1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991002764139707536

Autore

Cafarelli, Andrea

Titolo

La terra avara : assetti fondiari e forme di conduzione agraria nella Bassa Friulana, 1866-1914 : memoria presentata dal s.e. Giovanni Zalin nell'adunanza ordinaria del 23 maggio 1998 / Andrea Cafarelli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Venezia : Istituto veneto scienze lettere e arti, 1999

ISBN

8886166745

Descrizione fisica

372 p. ; 23 cm

Collana

Memorie. Classe di scienze morali lettere ed arti ; 83

Altri autori (Persone)

Zalin, Giovanni

Disciplina

333.76

Soggetti

Paesaggio agrario - Friuli

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910957925103321

Titolo

Social security and retirement around the world / / edited by Jonathan Gruber and David A. Wise

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c1999

ISBN

9786611430375

9781281430373

1281430374

9780226309996

0226309991

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (500 p.)

Collana

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Altri autori (Persone)

GruberJonathan

WiseDavid A

Disciplina

368.4

Soggetti

Social security

Retirement income

Old age pensions

Older people - Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Papers presented at a conference held at Chateau Beychevelle, Saint Julien, France, in May 1997"--Pref.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction and Summary -- 1. Social Security and Retirement in Belgium -- 2. Social Security and Retirement in Canada -- 3. Social Security and Retirement in France -- 4. Social Security and Retirement in Germany -- 5. Social Security and Retirement in Italy -- 6. Social Security and Retirement in Japan -- 7. Social Security and Retirement in the Netherlands -- 8. Social Security and Retirement in Spain -- 9. Social Security, Occupational Pensions, and Retirement in Sweden -- 10. Pensions and Retirement in the United Kingdom -- 11. Social Security and Retirement in the United States -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

What accounts for the striking decline in labor force participation at increasingly younger ages? Social Security and Retirement around the World examines one explanation: social security programs actually provide incentives for early retirement. This volume houses a set of



remarkable papers that present information on the social security systems, and labor force participation patterns, in Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. "This book is highly recommended for the serious student of retirement age trends and social security old-age pension policies of industrial nations in a cross-national context." Martin B. Tracy, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare "A path-breaking public-policy study. The authors consistently use a new methodology to evaluate the consequences of retirement systems on the behavior of older workers in eleven industrialized countries. In doing so, the book passes a major test of any conference volume the whole greatly exceeds the sum of its parts. This book without question provides the most consistent cross-national analyses of the work disincentives of retirement programs ever produces. Moreover it will serve as the model for all future efforts of this kind." Journal of Economics

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910969533003321

Autore

Danson Edwin <1948->

Titolo

Weighing the world : the quest to measure the Earth / / Edwin Danson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, N.Y., : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

9780199725090

0199725098

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

x, 289 p. : ill

Disciplina

526/.1

Soggetti

Science - Europe - History - 18th century

Industrial revolution - Europe - History

Earth (Planet) Figure Measurement

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-282) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- 1 I Cannot Be Wrong -- 2 The Titan King -- 3 A Calm and Gentle Character -- 4 The Galileo of France -- 5 Extreme Science -- 6 Robberies and Depredations -- 7 A Magnificent Military



Sketch -- 8 Persons Well Versed -- 9 Very Expert in His Business -- 10 A Passage with My Horse -- 11 Frankenstein and Other Experiments -- 12 A Remarkable Hill -- 13 Important Observations -- 14 So Great a Noise -- 15 The Attraction of Mountains -- 16 The Best of the Position -- 17 Distinguished Merit -- 18 Late by a Whole Year -- 19 Geodetic Experiments -- 20 I Know It Will Answer -- 21 Offering Violence to Nature -- 22 A Meritorious Foreigner -- 23 Men Worthy of Confidence -- 24 Irregularities We Have Discovered -- Appendix: Explanations and Definitions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

At the start of the 18th century, no one knew with any certainty the shape of the earth. Was our planet a perfect sphere or slightly squashed as Newton proposed? Master-surveyor and bestselling author Edwin Danson here presents the stories of the scientists and scholars who cut their way through jungles, crossed the artic tundra, and braved the world's highest mountains to discover the truth about our Earth. A spell-binding scientific adventure story, Weighing the World will intrigue anyone curious about the shape of our planet and how we have come to know it.