Education and Solidarity in the European Union : Europe's Lost Spirit / / by Sarah K. St. John

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910484583803321
• Autore: St. John Sarah K.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021
• ISBN: 9783030630423; 3030630420
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2021.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XII, 282 p. 1 illus.)
• Disciplina: 379.4
• Soggetti: Political planning; Education and state; Public Policy; Education Policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1.Introduction -- 2.Education and the European 'Idea' (1945-1956) -- 3.The road to a European Community education policy (1957-1970) -- 4.Developing a Community level education policy, 1971-present -- 5.An intellectual hub for Europe: The College of Europe and the European University -- 6.Education: A complicated policy field -- 7.Understanding European solidarity, spirit and identity: Theory -- 8.Europe's decade of crises: Solidarity in practice -- 9.Past and present challenges, and future opportunities, for engaging education to address the solidarity crisis -- 10.Concluding thoughts: Covid-19 providing yet another case study or impetus for EU solidarity?
• Sommario/riassunto: This book tells the story of the European Movement's mission to create-through education-a European spirit in order to secure the success of European integration. This book draws links between the crisis of solidarity experienced by the European Union today and the difficulties faced throughout European integration to develop a fully-fledged EU education policy. It makes the case that education has not been a stable mechanism for fostering spirit due to its national attachment to identity and nation-building. Without education, it has ; been difficult to foster the spirit needed to establish a strong citizen-wide sense of European solidarity to overcome the crises the EU faces today. Exploring the connection between education and solidarity through the notion of spirit, the book presents an interdisciplinary study that avoids the compartmentalisation of education studies, philosophy and political science to bring ideas together that shed fresh light on contemporary debates currentlyunder the spotlight. Sarah K. St. John holds a PhD in Education from the University of Glasgow and works with the Secretary General at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy). Previously, she co-edited the volume Education and Public Policy in the European Union: Crossing Boundaries (with M. Murphy, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). Her research interests are European Union education policy, European integration history and the construction of Europe, European and international higher education, and higher education administration and governance.

Inflation : causes and effects / / Leon V. Schwartz, editor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910970002203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
• ISBN: 1-61470-091-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (207 p.)
• Collana: Global economic studies series
• Altri autori (Persone): SchwartzLeon V
• Disciplina: 332.4/1
• Soggetti: Inflation (Finance)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- INFLATION:CAUSES AND EFFECTS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PRACTICES, CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTSOF HRM IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (SSA) -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Practices and Challenges of HRMin the Civil Service in Sub-Sahara Africa -- Procurement of Civil Servants in Sub-Sahara Africa -- Attractiveness of the Compensation Programs -- Presence of Clearly Written and Operational HR Procurement Policies -- Effectiveness of the Organizational Arrangement of HR Functions -- Adequacy and ; Reliability of Personnel Data -- Availability of Qualified and Motivated HR Officers -- Clarity of Organizational Objectives and Strategies -- Commitment of Policy Makers and Senior Civil Servants to Merit Principles -- Image of an Organization -- Continuity of Monitoring and Evaluation of HR Procurement Activities -- Training of Civil Servants in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Presence of Clearly Written and Operational Training Policies: -- Continuity of Training Needs Assessment (TNA) -- Presence of Written and Acceptable Trainee-Selection Procedures -- Linkages of Training Programs to Organizational Objectives -- Linkages of Training Programs to Other HR Policies and Programs -- Capacity of a Government to Finance Training Programs -- Commitment of the Policy Makers and Senior Civil Service Managers toTraining -- Conduciveness of the Working Condition (Transfer of Training) -- Continuity of Monitoring and