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Some preliminary but troubling evidence on group credits in microfinance programmes
2010
Group lending programs are said to be the key factor of success of microÂ…nance. They are said to reduce information asymmetries in credit contracts and to increase repayment rates. Despite that, in recent years more and more individual credits without collateral are given, even if there is no mutual monitoring of the borrowers. We use basic descriptive statistics on individual- and group panel data, which we construct out of a World Bank data set. We provide Â…rst evidence that individuals that are not participating in group credits accumulate wealth more quickly than participants of group credit programs.
The Universitary Educational System, Cibernetic System
2009
The national system of higher education shall solve one of the most difficult and most important social and human issues – the education and training of the young generation, of the labour hand. The system of higher education appears as a subsystem of the national educational system and of the society. That is why it appears the urgency of the artificial unrestriction of the university educational subsystem by the economy system. Economy’s vision of the university’s education subsystem must respond in these conditions to the following questions: What services and under what form should give the university at a time? Who should provide these services? What methods and strategies will be addr…
Multidimensional Health Modelling: Association between Socioeconomic Factors and Health in Latvia
2012
This paper proposes new approach for modelling self-assessed health. We find that the concept of health is too complicated to measure effects of health determinants using a one-dimensional econometric model. We apply two-dimensional stereotype logistic model that allows capturing nonmonotonicity in effects of factors and revealing significant effects that remain unrevealed if single dimension models, such as ordered logit or ordered probit, are used. Modelling self-assessed health using multi-dimensional stereotype logit provides higher model goodness of fit and quality measures in comparison to ordered probit model. Multi-dimensional stereotype logit is applied to estimate association betw…
Association Between Self-Assessed Health and Attitude Towards Own Health
2014
This paper explores association between health and attitude towards own health in two dimensions – taking care of own health and lifestyle. We apply two-dimensional stereotype logit model to estimate association between self-assessed health and attitude towards health, after accounting for socioeconomic factors. We find evidence of strong positive association between health status and (perceived) taking care of own health and lifestyle. Analysis of perception of the two concepts – "taking care of own health" and "healthy lifestyle" – provides insights into possible reasons of not very good indicators of health behaviour among Latvian population.
More or less equality? : Facts, debates, and policies related to the Nordic model
2021
The topic of income inequality has become a new nexus of research among historians and social scientists recently.1 Piketty (2014) has famously argued: Inequality is shaped by the way economic, social, and political actors view what is just and what is not, as well as by the relative power of those actors and the collective choices that result. It is the joint product of all relevant actors combined. Given that redistribution is a core element of the Nordic model and understood as key to the development of social trust and cohesion, all debates about social and cultural polarization are also debates about economic inequalities and the possible policy choices related to those issues. Moreove…
Koka arhitektūras pieminekļu saglabāšana Latvijas PSR no 1952.gada līdz 1991.gadam
2016
Apkopojoša pētījuma par koka pieminekļiem, kas Latvijas PSR laikā tikuši iekļauti valsts nozīmes arhitektūras pieminekļu sarakstos, nav. Šāda pieeja pavērtu iespēju pirmo reizi palūkoties uz to kā vienotu veselumu un varētu kalpot kā pamats jeb fons jau atsevišķu koka pieminekļu izpētei jaunā kvalitātē. Maģistra darba mērķis ir noskaidrot cik un kādi koka pieminekļi un kā tika aizsargāti republikas līmenī no 1952. gada līdz 1991. gadam. Koka arhitektūras pieminekļu teorētiskajā saglabāšanā vērojama pakāpeniska augšupeja, bet praktiskajā - spēcīgi iezīmējas atsevišķu objektu restaurācijas veiksmes stāsti, vitāli nepieciešamā ēku ikdienas uzturēšana un kopšana netiek nodrošināta vispār vai ne…
Koronakriisi, informaatio ja resilienssipolitiikka
2020
Globaali koronaviruspandemia on vakavin poliittista päätöksentekoa kohdannut kriisi vuosikymmeniin. Nykypolitiikassa kriiseihin vastaamista ja niistä toipumista hahmotetaan usein resilienssin käsitteen avulla, joka viittaa kriisinsietokykyyn ja kriisiä seuraavaan mukautumisprosessiin. Tässä artikkelissa koronapandemian hoitoa Suomessa arvioidaan resilienssikirjallisuuden käsitteiden avulla. Muotoilemme ”kokonaisresilienssin” viitekehyksen, jota voidaan soveltaa kriisipolitiikan empiiriseen, analyyttiseen ja normatiiviseen arviointiin. Viitekehyksen avulla tarkastelemme Suomen hallituksen keväällä 2020 soveltaman kriisinhallintalinjan piirteitä ja painotuksia. Erityisesti kiinnitämme huomiot…
La ambigua institucionalización de la eutanasia como derecho individual de carácter prestacional. Apunte crítico sobre la lo 3/2021, de 24 de marzo
2021
Se abordan aquí tres aspectos relativos a la Ley española de eutanasia, promulgada el 24 de marzo de 2021, que resultan especialmente problemáticos: la falsa configuración de la eutanasia como un ?derecho subjetivo?, el falso protagonismo de la autonomía del sujeto y la calificación de la eutanasia como ?muerte natural?. Se sostiene la tesis de que la ley solo ha despenalizado el delito eutanásico cuando se realiza de acuerdo con los requisitos legales; de que no existe un derecho a la muerte y por tanto no es la voluntad del solicitante la que determina la prestación eutanásica y las repercusiones que se producirán en diversos ámbitos por la calificación de muerte natural.
Explorando las desigualdades sociales y formas de contrarrestarlas
2019
Production of INCASI Project H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015 GA 691004 La propuesta de este artículo es presentar una experiencia actual de innovación docente en la que se vincula la enseñanza de la Sociología con la investigación desarrollada en el proyecto europeo INCASI: International Network for Comparative Analysis of Social Inequalities. La experiencia docente se aplica en la asignatura de Sociología, con alumnado de primer curso, del grado de Gestión y Administración Pública, de la Facultad de Derecho, de la Universidad de Barcelona. El eje central del trabajo desarrollado por el alumnado es realizar una investigación sociológica exploratoria sobre una desigualdad social y observar e idear polí…