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Participation, equality of opportunity and returns to tertiary education in contemporary Europe [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Societies, 2014
ABSTRACT The aim of the paper is to investigate the consequences of the expansion of higher education on two goals of the education system, namely promoting equity of educational opportunities and providing credentials that facilitate the matching of labour supply and demand.
Fabrizio Bernardi, Gabriele Ballarino
exaly   +4 more sources

Cultural participation and life satisfaction: an investigation across different family backgrounds. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE
The economic and social impact of cultural participation has recently become once more a subject of interest for policy-making, especially as a driver potentially affecting social inclusion and quality of life.
Romain Lerouge, Michela Arnaboldi
doaj   +2 more sources

Economic gender gap: Which countries are falling behind? [PDF]

open access: yesPanoeconomicus, 2021
Economic parity continues to be one of the main challenges to achieving gender equality worldwide, even though disparities between countries in the economic gender gap are frequently neglected.
Medina-Claros Samuel   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Explaining recently arrived refugees' labor market participation: The role of policy characteristics among Syrians in the Netherlands

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Dynamics, 2023
Various studies have indicated the disadvantaged positions of refugees on the labor market and studied various characteristics explaining this. Yet, little is known about the impact of settlement policy characteristics on recent arrivals' labor market ...
Roxy Elisabeth Christina Damen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gender Equality: Approaches and Strategies in University Context

open access: yesПроблеми на постмодерността, 2021
This article is aimed at presenting a series of activities and systematic efforts that have found a place in the development of a Plan for Gender Equality in Research and academia. This endeavor is part of SPEAR project "Supporting and Implementing Plans
Valentina Milenkova
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond Equal Rights: Equality of Opportunity in Political Participation [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2016
While it is well documented that political participation is stratified by socioeconomic characteristics, it is an open question how this finding bears on the evaluation of the democratic process with respect to its fairness. In this paper, we draw on the analytical tools developed in the equality‐of‐opportunity literature to answer this question.
Hufe, Paul, Peichl, Andreas
openaire   +5 more sources

Inequality of Opportunities: The Role of the Spatial Factor [PDF]

open access: yesПространственная экономика, 2021
The concept of equal opportunities was shaped on the back of western social philosophy at the end of the XX century as a result of the development of egalitarian theory of social justice.
Zulfiya Fanurovna Ibragimova   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Importance and Role of Women within the Business Community of Azerbaijan

open access: yesJournal of Women's Entrepreneurship and Education, 2021
Provision of gender equality in the Azerbaijani society and strengthening women’s participation in governance, promoting women as entrepreneurial entities and developing their socio-economic activities are among topical issues.
Aygun Alasgarova Agasalim
doaj   +1 more source

Investigating and Evaluating Urban Development Plans Based on Spatial Justice Approach (Case Study: FarahzadReorganization Plan) [PDF]

open access: yesبرنامه‌ریزی توسعه شهری و منطقه‌ای, 2019
Investigating and evaluating development plans based on theories of spatial justice is one of the topics that has been neglected in urban planning in Iran.
Aam Afsharnia   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Las experiencias de participación de las personas LGBTI en los Consejos Territoriales de Paz, Reconciliación y Convivencia en el marco del Acuerdo Final de Paz en Colombia

open access: yesRevista de Estudios Sociales, 2023
Colombia’s Final Peace Agreement is considered innovative worldwide, as it introduces the principle of gender equality for its implementation. Its signing has provided an opportunity for LGBTI organizations to advocate for an inclusive and affirmative ...
Miyerlandy Cabanzo Valencia   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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