Evaluation of Training Programs -- Utilization of Civil Servants in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Compensation Management Practices -- Employee Performance Appraisal Practices -- Promotion Policies and Practices -- Placement and Clarity of Job Descriptions -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- ACCURACY AND RATIONALITY OF JAPANESE CPIFORECASTERS* -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data -- 3. Relative Accuracy -- 3.1. Benchmark Forecasts.; 3.2. The Descriptive Statistics -- 3.3. The Encompassing Test -- 3.4. Generalized Loss Function -- 3.5. Correlations of Forecast Accuracy among Different Forecast Spans -- 4. Rationality -- 4.1. Tests for Unbiasedness -- 4.2. Tests for Efficiency -- 4.3. Tests for Martingale -- 4.4. Summary of the Rationality Tests -- 5. Consensus Forecast -- 5.1. Forecast Accuracy -- 5.2. The Encompassing Test for the Consensus Forecast -- 5.3. Rationality of the Consensus Forecast -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- THE NONPARAMETRIC TIME-DETRENDEDFISHER EFFECT -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Univariate Analysis - Modeling Inflation and Nominal InterestRates -- 3. Parametric and Nonparametric VAR Models -- 3.1. The Parametric Model -- 3.2. The Nonparametric Model -- 3.3. Testing for the Fisher Effect -- 4. Empirical Results -- 4.1. First Sample Period -- 4.2. Second Sample Period -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- FORECASTING INFLATION USINGSIGNAL PLUS NOISE MODELS -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Empirical Model -- 2.1. State Space Model for Predicting Inflation -- 2.2. Discussions of Model -- 2.3. Estimation Issues -- 3. Empirical Results -- 3.1. Data Sources -- 3.2. Preliminary Data Analysis -- 3.3. Estimation Results -- 3.4. Hypothesis Test -- 3.4.1. Test for Normality -- 3.4.2. Test for Volatility Persistence -- 4. Conclusion -- Appendix A: Sorenson-Alspach Filtering Equations -- References -- PRICE BEHAVIOR AT HIGH INFLATION:EVIDENCE FROM LATIN AMERICA -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Price Data and Variables -- 2.1. Price Data -- 2.2. Variables -- 3. Empirical Evidence -- 4. Inflation Expectations and Non-Linearities -- 5. Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- WAGE INFLATION AND LABOR MARKET PRESSURE:A PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS APPROACH -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Labor Market Series and a Principal Components Approach.; 3. Estimates of the Wage Phillips Curve -- Indexes of Excess Demand -- Univariate Analysis: The Unemployment Rate and the Active Opening Rate -- Multivariate Analysis: A Principal Components Approach -- The Shape of the Phillips Curve -- Expected Inflation -- Lag Length on Prices (or Wages) -- Estimates of the Wage Phillips Curve -- 4. A Set of Principal Components -- 5. Time-varying Natural Rate of Unemployment(NRU) and Natural Active Opening Rate (NAOR) -- 6. Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- MACROECONOMIC POLICIES ; AND INFLATION -- Introduction -- Price Fluctuations -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- INFLATION PERSISTENCE AND MONETARY POLICYIN AN OPEN ECONOMY SETTING -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Description of the Model -- 3. Inflation Persistence -- 4. Levels of Inflation and Economic Activity -- 5. The Demand or Fiscal Shocks -- 6. The Supply Shocks -- 7. The Foreign Inflationary Shocks -- 8. The Shocks on the Foreign Interest Rate -- 9. Conclusion -- Appendix A: Inflation and Activity -- Appendix B: Determination and Study of the Parameter (b) -- Appendix C: Interest Rate, Inflation and Economic Activity -- References -- ESTIMATION OF ELECTRIC DEMAND IN JAPAN:A BAYESIAN SPATIAL AUTOREGRESSIVE AR(p)APPROACH -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Electric Demand in Japan -- 3. SAR-AR(p) Model -- 4. Posterior Analysis -- 4.1. Joint Posterior Distribution -- 4.2. Posterior Simulation -- 4.2.1. Sampling ˆ -- 4.2.2. Sampling i and ˙2i for i = 1, . . ., n -- 4.2.3. Sampling ˚i for i = 1, . . ., n -- 4.3. The Acceleration of Sampling ˆ Parameter -- 5. Empirical Results -- 5.1. The Weight Matrix -- 5.2. Empirical Results -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- OUTPUT CONTRACTS FOR CENTRAL BANKSIN A MONETARY UNION:A WAY OUT OF THE DEFLATION BIAS -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Model -- 3. The Results -- 4. Conclusions -- References.; INDEX.
• Sommario/riassunto: The term inflation once referred to increases in the money supply (monetary inflation); however, economic debates about the relationship between money supply and price levels have led to its primary use today in describing price inflation. This new book gathers the latest research from around the globe on this issue.