scholarly journals European Green Deal and Recovery Plan: Green Jobs, Skills and Wellbeing Economics in Spain

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (14) ◽  
pp. 4145
Author(s):  
Martín García Vaquero ◽  
Antonio Sánchez-Bayón ◽  
José Lominchar
Keyword(s):  
Deductive Reasoning ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Green Jobs ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Recovery Plan ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Specific Analysis ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
Political Economic

This paper on Political Economic and Labour Economic Policies in the European Green Deal framework analyses the Recovery Plan and Resilience Facility. It pays attention to the effects on the design of new green jobs and the necessary skills to develop this type of new positions generated, with higher labour wellbeing. The paper is focused on the analysis of the green jobs’ opportunity for Europe, at a country level, with a specific analysis made for the Spanish case. A systematisation of the concepts and calculations on the issue is made and analysed (attending the international institutions and forums proposals) to harmonise the recovery plans, apply them beyond the energy sector to other related green activities and align the public and private sector, and other critical stakeholders, in achieving this goal. The following research questions were formulated: (1) what is the estimated number of new green jobs that would be created as a consequence of the implementation of the Recovery Plan in Spain; (2) which new soft skills or re-skilling would be necessary to develop such new green jobs; (3) how much are the new jobs aligned with wellbeing economics? The research was conducted by applying a few research methods, i.e., secondary sources, the desk research method and the exploration method, critical and comparative analysis, inductive and deductive reasoning and some mathematical calculations. The research contribution can provide a valuable source of information to coordinate sectoral plans by the policymakers, particularly those responsible for the economy, business, green activities and education.

scholarly journals European Green Deal and Recovery Plan: green jobs, skills and wellbeing economics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martín García-Vaquero ◽  
Antonio Sánchez-Bayón ◽  
José Lominchar
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Green Jobs ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Recovery Plan ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Public And Private Sector

This is a paper of Political Economy and Economic Policies into the European Green Deal framework to improve the Recovery Plan post-COVID-19. This paper is focused on the green jobs opportunity for Europe, especially for Spain. It is offered a systematization of concepts and calculations in the issue (attending the international institutions and forums proposals) to harmonize the recovery plans, to apply them beyond the energy sector and to align public and private sector, as well other key stakeholders in achieving this goal. The obtained outcome gives the creation of around 350.000 new green jobs and the necessity of a new workforce reskilled. This result makes necessary to coordinate sectoral plans by the policymakers in which all the involved entities might express their needs and views on the best education approach to renewables sector and green jobs.

scholarly journals European Recovery and Green Jobs beyond the Energy Sector: Wellbeing Opportunity in Spanish Tourism Sector

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther González Arnedo ◽  
Antonio Sánchez-Bayón ◽  
Francisco Javier Sastre
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Scientific Production ◽  
Current View ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Business Managers ◽  
Green Jobs ◽  
Recovery Plan ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Political Economic

This is a paper on Political Economic and Economic Policies into the European Green Deal framework and the Spanish recovery plan, with special attention to the tourism sector. First, there is a literature review, combining the scientific production with professional and institutional literature, to understand the topic development, from the former restrictive point to the current view at large. Second, it is offered a case study about the green jobs opportunity, according to wellbeing economics, for the Spanish tourism sector renewal. The paper provides valuable information to improve sectorial recovery plan, to coordinate the policymakers and the business managers and entrepreneurs.

scholarly journals COVID-19 Pandemic and Workplace Adjustments/Decentralization: A Focus on Teleworking in the New Normal

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 185-200
Author(s):  
Michael Sunday AGBA ◽  
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AM Ogaboh AGBA ◽  
Daniel Chi Jr CHUKWURAH ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Organizational Life ◽  
Work Processes ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Public And Private Sector

