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The effect of fiscal policy on the size of the informal sector in Nigeria

Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 2011
This paper adapts a dynamic real business cycle model to examine the effect of fiscal policy on the relative size of the informal sector in Nigeria. The motivation for this paper is to provide an economic intuition on how fiscal policy has contributed to
Offiong H. Solomon
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Medical students' perspectives on body donation to science within the Italian context

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Body donation is essential for medical education and research, supporting anatomical training and clinical competence. In Italy, national data on awareness of the legislation regulating body donation and factors shaping donation‐related decisions among healthcare trainees remain limited. This study investigated knowledge of the legal framework,
Antonietta Fazio, Giulio Vara, Veronica Moretti, Annalisa Plava, Anna Maria Billi, Alessandra Ruggeri, Giulia Adalgisa Mariani, Marilisa Quaranta, Simone Lodi, Cecilia Acuti Martellucci, Maria Alessandra Sotgiu, Valentina Di Felice, Sergio Castorina, Guido Carpino, Veronica Macchi, Rita Rezzani, Mario Rende, Andrea Montella, Lucio Cocco, Lucia Manzoli, Stefano Ratti   +20 more
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The impact of Formal and Informal Employment of women on their Quality of Life: a study in Tehran [PDF]

پژوهش‌های سلامت‌محور, 2018
Background & Objectives: Women have a basic role in ensuring the health of future generations and their employment forms an important part of their life.
Abolghasem Pourreza , Marzye Rostaminya, Touraj Harati Khalilabad, Sara Maleki, Seyed Abdolreza Mosavi   +4 more
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Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
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The Search and Matching Equilibrium in an Economy with an Informal Sector: A Positive Analysis of Labour Market Policies

Desarrollo y Sociedad, 2015
This paper contributes to the theoretical analysis of the informal sector through the search and matching framework. Building upon the work of Albrecht, Navarro and Vroman (2009), where the informal sector consists of unregulated selfemployment, I ...
Luz Adriana Flórez
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Social norm, the informal sector and unemployment [PDF]

Finanzarchiv, 2002
While examining the macroeconomic effects of increased government control of the informal sector, this paper develops a two-sector general equilibrium model featuring matching frictions on the labour market and a social norm. Conducting informal work, or employing a worker infor- mally, is associated with expected punishment fees and payments of a ...
Kolm, Ann-Sofie, Larsen, Birthe
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Scientific collaboration in data‐intensive research networks: PhD fellows' expectations and early experiences

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Collaboration has become important at all stages of research careers. In data‐intensive research fields such as wind energy, many PhD fellows are socialized to such collaboration in networks that train a cohort of PhD fellows. Based on interviews with 23 PhD fellows in four wind‐energy training networks, we investigate their expectations and ...
Grischa Fraumann, Haakon Lund, Frans van der Sluis, Morten Hertzum   +3 more
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INFORMALITY SECTORAL SELECTION AND EARNINGS IN URUGUAY [PDF]

Estudios Económicos, 2007
Se identifica al trabajador informal como aquel que no contribuye al sistema de seguridad social. Se analiza la probabilidad de ser informal y se estima el diferencial de remuneraciones entre sectores, utilizando estimaciones MCO y un modelo de regresiones intercambiables.
Marisa Bucheli, Rodrigo Ceni
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A university‐certified course on dossier assessment for regulatory scientists in Africa—Reporting on our 5‐year experience

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim The shortage of trained clinical assessors in African National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) poses a challenge to effective regulatory decision‐making. Developed in line with the World Health Organization's (WHO) Global Competency Framework (WHO‐GCF), a university‐certified short course, Dossier assessment for clinical assessors in Africa, was ...
Stephanie Leigh, Boitumelo Semete‐Makokotlela, Ivana Škrnjug‐Yudov, David Mukanga, Delese Mimi Darko, Eric Karikari‐Boateng, Peter Stonier, Luther Gwaza, Precious Matsoso, Bernd Rosenkranz, Birka Lehmann, Arnold G. Vulto, John G. Woodland, Shabir Banoo, Frieda Shigwedha, Maphutheho Selikane, Unathi Mabona‐Mgoqi, Asare Yeboah, Ntombi Mthembu, Goonaseelan ( Colin) Pillai   +19 more
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Problems of Working Women in the Rural Informal Sector of Punjab (Pakistan)

Lahore Journal of Economics
The informal sector plays a significant role in Pakistan’s economy as well as in other developing countries. The role of the informal sector in solving the unemployment problem of Third World countries has become the focus of a conceptual and empirical ...
Karamat Ali, Abdul Hamid
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