A large social science research literature examines the effects of prisons on crime and socioeconomic inequality, but the penal institution itself is often a black box overlooked in the analysis of its effects. This paper examines prisons and their role in rehabilitative programs and as venues for violence, health and healthcare, and extreme isolation through solitary confinement. Research shows that incarcerated people are participating less today than in the 1980s in prison programs, and they face high risks of violence, disease, and isolation. Prison conditions suggest the mechanisms that impair adjustment to community life after release provide a more complete account of the costs of incarceration and indicate the performance of prisons as moral institutions that bear a responsibility for humane and decent treatment.
{"title":"Inside the Box: Safety, Health, and Isolation in Prison","authors":"B. Western","doi":"10.1257/jep.35.4.97","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.35.4.97","url":null,"abstract":"A large social science research literature examines the effects of prisons on crime and socioeconomic inequality, but the penal institution itself is often a black box overlooked in the analysis of its effects. This paper examines prisons and their role in rehabilitative programs and as venues for violence, health and healthcare, and extreme isolation through solitary confinement. Research shows that incarcerated people are participating less today than in the 1980s in prison programs, and they face high risks of violence, disease, and isolation. Prison conditions suggest the mechanisms that impair adjustment to community life after release provide a more complete account of the costs of incarceration and indicate the performance of prisons as moral institutions that bear a responsibility for humane and decent treatment.","PeriodicalId":15611,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Perspectives","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44339414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The paper assesses gender differences in pre-labor market specialization among the college-educated and highlights how those differences have evolved over time. Women choose majors with lower potential earnings (based on male wages associated with those majors) and subsequently sort into occupations with lower potential earnings given their major choice. These differences have narrowed over time, but recent cohorts of women still choose majors and occupations with lower potential earnings. Differences in undergraduate major choice explain a substantive portion of gender wage gaps for the college-educated above and beyond simply controlling for occupation. Collectively, our results highlight the importance of understanding gender differences in the mapping between college major and occupational sorting when studying the evolution of gender differences in labor market outcomes over time.
{"title":"College Majors, Occupations, and the Gender Wage Gap","authors":"Carolyn M. Sloane, Erik G. Hurst, D. Black","doi":"10.1257/jep.35.4.223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.35.4.223","url":null,"abstract":"The paper assesses gender differences in pre-labor market specialization among the college-educated and highlights how those differences have evolved over time. Women choose majors with lower potential earnings (based on male wages associated with those majors) and subsequently sort into occupations with lower potential earnings given their major choice. These differences have narrowed over time, but recent cohorts of women still choose majors and occupations with lower potential earnings. Differences in undergraduate major choice explain a substantive portion of gender wage gaps for the college-educated above and beyond simply controlling for occupation. Collectively, our results highlight the importance of understanding gender differences in the mapping between college major and occupational sorting when studying the evolution of gender differences in labor market outcomes over time.","PeriodicalId":15611,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Perspectives","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45134836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The Black Lives Matter movement has operated alongside a growing recognition among social scientists that policing research has been limited in its scope and outmoded in its assumptions about the nature of public safety. This essay argues that social science research on policing should reorient its conception of the field of policing, along with how the study of crime rates and police departments fit into this field. New public safety research should broaden its outcomes of interest, its objects of inquiry, and its engagement with structural racism. In this way, next-generation research on policing and public safety can respond to the deficiencies of the past and remain relevant as debates over transforming American policing continue.
