The role of tolerance in economic growth: a paper »
Is tolerance good or bad for growth?
By: Berggren, Niclas (The Ratio Institute), Elinder, Mikael (Department of Economics, Uppsala University)
URL: http://ratio.se/media/56650/nb_me_tolerance.pdf
We investigate to what extent tolerance, as measured by attitudes toward different types of neighbors, affects economic growth. Data from the World Values Survey enable us to investigate tolerance–growth relationships for 54 countries. We [...]
Povertà urbane e buone prassi nei comuni italiani »
“Le città ai margini. Povertà estreme e governo delle aree urbane. Analisi e linee di orientamento per lo sviluppo di politiche locali sulla marginalità sociale e le povertà estreme in Italia”
Fonte: Fondazione Cittalia
La povertà, nel mondo, è sempre più “urbana”. In assenza di forti politiche di coesione, il crescere della marginalità [...]
“Poor at birth” children: the incidence and duration of poverty »
Childhood Poverty and Adult Outcomes: A New Resource from The Urban Institute
Source: Policy for Results
In order to use data effectively – it is critical to look at the context in which the data exists. Looking at the child poverty rate – only provides point-in-time data on how many children are currently living [...]
Italy: a grandparents-based welfare system »
All in the Family: Informal Childcare and Mothers’ Labour Market Participation. ISER Working Paper 2010-24
by Bruno Arpino, Chiara Pronzato, Lara Tavares
Source: ISER
Abstract
In the traditional models of female labour supply formal childcare is assumed to be provided by the market. This is not the case in most European countries. In this paper we estimate [...]
EU: income inequality as studied by three Italian scholars »
Fair and Unfair Income Inequalities in Europe
By: Checchi, Daniele (University of Milan); Peragine, Vitorocco (University of Bari); Serlenga, Laura (University of Bari)
URL: http://ftp.iza.org/dp5025.pdf
This paper analyses the extent of income inequality and opportunity inequality in 25 European countries. The present work contributes to understanding the origin of standard income inequality, helping to identify potential institutional [...]
Welfare Stress Test: the majority falls into poverty on becoming unemployed »
Economic downturn and stress testing European welfare systems. ISER Working Paper 2010-18
by Francesco Figari, Andrea Salvatori, Holly Sutherland
Source: ISER
This paper examines the implications for the living standards of those most likely to become unemployed over the initial period of the current economic downturn, exploring the interactions between the circumstances of individual families [...]
Parental leave: Europe beats USA »
New Report Shows European Countries Offer Far More Parental Leave Than U.S.
Source: CEPR
Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Greece Have High Levels of Both Generosity and Gender Equality in Parental Leave Policy Designs
European countries, led by Finland, Norway, and Sweden, rank far ahead of the United States in guaranteed parental leave, according to [...]
Free time and assimilation: the differences between the time use of immigrants and natives »
How Do Immigrants Spend Their Time? The Process of Assimilation
By: Hamermesh, Daniel S. (University of Texas at Austin), Trejo, Stephen (University of Texas at Austin)
URL: http://ftp.iza.org/dp5010.pdf
Using 2004-2008 data from the American Time Use Survey, we show that sharp differences between the time use of immigrants and natives become noticeable when activities are distinguished [...]
It is not feasible for NGOs to measure performance beyond outputs and outcomes »
The Limits of Nonprofit Impact: Examining A Recent Scholarly Analysis
By Sherine Jayawickrama
Source: Humanitarian & Development NGOs Domain of Practice
A recent Harvard Business School working paper titled The Limits of Nonprofit Impact: A Contingency Framework for Measuring Social Performance (by Alnoor Ebrahim and V. Kasturi Rangan) comes to an interesting conclusion: that measuring impact only makes sense under [...]
The strenght of the Libyan bargaining position is the symbolic power that migration evokes in the Italian political arena »
A Critical Analysis of Migration Policies in the Mediterranean: The Case of Italy, Libya and the EU
by Emanuela Paoletti
Source: The International Migration Institute
The initial hypothesis of this paper was that the securitised migration discourse is a power resource and, as such, impacts on the relations between the EU, Libya and Italy. [...]
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