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How can welfare regime and production regime theories explain differences in schools’ ability grouping policies? A comparative study using the PISA school survey

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research evidence is mixed on the consequences of ability grouping policies, but most research has found an overrepresentation of disadvantaged social demographics in low‐ability groups. However, researchers have neglected to explain why ability grouping policies vary between countries.
Monica Reichenberg, Girma Berhanu, Lena Fridlund   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Saving in an ageing society with public pensions: implications from lifecycle analysis [PDF]

This paper studies saving in an economy where decline in fertility to a permanently lower level and increasing longevity are changing the age structure permanently and where the public pension system helps to smooth consumption over a lifetime of working
Heikki Oksanen
core  

To protect and preserve? Explaining the gap between structural and superficial racial equality regimes in North Atlantic Rim universities

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how UK and US universities manage racial equality regimes through governance structures that prioritise institutional reputation over substantive racial justice reform. Drawing on Bourdieu's field, habitus and capital theory, the study demonstrates how universities neutralise racial justice efforts through bureaucratic ...
David Roberts
wiley   +1 more source

Pension Provision of Russian Military in 19^th - early 20^th Century (by Material of Tobolsk Province)

Научный диалог, 2019
The article is devoted to the study of the process of formation and evolution of the social security system for old age and disease of servicemen of the Tobolsk province in the 19th - early 20th centuries.
L. N. Suslova
doaj   +1 more source

Dynamic Optimisation of Public Pension Systems

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Informatica
Abstract This paper presents a dynamic optimisation algorithm for public pension systems, developed by using Bellman’s principle of optimality. The algorithm minimises a weighted objective function over a limited time frame (2024–2036), where decisions are optimised annually for seven variables: retirement age (men and women ...
Annamária Lőrincz, Zoltán Makó
openaire   +1 more source

Institutional Ownership and Corporate Sustainability Performance—A Meta‐Analysis

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between institutional ownership (IO) and corporate sustainability performance (SP), addressing inconsistent findings in prior research and clarifying the boundary conditions of this relationship by testing a defined set of potential moderators.
Hans Henrik Scherer, Rüdiger Hahn, Jan Endrikat   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

CONSIDERATIONS ON THE EXISTENCE OF DISCRIMINATION IN GRANTING THE STATE PENSIONS [PDF]

Challenges of the Knowledge Society, 2012
Social protection is a way that respects human dignity. This is because each citizen is a part of society and he contributes to its development. In return, the society gives to him a social protection, materialized in social services including the ...
MĂDĂLINA TOMESCU
doaj  

Drivers of Nature‐Related Investment Strategies Among Institutional Investors

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Institutional investors are increasingly responding to biodiversity loss through nature‐related investment strategies. Using survey data from 557 institutional investors, this study examines the drivers of strategy selection and how biodiversity risk is integrated across investor types, sizes, and regions.
Emma Olofsson
wiley   +1 more source

Administraţia sistemului public de pensii din România între teorie şi practică

Revista Transilvană de Ştiinţe Administrative, 2012
The problem of insufficient financial resources of the State Social Insurance Budget, reflected in its growing deficit, is quite current. In this context, the institution responsible for the administration of the public pension system, namely the ...
Cristina CIURARU-ANDRICA
doaj  

THE REFORM OF NATIONAL SOCIAL-ECONOMIC SYSTEMS AND EUROPEAN REFORM [PDF]

Challenges of the Knowledge Society, 2016
The paper proposes to analyze from a national and European perspective the reform possibilities of public policies which regard the social-economic sphere.
Carmen RADU, Liviu RADU
doaj