{"title":"Next-Generation Policing Research: Three Propositions","authors":"Monica C. Bell","doi":"10.1257/jep.35.4.29","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.35.4.29","url":null,"abstract":"The Black Lives Matter movement has operated alongside a growing recognition among social scientists that policing research has been limited in its scope and outmoded in its assumptions about the nature of public safety. This essay argues that social science research on policing should reorient its conception of the field of policing, along with how the study of crime rates and police departments fit into this field. New public safety research should broaden its outcomes of interest, its objects of inquiry, and its engagement with structural racism. In this way, next-generation research on policing and public safety can respond to the deficiencies of the past and remain relevant as debates over transforming American policing continue.","PeriodicalId":15611,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Perspectives","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42953100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Purpose: Public transport is one of the bigger causes of air pollution, but at the same time use public transport helps in lowering the use of personal transport and with that, it lowers the pollution and influence on the environment. Air pollution is significantly influencing the environment and the public transport companies are looking for different ways to reduce air pollution. Thus, the transport companies need to pay attention to their activities and modernization of the fleet to lower their influence on air pollution. Design/Methodology/Approach: In the writing of this paper we used mainly desk research method for the literature review and case study method for presenting the project of the transport company. Findings and implications: GPP Osijek has started a project of fleet modernization which consists of the purchase of 12 new modern city buses which have a lower influence on the environment regarding air pollution. Besides this company is making additional steps in reducing their influence on the environment and testing hybrid fueled buses. In the next period, authors recommend conducting research on environmental influence regarding air pollution and possibly lowering the noise pollution. Limitations: This paper main limitation is that there are still no results in how much the influence on the environment has been lowered and this should be studied in the future. Originality: This paper presents one of the first research studies about environmental management in public transport companies in Croatia.
{"title":"LOWERING THE INFLUENCE ON THE ENVIRONMENT - PROJECT OF CHANGING THE BUS FLEET IN GPP OSIJEK","authors":"A. Erceg, Z. Kilic","doi":"10.46779/epj.v1i1.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46779/epj.v1i1.5","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Public transport is one of the bigger causes of air pollution, but at the same time use public transport helps in lowering the use of personal transport and with that, it lowers the pollution and influence on the environment. Air pollution is significantly influencing the environment and the public transport companies are looking for different ways to reduce air pollution. Thus, the transport companies need to pay attention to their activities and modernization of the fleet to lower their influence on air pollution. \u0000\u0000Design/Methodology/Approach: In the writing of this paper we used mainly desk research method for the literature review and case study method for presenting the project of the transport company.\u0000\u0000Findings and implications: GPP Osijek has started a project of fleet modernization which consists of the purchase of 12 new modern city buses which have a lower influence on the environment regarding air pollution. Besides this company is making additional steps in reducing their influence on the environment and testing hybrid fueled buses. In the next period, authors recommend conducting research on environmental influence regarding air pollution and possibly lowering the noise pollution.\u0000\u0000Limitations: This paper main limitation is that there are still no results in how much the influence on the environment has been lowered and this should be studied in the future.\u0000\u0000Originality: This paper presents one of the first research studies about environmental management in public transport companies in Croatia.","PeriodicalId":15611,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Perspectives","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2021-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88565001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
TITLE: ENTREPRENEURIAL MARKETING AUTHOR: ARNELA NANIĆ PUBLISHER: University of Bihać YEAR OF PUBLISHING: 2020. Number of pages: 194 ISBN: 978-9958-9106-4-7The existing literature in marketing has recently been enriched with a new book entitled “Entrepreneurial Marketing” by Arnela Nanić.
{"title":"BOOK REVIEW: “ENTREPRENEURIAL MARKETING”","authors":"Kenan Mahmutović","doi":"10.46779/epj.v1i1.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46779/epj.v1i1.14","url":null,"abstract":"TITLE: ENTREPRENEURIAL MARKETING AUTHOR: ARNELA NANIĆ PUBLISHER: University of Bihać YEAR OF PUBLISHING: 2020. Number of pages: 194 ISBN: 978-9958-9106-4-7The existing literature in marketing has recently been enriched with a new book entitled “Entrepreneurial Marketing” by Arnela Nanić.","PeriodicalId":15611,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Perspectives","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2021-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75795985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The purpose of the conducted practical research presented in the paper consists in assessing the real situation from the aspect on the development of the ecotourism in the municipality of Gevgelija and confirmation of the hypothesis that ecotourism sector is a developmental concept that enables achieving sustainable economic development (Butcher,2007). A survey questionnaire consisting of 20 questions has been used. The survey was conducted of 52 respondents in the period from 1.10.2019. until 30.11.2019. on the territory of the Gevgelija. We used programs SPSS, and made Spearman test of correlation rs, and test of Ordinal Regression. The primary goal of the conducted practical research was to assess the willingness of students in the development of ecotourism. The results obtained during the practical research allow to draw conclusions and guidelines that can imply certain behaviours and activities contributing to the development of ecotourism in the Republic of Macedonia and using opportunities for achieving sustainable economic development (Hill, 2009) The basic limitations was number of respondents. The original value of this study is confirmed through the obtained results from the conducted research confirmed the fact that ecotourism as an alternative form for tourism development and a modern concept for achieving sustainable development. Benefits for the local community that are expected from the development of eco tourism include maintenance of biodiversity, benefits for the local population, a high level of responsibility of tourism enterprises and employees working in this sector, and an active role of the local population.
