TO UNIT ROOT TESTING WITH STRUCTURAL CHANGE [PDF]
This paper analyzes and employs two versions of the Functional Central Limit Theorem within the framework of a unit root with a structural break. Initial attention is focused on the probabilistic structure of the time series to be considered.
Gabriel Rodríguez, Juan Carlos Aquino
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Overtaking. (Nayyar, Deepak . A corrida pelo crescimento – países em desenvolvimento na economia mundial. Rio de Janeiro: Contraponto, 2014) [PDF]
, 2015 Álvaro Augusto Comin
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China como economia de mercado após 2016: uma perspectiva brasileira
, 2022 Lucas Biasetton, Alberto do
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ECONOMIA SOLIDÁRIA E TECNOLOGIAS SOCIAIS (TSs):
, 2023 Roberta Rodrigues Ponciano +1 more
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Tourism is under growing pressure to adopt sustainable practices due to the negative impacts of mass tourism on destinations. Sustainability certification schemes (SCS) have emerged as voluntary governance tools that signal responsible practices and reduce information asymmetry.
Patricia Martínez García de Leaniz +2 more
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International propagation of shocks: an evaluation of contagion effects for some Latin American countries [PDF]
In this paper we analyze the spread of shocks across assets markets in eight Latin-American countries. First, we measure the extent of markets reactions with the Principal Components Analysis.
Martínez, Constanza, Ramirez, Manuel
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