These are: (i) increasing educational participation rates; (ii) little change in class differentials in these rates; and (iii) a recent and very rapid erosion of gender differentials in educational attainment l
As an unintended consequence of its institutional setup, the tax regime, which originally only dealt with double tax avoidance, produces harmful tax competition. Despite this negative effect there are only incremental and partial changes of the regime, which are insufficient to curb tax competition. ...
Properly speaking, the “tolerance” specification on a ceramic capacitor indicates permissible variations in device value under standard test conditions as a consequence of manufacturing variability. It is typically specified as a percentage of nominal value, and refers to variations between different devi...
(2020). From insights to action: Gender equality in the wake of COVID-19. UN Women. https://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/library/publications/2020/gender-equality-in-the-wake-of-covid-19-en.pdf?la=en&vs=5142 Batz, C., & Tay, L. (2018). Gender ...
In his book,Seeing Things As They Are[Oxford Press, 2015] John Searle says that objects in the observer-independent worldcauseour subjective visual perceptions. And that as a consequence,seeingisknowing. For example, when I look at a mountain, the mountain is a real object which causes my ...
These are: (i) increasing educational participation rates; (ii) little change in class differentials in these rates; and (iii) a recent and very rapid erosion of gender differentials in educational attainment levels. We develop a formal mathematical model, using a rational action approach and ...
It is well recognised that, compared to men, women generally display weaker self-confidence in their abilities, have lower levels of financial literacy, are more conservative in their risk-taking tendencies, and – partly as a consequence of each of these characteristics – are more likely than ...
If a dissatisfied state remains within an institution but actively undermines its effective functioning, it engages insubversion(Mahoney & Thelen,2010). Subversion is contestation action that seeks to prevent undesired future policies and outcomes of the institution from within. Subversion can occur thro...
Overall, and in spite of these provisos and the simplicity of our model, our results show that the apparent feature of an impenetrable barrier at the inner edge of the ultra-relativistic outer zone can be naturally and well-explained by the time-dependent action of inward ULF wave transport....
Their task was to translate political will into administrative action and to oversee the bureaucracy, whose autonomy of action was thus further limited. Furthermore, cabinet officials were personally appointed by politicians; they were personal loyalists who followed their master from ministry to ...