{"title":"ECO-TOURISM AS A STIMULATION FOR TOURISM ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT – THE EXAMPLE OF THE MUCIPALITY OF GEVGELIJA","authors":"Kiril Postolov, Marija Magdinceva Sopova","doi":"10.46779/epj.v1i1.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46779/epj.v1i1.8","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of the conducted practical research presented in the paper consists in assessing the real situation from the aspect on the development of the ecotourism in the municipality of Gevgelija and confirmation of the hypothesis that ecotourism sector is a developmental concept that enables achieving sustainable economic development (Butcher,2007).\u0000\u0000A survey questionnaire consisting of 20 questions has been used. The survey was conducted of 52 respondents in the period from 1.10.2019. until 30.11.2019. on the territory of the Gevgelija. We used programs SPSS, and made Spearman test of correlation rs, and test of Ordinal Regression.\u0000\u0000The primary goal of the conducted practical research was to assess the willingness of students in the development of ecotourism. The results obtained during the practical research allow to draw conclusions and guidelines that can imply certain behaviours and activities contributing to the development of ecotourism in the Republic of Macedonia and using opportunities for achieving sustainable economic development (Hill, 2009)\u0000\u0000The basic limitations was number of respondents.\u0000\u0000The original value of this study is confirmed through the obtained results from the conducted research confirmed the fact that ecotourism as an alternative form for tourism development and a modern concept for achieving sustainable development.\u0000\u0000Benefits for the local community that are expected from the development of eco tourism include maintenance of biodiversity, benefits for the local population, a high level of responsibility of tourism enterprises and employees working in this sector, and an active role of the local population.","PeriodicalId":15611,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Perspectives","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2021-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73064581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In this paper authors argue the impact of culture on motivational processes through various identities. The paper combines the most recent findings from cultural, identity and motivation theories in order to determine cultural impact on each of the elements of motivational cycle. By analyzing each theory, applicable analogous similarities are compiled to distinguish important factors and determine psychological processes that are relevant for understanding cultural impact on human motivation and behavior. Results derived from compilation are used to create implications for multicultural organizational environment. This paper concludes that among others, culture has substantial impact on individual's motivation and behavior which creates specific psychological and cognitive patterns that serve as guidance in future situations that individual encounters. Such patterns become integrated in individual and applied to various social groups and environment. Furthermore, paper provides implications stressing the importance of implementation of organizational identity, comprehensive and transparent communication and verification of social, work-related and personal identities of employees. This paper has limitations due to its theoretical framework. Since this topic implies broad interdisciplinary research, additional theoretical and empirical contributions are required in order to provide more detailed insight and implications. However, this paper contributes to the existing theories by providing compilation of their common elements from motivational perspective and arguments for stated implications
{"title":"CULTURALLY PREDISPOSED MOTIVATION THROUGH IDENTITIES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MULTICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONAL ENVIRONMENT","authors":"J. Glavaš, Ivan Ljubimir, Bruno Mandic","doi":"10.46779/epj.v1i1.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46779/epj.v1i1.9","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper authors argue the impact of culture on motivational processes through various identities. The paper combines the most recent findings from cultural, identity and motivation theories in order to determine cultural impact on each of the elements of motivational cycle. By analyzing each theory, applicable analogous similarities are compiled to distinguish important factors and determine psychological processes that are relevant for understanding cultural impact on human motivation and behavior. Results derived from compilation are used to create implications for multicultural organizational environment. This paper concludes that among others, culture has substantial impact on individual's motivation and behavior which creates specific psychological and cognitive patterns that serve as guidance in future situations that individual encounters. Such patterns become integrated in individual and applied to various social groups