1132June 4‚ 2013 Gender Quota in European Companies Women are having a hard time reaching top positions in companies. The European Union recognizes this problem and decided to implement new laws that require quotas for women in businesses. According to the European Commission‚ women need to work an extra of 59 days to match the salary earned by men‚ which makes an average gender pay gap of 16.2% across the European Union in 2010. ("Equal pay day:‚" 2013). The reason why the quota system in Europe is
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How do international sanctions‚ tariffs‚ quotas‚ and trade restrictions affect international trade and costs of production?International sanctions are set in place typically to protect countries involved in trade. There are many types of sanctions that have been in place for quite a while but the most common sanctions are used to stop terrorism‚ which is extremely important to even more so since September 11‚ 2001. Sanctions regarding trade restrictions on weapons‚ ammunition‚ and other materials
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Kary Bowser International Economics Professor Gelgelu 11 February 2013 The Protectionism Effect: Tariffs‚ Quotas‚ and Subsidies The most common way to protect one’s economy from import competition is to implement a tariff: a tax on imports. Generally speaking‚ a tariff is any tax or fee collected by a government. Sometimes the term “tariff” is used in a nontrade context‚ as in railroad tariffs. However‚ the term is much more commonly used to refer to a tax on imported goods. Tariffs have
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Quota system are being established in some countries to ensure greater participation of women-decision making The core idea behind quota systems is to recruit women into political positions and to ensure that women are not isolated in political life. Quota systems aim at ensuring that women constitute at least a "critical minority" of 30 or 40 per cent. So it will increasing women’s representation in parliament. MOST of COUNTRIES which use quota system is developing countries around africa such
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Pros of Gender Quotas There has been a considerable improvement of female representation in many areas of life in the past century: in “2012‚ women took home more than a third of the medals” awarded at the London Olympics‚ but more importantly‚ “the percentage of women on the boards of the 100 largest companies has risen over the past year to a record of 15.6%. And in the last six months‚ 35% of new board appointments to FTSE 250 companies have been women” (Braund). Many countries‚ led by Norway
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Could the abolishment of the milk quota mean the end of small Irish dairy farmers? Suggest reasons why. It is indisputable that the rapid rate of change since the end of the milk quota has put intense pressure on many small farmers. These small farmers are the backbone of rural communities across the country and the only thing that is keeping the Irish country side looking like it does. Now these small farmers are about to go to the wall. This question is aimed at encouraging students to expand their
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industries; a tariff or a quota. The choice between one or the other is likely to depend on several different concerns. One concern is the revenue effects. A tariff has an immediate advantage for governments in that it will automatically generate tariff revenue (assuming the tariff is not prohibitive). Quotas may or may not generate revenue depending on how the quota is administered. If a quota is administered by selling quota tickets (i.e.‚ import rights) then a quota will generate government
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“aliens” or is it us? Immigration restriction should not be supported because it brings in millions of people and money to America every year. Immigration is the start to how the United States came to be what it is today. It takes away from people’s possible freedom and their futures as American citizens. To support my claim against strict immigration laws‚ the author of The Failure of Immigration Restriction‚ Pearson J.‚ argues that immigration restrictions are a failure and have not succeeded
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Internet Age Restrictions For years humanity has been making use of the internet for the fast sharing of information. The collective knowledge of man can even be held in your hand at this point while using a Smart-phone. Although there are many beneficial aspects‚ there are things and people out on the ’net that pose a problem to our children. Internet age restrictions should be put into place on various websites that pose the risk of exposing children to disturbing or inappropriate imagery and
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Alan Shawn Feinstein Graduate School Global Economics Environment Prof. McDonaldAmini White Paper Outline Internet Restriction Xiaonan Jiang Introduction The first amendment in the constitution of the United State of America states the freedom of religion‚ press and expression would be cornerstone for the democracy and the base of all human rights. Nowadays‚ freedoms of the speech are not limited only towards publication of articles‚ criticism
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