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Economic growth and labour productivity in Europe: half a century of East-West comparisons

This paper discusses the comparative productivity performance of Eastern and Western Europe since 1950. Firstly, it looks at the productivity estimates since the beginning of transition in 1989.
Ark, Bart van
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Jewish Migration in Modern Times: The Case of Eastern Europe

, 2019
This collection examines various aspects of Jewish migration within, from and to eastern Europe between 1880 and the present. It focuses on not only the wide variety of factors that often influenced the fateful decision to immigrate, but also the ...

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What drives animal responses to high severity fire? The role of functional traits

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fire regimes are changing worldwide, with increases in the frequency, extent, and severity of fires posing growing risks to biodiversity. Fire severity – the degree of habitat alteration following fire – strongly influences both immediate survival and long‐term recovery of fauna.
Grace A. Vielleux, Trent D. Penman, Victoria A. Reynolds, Matthew H. Swan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis in haemodialysis patients in Vienna. [PDF]

Nephrol Dial Transplant
Omic H, Mahdi-Nour-Ali Y, Hoffmann S, Abd El-Ghany K, Egger I, Eigner M, Eskandary F, Jabbour R, Jansen M, Lorenz M, Ludvik B, Säemann M, Stulnig T, Tobudic S, Werzowa J, Walochnik J, Winnicki W, Wagner L, Watschinger B, Veletzky L, Gerges D.   +20 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Centre-periphery tensions regarding Central and Eastern Europe

, 2012
Security issues have played an important role in widening the European Union with eight Central and Eastern European economies. The time since have proved these concerns to be correct.
Blahó, András
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ESG Assurance and Dividends: Evidence From 18 Countries in Africa

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) assurance on a firm's dividend payout policies within the unique African context. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences (DiD) model, this study examines how voluntary third‐party assurance of ESG reports influences firms' dividend payout policies compared to ...
Samuel Karanja Kogi, June Cao
wiley   +1 more source

Demographic Diversity and Convergence in Europe, 1918-1990 [PDF]

The study investigates how Hungarian demographic development from the end of World War I to 1990 related to the changes that took place in Western Europe, and in which areas and in what periods can divergence or convergence be observed.
Béla Tomka
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Environmental Regulation at the Crossroads: A Review of Catalysts and Barriers in Circular Economy Transitions

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid growing resource pressures, environmental regulation plays a critical role in enabling the transition to a circular economy (CE). This study conducts a systematic literature review to synthesize how different regulatory approaches—command‐and‐control, market‐based, voluntary, and reflexive—affect CE transitions across economic and ...
Li Yuan
wiley   +1 more source

Introduction: Socialist Humanitarianism. [PDF]

J Contemp Hist
Hearne S.
europepmc   +1 more source

What makes regions in Eastern Europe catching up? The role of foreign investment, human resources and geography [PDF]

This paper analyses regional growth in Eastern Europe in the second half of the 1990s, when regional disparities sharply increased. We aim to identify the factors behind growth and investigate in particular the role of (foreign) investment, education and
Tondl, Gabriele, Vuksic, Goran
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