and environment. Furthermore, paper provides implications stressing the importance of implementation of organizational identity, comprehensive and transparent communication and verification of social, work-related and personal identities of employees. This paper has limitations due to its theoretical framework. Since this topic implies broad interdisciplinary research, additional theoretical and empirical contributions are required in order to provide more detailed insight and implications. However, this paper contributes to the existing theories by providing compilation of their common elements from motivational perspective and arguments for stated implications","PeriodicalId":15611,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Perspectives","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2021-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79475328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The IMR International Conference on Interdisciplinary Management Research was held for the 17th time in May 2021. This conference aims to bring together academics, researchers and practitioners to exchange and share their research findings and (business) experiences on all aspects of management and related fields. IMR is an interdisciplinary platform for academics, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the latest trends and issues as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the field of management, but also in areas such as Business, Financial Economics, Industrial Organization, Law and Economics etc.
{"title":"CONFERENCE REVIEW: INTERDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT RESEARCH CONFERENCE – IMR 2021","authors":"Ivana Unukić","doi":"10.46779/epj.v1i1.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46779/epj.v1i1.17","url":null,"abstract":"The IMR International Conference on Interdisciplinary Management Research was held for the 17th time in May 2021. This conference aims to bring together academics, researchers and practitioners to exchange and share their research findings and (business) experiences on all aspects of management and related fields. IMR is an interdisciplinary platform for academics, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the latest trends and issues as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the field of management, but also in areas such as Business, Financial Economics, Industrial Organization, Law and Economics etc.","PeriodicalId":15611,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Perspectives","volume":"149 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2021-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74928948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marija Gogova Samonikov, E. Veselinova, Ilija Gruevski, Risto Fotov, Zorica Zdraveva
The impact of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in employment and value added in the Republic of Macedonia registered a slight increase in the period from 2009 to 2013. Just like in other economies in the region, most SMEs work in the wholesale and retail trade sector (44.0%), followed by the manufacturing sector (13.0%) (OECD 2016). Based on the importance of SMEs in the Macedonian economy in general, this paper aims to point out the gap that exists between the well-identified weakness of the Macedonian economy towards stimulating the life expectancy of SMEs on the one hand and their development on the other, emphasized in the forms of the sources of funding available to them. For that purpose are used statistical analyzes and comparisons, and are accepted conclusions about the current situation with the SMEs environment and the forms of financing of SMEs in Macedonia
{"title":"THE SITUATION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES IN MACEDONIA IN RELATION TO THE SOURCES FOR THEIR FINANCING","authors":"Marija Gogova Samonikov, E. Veselinova, Ilija Gruevski, Risto Fotov, Zorica Zdraveva","doi":"10.46779/epj.v1i1.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46779/epj.v1i1.6","url":null,"abstract":"The impact of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in employment and value added in the Republic of Macedonia registered a slight increase in the period from 2009 to 2013. Just like in other economies in the region, most SMEs work in the wholesale and retail trade sector (44.0%), followed by the manufacturing sector (13.0%) (OECD 2016). Based on the importance of SMEs in the Macedonian economy in general, this paper aims to point out the gap that exists between the well-identified weakness of the Macedonian economy towards stimulating the life expectancy of SMEs on the one hand and their development on the other, emphasized in the forms of the sources of funding available to them. For that purpose are used statistical analyzes and comparisons, and are accepted conclusions about the current situation with the SMEs environment and the forms of financing of SMEs in Macedonia","PeriodicalId":15611,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Perspectives","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.4,"publicationDate":"2021-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86949068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}