Due to the flexibilisation of labour and the trend towards the 'activating welfare state' social policies show an increasing interconnection of work and welfare issues. The Netherlands are no exception. It is generally believed that the Dutch welfare state is successfully activating its unemployed labour potential (often referred to as 'the Dutch Miracle'), and that flexible and part-time work ...

A political miracle occurred when Germany was reunited, and at first glance an economic miracle has followed. Real incomes in the east have now reached the western level, and investment per capita has been much higher than in the west. However, every third deutschmark spent in the east has been coming from the west, investment in equipment has fallen below the west German per capita level, and ...

I n 1999, I led a team of Intel social scientists in an anthropological study of 100 households in the US and Europe that had been early adopters of broadband technology. One of the participants in this study was Sheila, a schoolteacher who had been the first person on her block to get high-speed Internet access because she wanted to videoconference with her granddaughter, who lived three time ...

We study the dynamic behavior of a Neoclassical growth model with finite lifetimes and imperfect altruism in which individuals can accumulate both physical and human capital. We use the model to better understand and explain the behavior of economic miracles. Our results suggest that standard Neoclassical forces can account for the performance of the miracle economies and can explain the protra...

The purpose of the article is to study social nature role women in processes modernization and integration modern education system, highlight positive negative aspects their main contribution this process. most perfect miracle living on earth a blessed human being, owner complex body, woman beautiful example miracle. Therefore, an unstable soul, mother, smart mistress person who can be all aspe...

the issue of muhammad's illiteracy and the issues around it have been important debatable topics for a long time. this issue has both positive and negative news. opponents commonly attribute ommy to ommolghora that is the same mecca. however, advocates emphasize to prophet's illiteracy based on verse 48 (spider) and other qur'anic verses. there abundance of historical and anecdot...