Which is best for the economy: employment stability or employment flexibility? A recent article in the ILO’s International Labour Review analyzes the relationship between employment stability and productivity in six major sectors in 13 European countries. According to the authors‚ both‚ extensive and short job tenure can produce adverse affects on productivity. They propose a policy of ’protected mobility’ on the labour market‚ together with active labour market policies seeking to combine both
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The era of the 1900s- 2000s brought about setbacks as well as advancements of mental health regarding treatments‚ education‚ and reform bringing us to where we are today. During the period of the great depression‚ the population was thrown into a tailspin resulting in the overcrowding of sick‚ elderly and ill in mental asylums. Families would often submit their elderly relatives to asylums because they lacked the resources or time to deal with them appropriately. The problem with overcrowding
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south is known for a lot of things‚ amazing sweet tea‚ good barbeque‚ but have you ever thought about southern hospitality? No‚ it isn’t one of Ludacris’s albums‚ well‚ not in this sense anyway. Southern Hospitality to me is defined as people being willing enough to volunteer their time‚ homes‚ churches‚ etc to the community‚ or even country. Tennessee in particular is well known for their southern hospitality‚ and willingness to volunteer. We’re called the Volunteer State because in the War of 1812
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In the fifth chapter‚ this thesis will assess the abolitionist effort to denounce the legitimacy of using the Bible to sanction southern slavery by arguing that biblical slavery was not based upon the inferiority of one race whereas southern slavery was based upon the inferiority of one race. In short‚ these abolitionists sought to highlight that southerners were using a book which sanctioned a system of slavery that was not based upon the inferiority of one race to sanction a system of slavery that
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Understanding Indian Economy The economy of India is currently the world’s fourth largest in terms of real GDP (purchasing power parity) after the USA‚ China and Japan and the second fastest growing major economy in the world after China. India’s annual growth rate is above 8% while that of China is about 10%. India is a developing country and our economy is a mixed economy. In a mixed economy the public sector co-exists with the private sector. Dadabhai Naoroji is known as the Father
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perfect example. Racial animosity grew in both the North and South‚ and in many instances led to physical violence. The era of slavery should have been called the era of inhumanity. Slavery was inhumane‚ barbaric‚ and ultimately disgusting. In 1800 the population of the United States included 893‚602 slaves‚ of which only 36‚505 were in northern states (Phillips 18). Slaves were treated as if they were a piece of meat. The defined characteristics of slaves are as follows‚ " their labor or
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SLAVERY IN THE SOUTHERN COLONIES Slavery has had a big impact on the southern colonies. Between 1607-1775 slavery evolved in the British North American colonies due to economic factors-such as the slave trade‚ the use of cash crops‚ and the plantation system- Geographic factors-such as climate‚ diseases‚ and the Caribbean connection- and social factors-such as racism‚ bacons rebellion‚ and the headright system. Slavery definitely had some big economic factors influencing it. Slave trade was
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1874‚ the White League believed strongly in white supremacy and a Democratic government. White supremacy is the concept that the white race is strongly superior to all other races especially Blacks. During the 1800s white supremacy was a common belief among slaveholders and in the southern region of the United States of America. The White League along with other groups that terrorized African-Americans based many of their beliefs and actions on the concept of white supremacy. The group was responsible
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Fashion is a popular trend that describes a popular clothing style. In the 1800’s fashion in the United States became a very important factor in society that determined the social status‚ one’s identity depended on what clothes one was wearing. At that time an increase of wealth occurred‚ therefore‚ the focus on fashion and appearances also increased‚ and European countries were influencing it. The economic changes of the country were also a big factor in the evolution of fashion in the 19th century
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Contents TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u 1. Introduction PAGEREF _Toc389290771 \h 12. Theoretical framework PAGEREF _Toc389290772 \h 13. Factors of market selection for transnational corporations in China PAGEREF _Toc389290773 \h 23.1 Factor from inner strategic motivations PAGEREF _Toc389290774 \h 33.1.1 Market-seeking motivation PAGEREF _Toc389290775 \h 43.1.2 Efficiency-seeking motivation PAGEREF _Toc389290776 \h 43.1.3 Resource-seeking motivation PAGEREF _Toc389290777 \h 53.2 Location factors PAGEREF
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