Purpose: the paper is an attempt to examine the effect of COVID-19 on workplace adjustments/decentralization. In doing this, teleworking in the new normal was taken as a major focus. Our interest is to find out the nature of workplace adjustments/decentralization that the COVID-19 has brought in the workplace by focusing on teleworking/telecommuting in the new normal. Design/methodology/approach: the paper adopts a descriptive research design and content analysis. The data of the paper are in qualitative and quantitative form and were sourced from secondary sources like textbooks, journals articles, and government reports and online published materials. In gathering the data used in articulating the ideas of the paper, their reliability and validity were enhanced by ensuring that the sources were reputable outlets and the data gathered reflect the variables of interest as contained in the topic of the paper.Findings: Findings of the study revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought about compelling adjustments in the workplace. Work processes and practices are increasingly decentralised and adjusted with greater number of workers working from home (WFH). The global workplace is also witnessing a decongesting trend with a few staff in most organizations directed to work from office while others are to work from home. Hours put in by employees of financial institutions have been reduced to 6 hours as against 9-10 hours per day. Furthermore, sectors like the health and caregiving are under pressure for greater recruitment of hands to meet up with the pressure on the sector. Originality/contributions: the study is original by the emphasis on workplace adjustments occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. One of such specific workplace adjustments is the emerging attention that teleworking and telecommuting has attracted in the public and private sector in the emerging new normal. The argument of the paper is that the COVID-19 pandemic is a global health crisis that has impacted negatively on organizational life and functions necessitating adjustments in the workplace for organisational, workers and societal benefits. As a way of managing the workplace crisis generated by the COVID-19, technological advancement by way of teleworking/telecommuting offers the window for escape. The study has both theoretical and policy relevance in the new normal.

scholarly journals Public-Sector Honesty and Corruption: Field Evidence from 40 Countries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raanan Sulitzeanu-Kenan ◽  
Markus Tepe ◽  
Omer Yair
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Societal Culture ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Field Evidence ◽  
Incentive Structures ◽  
Public And Private Sector

Abstract This study presents a theoretical model of honest behavior in the public sector (public-sector honesty) and its relationship with corruption. We test this model empirically by utilizing and extending a unique data set of honest behavior of public- and private-sector workers across 40 countries, gathered in a field experiment conducted by Cohn et al. (N = 17,303). We find that public-sector honesty is determined by country-level societal culture and public-sector culture; public-sector honesty predicts corruption levels, independently from the effect of incentive structures—in line with the Becker–Stigler model. We find no support for a global mean difference in honest behavior between public- and private-sector workers, alongside substantive cross-country variation in sector differences in honest behavior. The emphasis assigned to honesty of public-sector workers within each country appears to be locally determined by the prevailing public-sector culture. These results imply that beyond cross-national variation in the scope of publicness, it is very content may vary across countries. Lastly, the results of this study consistently fail to support the selection thesis, and we discuss the practical implications of this result for anticorruption policy.

scholarly journals CALIBRA: A national research infrastructure for accelerator-based research and applications

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
S. Harissopulos ◽  
A. Lagoyannis ◽  
M. Axiotis ◽  
I. Stamatelatos
Keyword(s):  
Ion Beam ◽  
Research Infrastructure ◽  
Tandem Accelerator ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Development Framework ◽  
Partnership Agreement ◽  
General Secretariat ◽  
Public And Private Sector

CALIBRA stands for Cluster of Accelerator Laboratories for Ion-Beam Research and Applications, i.e., the Research Infrastructure proposed in 2014 to the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT) in response to the call for the establishment of the Greek National Roadmap for Research Infrastructures (RI). CALIBRA is planned to be completed in phases with the first one being implemented through the homonym project that is funded by the currently running Partnership Agreement for the Development Framework (ΕΣΠΑ 2014-2020). The CALIBRA project aims at establishing and operating an accelerator-based research infrastructure open to the national and the European scientific community to conduct research at excellence level, develop innovative applications of increased socioeconomic impact, and provide highly-specialized services, unique at the country level, to the public and private sector. CALIBRA is implemented at the Tandem Accelerator Laboratory of NCSR “Demokritos”. The project had its kickoff meeting in November 2017.

scholarly journals A STUDY ON GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTH INSURANCE IN INDIA IN THE POST PRIVATIZATION ERA

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-292
Author(s):  
Jyoti Prakash Rath ◽  
Maheshwar Sahu
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Life Insurance ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Insurance Industry ◽  
Upward Trend ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Insurance Sector ◽  
Health Insurance Industry ◽  
Public And Private Sector

Health Insurance in India emerges in the year 1999 with the introduction of IRDA bill in the floor of Parliament. In the post-privatization era, health insurance segment developed slowly and steadily.  The penetration of insurance sector in Non-Life insurance is kept on increasing since 2001. In order to portray the journey of health insurance sector in India, it is required to show the growth and development of this sector in the country. The present study is intended to evaluate the growth and development of the health insurance sector in India in the post-privatization era. Data are collected mainly from secondary sources. Such data are analyzed and represented suitable through the help of tables, diagrams and charts. From the study, it is concluded that there is a significant upward trend in the growth of health insurance industry in India both at public and private sector after privatization. If this trend continues by keeping other factors constant, then the health insurance business would touch to Rs 20000 crores in the financial year 2016-17 contributed at least 60% by public sector and rest 40% by both private insurers and standalone health insurers.

