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Modelling the pension system in an overlapping-generations general equilibrium modelling framework [PDF]
This article presents a theoretical contribution to the field of overlapping-generations general equilibrium modelling, i.e. an upgrade of this branch of models with a pension system.
Verbic, Miroslav
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Reimagining the (Supra)nation, Remaking the State: The Yugoslav Idea and Ante Marković's Party
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article investigates the reimagining and representation of the Yugoslav idea by the Alliance of Reformist Forces (SRSJ), a party established by federal Prime Minister Ante Marković in 1990. The SRSJ sought to reshape the structure of the federal state and revive the narratives of shared history and culture foundational to the Yugoslav ...
Alfredo Sasso
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BENCHMARKING EVALUATION OF SME SUPPORT PROGRAM:CASE OF CONSULTING SUBSIDIARY GRANTS IN SLOVENIA AND FYROM [PDF]
SMEs need external business support, in particular during the early development stage. Government agencies have developed a number of initiatives and voucher system is targeted at counselling combined with information and training.
Jaka Vadnjal
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Multiculturalism, Majority Rights and the Established Culture
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recent critiques of multiculturalism contend that it is the ethnic or cultural majority in Western democracies that is now most vulnerable to cultural and identity dissolution, thus entitling it to majority rights on much the same grounds that multiculturalists defend minority rights. These critiques follow and perpetuate the binary opposition
Geoffrey Brahm Levey
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Population and Development Review, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines the relationship between fertility and social policies across countries within the European Union. Using European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU‐SILC) data from 2005 to 2020, the research investigates how increases and reductions in family allowances are connected to the likelihood of subsequent births
Andrea Barigazzi +2 more
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Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Given the ongoing climate crisis, the frequency and severity of natural disasters are increasing. These events result in enormous reconstruction costs, pose a high burden on state budgets, and potentially drive homeowners into private insolvency.
Anne‐Marie Parth
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The Governance of the European Digital Identity Framework Through the Lens of Institutional Mimesis
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The European Commission's decision to expand its 2014 Regulation on electronic identification and trust services toward wallet‐based digital identities marked a significant shift in the governance of users' digital identities. The intersection between private digital services, public prerogatives, and individual self‐determination raises ...
Linda Weigl, Marta Reysner
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State Intervention in Vocational Education: Training for the Digital and Green Transitions
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Governments across the European Union (EU) have pledged a stronger commitment to vocational education and training (VET) in response to economic structural change. But have states actually become more central to skill formation? Using mixed methods, this paper examines whether state involvement in European skill formation systems has increased
Milan Thies
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The Mental Health of the Young in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We report on the wellbeing of the young in twenty‐eight countries located in Eastern Europe and Central Asia including fifteen post‐Soviet countries. We find no evidence of the decline in the mental health of the young relative to older people, which characterizes Western Europe and English‐speaking advanced economies. The mental health of the
David G. Blanchflower, Alex Bryson
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Reversal of economic integration: evidence from European Union enlargement
The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Empirical models of trade agreements implicitly assume that withdrawal from a trade agreement has an equal and opposite trade effect as accession (i.e., symmetry). With increasing opposition to international economic cooperation, it becomes urgent to test this assumption.
Hinnerk Gnutzmann +2 more
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