In 2014 the main tendency of Ukrainian economy was the losing of great deposit value. In this article we wish to explore a deposit portfolio structure in macroeconomic instability. We applied two approaches to the standard optimization portfolio: risk minimization for a given maximum return and return maximization for a given maximum risk. Of the two approaches to the standard optimization prob...

From 2006 through the first half of 2008, U.S. Agriculture enjoyed a period of economic prosperity not seen since the 1970’s. World economic growth was robust, stimulating food demand; the growing use of major crops such as corn in the production of biofuels increased demand and contributed to overall upward pressure on commodity prices; and a reduced value of the U.S. dollar helped expand expo...

The development of Ukraine’s credit market occurs under periodic economic crises. Available destructive processes inhibit the relations, negatively affecting lending entities and restraining national economy. This study aims to highlight basic transformations in Ukraine, which are formed macroeconomic instability. trends Ukraine were assessed using classical statistical methods. correlation reg...

In this paper I examine the sources of wage inequality changes among prime age male workers in Brazil during the 1980’s and 1990’s. Inequality increased in the 1980’s and decreased in the 1990’s. I begin by decomposing these changes into three effects. First, the effect due to changes in the skill distribution of the workers; second, the effect due to changes in skill prices and premiums; and t...

BACKGROUND Health is a complex phenomenon that can be studied from different approaches. Despite a growing research in the areas of Social Determinants of Health (SDH) and health equity, effects of macroeconomic policies on the social aspect of health are unknown in developing countries. This study aimed to determine the effect of macroeconomic policies on increasing of the social-health inequa...

The concerns regarding the economic insecurity stemming from earnings instability have been gaining momentum in the contemporary political discourse. If earnings instability is as a proxy for risk, for risk-averse individuals, increasing earnings instability bears substantial welfare costs. Using the variance of transitory earnings estimated using the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) a...