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Studying to Support? Exploring Remittance Responsibilities Among Black South African Graduates
Journal of International Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A large majority of Black South Africans remain restricted by intergenerational education and economic disadvantages. Labour market returns to tertiary qualifications are high, but the share of youth accessing post‐secondary education remains low.
Emma Whitelaw +2 more
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Emerging Market Pension Funds and International Diversification
Many countries are currently increasing the advanced funding of their public pension systems to improve their sustainability in the face of rapidly aging populations. When pensions are funded, the issue of asset allocation becomes of paramount importance.
Pfau, Wade Donald
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Polish Pension Funds, Does The System Work? Cost, Efficiency and Performance MeasurementIssues [PDF]
This paper is a part of the author's wider research on the current Polish pension fund system. It deals with the systemfs efficiency from the point of view of the individual fund member. After over three years of functioning, the savings accumulated with
Dariusz Stanko
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Impact of severe periodontitis and diabetes mellitus on recurrent cardiovascular outcomes
Journal of Periodontology, EarlyView.Abstract Background This post hoc analysis of the Periodontitis and Coronary Heart Disease study (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01045070) aimed to determine the association between diabetes and recurrent cardiovascular events (CVEs) in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and severe periodontitis.
Stefan Reichert +3 more
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The determinants of the flow of funds of managed portfolios: mutual funds versus pension funds [PDF]
Due to differences in financial sophistication and agency relationships, we posit that investors use different criteria to select portfolio managers in the retail mutual fund and fiduciary pension fund industry segments. We provide evidence on investors’
Diane Del Guercio, Paula A. Tkac
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The substantial economic burden of rotator cuff pathology: A nationwide cost‐of‐illness study
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.Abstract Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the nationwide economic burden of rotator cuff (RC) pathology by quantifying expenditures related to outpatient consultations including out‐of‐pocket expenses, hospitalisations and occupational insurance claims, within a national healthcare system.
Umile Giuseppe Longo +10 more
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Pension fund sophistication and investment policy [PDF]
This paper assesses the sophistication of pension funds' investment policies using data on 748 Dutch pension funds during the 1999.2006 period.
Jacob A. Bikker, Jan de Dreu
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Macromolecular Rapid Communications, EarlyView.We report here a new methodology to prepare functional poly(acetylene)s under aqueous conditions. This methodology is underpinned by poly(O‐propargyl‐N‐amino carbamate) (P1), a reactive poly(acetylene) carrying acyl hydrazines. Thus, P1 reacts with aldehydes to give functional poly(acetylene)s, including cationic, hydrophobic, and sugar‐loaded poly ...
Tom Leigh +8 more
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Integrated chance constraints in an ALM model for pension funds
We discuss integrated chance constraints in their role of short-term risk constraints in a strategic ALM model for Dutch pension funds. The problem is set up as a multistage recourse model, with special attention for modeling the guidelines proposed by ...
Vlerk, Maarten H. van der
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