Social work teaching partnerships: a discussion paper

Reflective Learning at Work - A Position and Discussion Paper

The relevance of reflection for learning has long been recognised, and there is a substantial body of theoretical work on reflection. However, many questions regarding reflection at the workplace are still open, especially regarding the actual occurrence of reflection in different workplaces, and the efficient support for reflection. In our ongoing work to examine the relevance of reflective le...

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Welfare programs are often implemented in-kind to promote outcomes that might not be realized under cash transfers. I use a randomized controlled trial of the Mexican government’s Food Assistance Program (‘PAL’) to test whether this form of paternalism is necessary, comparing precisely measured consumption and health outcomes under both inkind food and cash transfers. Importantly, I …nd that ho...

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This paper discusses recent developments in the market for agricultural land in Slovakia related to the new law on land acquisition. The stated objective of this law is to protect agricultural land from non-agricultural use. We analyze landrelated data as reported by sellers in the newly established Registry of offers of agricultural land administered by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural De...

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The financial and non-financial involvement of venture capitalists is supposed to be positively correlated with firm performance. This paper deals with the evaluation of the impact of venture capitalists on employment growth of new founded firms. Differences between high-tech and low-tech industries as well as the impact of other investors are analyzed. The estimation results show that survivin...

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