scholarly journals The application of Czekanowski diagram to assess the financial situation of non-financial enterprises in Poland in the years 2010-2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 150 ◽  
pp. 151-166
Author(s):  
Monika MIŚKIEWICZ-NAWROCKA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Computer Program ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Financial Situation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
Political Economic

Purpose: The changing financial situation of enterprises under the influence of various political, economic, social, etc. decisions is the cause of interest of many researchers. The aim of the research is to assess the financial situation of non-financial enterprises in Polish voivodships, taking into account the division into the private sector and the public sector in 2010-2020, and an attempt to classify the analyzed voivodeships into separate classes. Design/methodology/approach: Czekanowski's method was used to achieve the goal, which allows for the comparison of the examined objects in terms of the analyzed phenomenon. The visualization of this method is an ordered Czekanowski diagram, on the basis of which it is possible to group objects and observe whether their geographic location influences the results of grouping. Findings: The conducted analysis made it possible to group voivodeships in terms of the financial situation of enterprises, both for the public and private sectors. In the analyzed period, among the voivodships of Poland, several groups of similar voivodships can be distinguished in terms of the financial situation of enterprises. A voivodship was also selected, which differs from the rest of the voivodships – it is characterized by a lack of similarity in terms of the considered features, both in the whole analyzed period. It was also shown that the lockdown resulting from the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic had a significant impact on the financial results of Polish enterprises in the first half of 2020. Research limitations/implications: Using the MaCzek computer program to construct Czekanowski's diagrams, in some cases isolating similar objects in an unambiguous manner was difficult and hindered interpretation. Originality/value: Showing that the application of Czekanowski's method to the analysis of the financial situation of public and private sector enterprises in Poland is possible and allows for the assessment of the similarity of voivodeships. The article and the application of the method is useful for entrepreneurs and investors.

scholarly journals Spanish Tourist Sector Sustainability: Recovery Plan, Green Jobs and Wellbeing Opportunity

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (20) ◽  
pp. 11447
Author(s):  
Esther González Arnedo ◽  
Jesús Alberto Valero-Matas ◽  
Antonio Sánchez-Bayón
Keyword(s):  
Hotel Industry ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Current View ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Business Managers ◽  
Green Jobs ◽  
Recovery Plan ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Hotel Chains

This paper presents an overview on political economy and economic policies into the European Green Deal framework and the Spanish recovery plan, with special attention to the tourism sector and actual opportunities for green jobs in the Spanish tourism market. Firstly, there is a literature review, combining the scientific production with professional and institutional literature, to understand the topic development, from the former restrictive point to the wider current view. Secondly, a case study about the green jobs opportunity in the Spanish hotel industry is presented, taking into account wellbeing economics, for the renewal of the Spanish tourism industry. Methodology combines the qualitative analysis of literature and the qualitative review of the CSR reports from top Spanish hotel chains as well as the feedback of sustainability experts at the hotel industry. This paper provides valuable information to improve the sectorial recovery plan and coordinate the policymakers and the business managers and entrepreneurs.

scholarly journals National Security Redesign after the COVID–19: Nepali Army’s Security Priority in Response to the Global Pandemics

Unity Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 163-174
Author(s):  
Padam Kumar Angbo
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Security Strategy ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
National Security Strategy ◽  
The Us ◽  
National Power ◽  
Public And Private Sector

Pandemic disease always poses one of the greatest security threats to national security. It is widely discussed as a non-traditional threat candidate to national security (NDU, CACI, The Asymmetric Threat Symposium, 2008, p. 31). Indeed, the COVID-19 has not only unleashed havoc on developing nation but also provided a vital national security lesson exposing weaknesses in their capabilities to protect citizens. For example, Nepal has lost more than 2000 lives of its people and about 271,000 have severely suffered this viral infection, and the deaths with this pandemic in the US and UK are even higher. And the trend of causalities has increasingly been continuing along with an alarming rate of infection. Meanwhile, a new deadly variant of corona virus is swiftly spreading across the globe including Nepal. This study employs the qualitative research framework and data have been employed from secondary sources. The research philosophy adopted is interpretivism where the researcher has included his viewpoints to available data in presenting ideas. The article explores causes and multi-dimensional effects, critical nexus between COVID-19 and National Security in support to the argument that the nature, scope, novelty and complexity of COVID-19 pandemic demands an Integrated National Security Strategy for an effective application of all the instruments of national power, including Nepali Army, public and private sector to respond successfully. This paper also spotlights the crucial role of Nepali Army in containing pandemics that proffers to reappraisal of such a vital security body’s strategies and doctrines, taking the current corona virus in serious consideration.  

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