Human Rights and Economics: Tensions and Positive Relationships Commissioned by the Nordic Trust Fund The World Bank www.worldbank.org/nordictrustfund Nordic Trust Fund Human Rights and Economics: Tensions and Positive Relationships Prepared for the Nordic Trust Fund/World Bank by GHK Consulting Ltd. Nordic Trust Fund Disclaimer: The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the
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aim of this paper is to discuss these implementation issues and give some guidance to researchers who want to use PSM for evaluation purposes. Keywords. Propensity score matching; Treatment effects; Evaluation; Sensitivity analysis; Implementation 1. Introduction Matching has become a popular approach to estimate causal treatment effects. It is widely applied when evaluating labour market policies (see e.g., Heckman et al., 1997a; Dehejia and Wahba, 1999), but empirical examples can be found in
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government intervention can significantly contribute to economic stability and improve current economic outcomes. The successful use of government policy tools is evident through an examination of environmental economics, monetary policy and the labour market. With regards to the environment and the labour market, the government have made use of taxes, permit trading systems, general regulations and transfer payments to influence economic outcomes in each of these respective fields. By studying monetary
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THE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF IMMIGRANTS The Role of Human and Social Capital AGNIESZKA KANAS Kanas, A.M. The Economic Performance of Immigrants. The Role of Human and Social Capital Dissertation, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Cover illustration: Krzysztof Wodiczko, Goscie/Guests, 2009, instalacja wideo/video installation, 17,17 min./minutes. Dzieki uprzejmosci artysty i Fundacji Profile/courtesy of the artist and Profile Foundation, Warsaw. Cover design: Agnieszka Kanas & Sebastian Gryglewicz
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Draft An End in Itself and a Means to Good Ends: Draft Why Income Equality is Important Arthur MacEwan[1] March 2009 “The social system is not an unchangeable order beyond human control but a pattern of human action.”—John Rawls (1971, p. 102) In recent years “poverty reduction” has become the watchword in development agencies, in international lending institutions, and among development economists generally. The focus on poverty reduction reached a
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ASB-3101 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Credits: 10 Contact hours: 23 Semester: 1 Pre-requisites: ASB-2104 Module organiser: Sally Sambrook Note: This module is available through the medium of Welsh (ACB-3101). Aims: To examine issues and developments in the field of contemporary human resource management (HRM). To develop an understanding of the complex issues facing human resource (HR) specialists and line managers in meeting their responsibilities for selecting, deploying, training
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Issues, enablers and recommendations Issues 1. Clarity of outcomes 2. Strategic and integrated planning 3. Innovative Procurement 4. Life Cycle Costing Enablers 1. Human capital development 2. Construction technology 3. ICT Strategic map for improved project delivery in Malaysia Plans ONE MALAYSIA PEOPLE FIRST PERFORMANCE NOW Competitive Reference Model Sustainable Highly respected Safety Quality Tourism Clarity of outcome Strategic and integrated planning Innovative
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Department of Economics Spring Semester 2010 University of Pacific ECONOMICS 53 Problem Set 6 Due before lecture on April 1 Part 1: Multiple Choice (15 Questions, 1 Point Each) 1. If a monopolist's marginal revenue is $35 a unit and its marginal cost is $25, then A) to maximize profit the firm should decrease output. B) to maximize profit the firm should continue to produce the output it is producing. C) to maximize profit the
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BTEC Level 5Higher National Diploma (HND) in Business Unit 1 : Business Environment Unit Code : Y/601/0546 Assignment No : 1 Assignment Title : Assessment of Business Environment for an organization of your Choice Date Set : 10/10/2014 Due Date : 25/12/2014 Learning Outcome Covered: 1. Understand the organisational purposes of businesses 2. Understand the nature of the national environment in which businesses operate 3. Understand the behaviour
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Definition Cost Consequences Analysis (CCA) is defined as a type of economic evaluation where various health outcomes are integrated besides to cost for each intervention, but there is no overall assessment of quality of life [1]. It is a form of Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) which does not integrate all of the costs and benefits into the same unit; rather, it stands on different types of benefits that are not measurable in the same monetary terms [2]. This type of analysis accumulates costs for two
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