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Social capital, economic growth and regional development
Iyer, Sriya; Kitson, Michael; Toh, Bernard - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 8, pp. 1015-1040
 000 individuals living in 40 communities, grouped into nine regions, in the USA. These data show remarkable diversity of social …
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Antidiscrimination law and social equality
Koppelman, Andrew - 1996
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Corruption in US states: the effects of socio-economic factors
Sahin, Ismail; Sahin, Bahadir - In: International Journal of Public Policy 6 (2010) 3/4, pp. 288-306
This study is an empirical examination of socio-economic determinants of corruption in US states. Using the data on state-by-state number of corruption convictions from the US Department of Justice as the dependent variable, socio-economic factors such as income inequality, education level and...
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Report Cards : The Impact of Providing School and Child Test Scores on Educational Markets
Andrabi, Tahir; Das, Jishnu; Khwaja, Asim Ijaz
We study the impact of providing school report cards with test scores on subsequent test scores, prices, and enrollment in markets with multiple public and private providers. A randomly selected half of our sample villages (markets) received report cards. This increased test scores by 0.11...
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The animating Pursuits of speculation : land traffic in the annexation of Texas
Williams, Elgin - 1949
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Investigating the financial and socio-economic determinants of student learning at US charter and public schools: The Texas experience
Lovett, Steve; Sauceda, Mary Jane; Essayyad, Musa - In: International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance 3 (2010) 2, pp. 126-139
schools. Based on data from Texas, this research employs a multiple regression model to find whether charter school students … outperform public school students. The policy implications of the results are relevant to legislative initiatives. The paper … students improve their learning skills and knowledge. …
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Investigating the financial and socio-economic determinants of student learning at US charter and public schools: The Texas experience
Lovett, Steve; Sauceda, Mary Jane; Essayyad, Musa - In: International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance 3 (2010) 2, pp. 126-139
schools. Based on data from Texas, this research employs a multiple regression model to find whether charter school students … outperform public school students. The policy implications of the results are relevant to legislative initiatives. The paper … students improve their learning skills and knowledge. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008538638
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Blacks in the white establishment? : A study of race and class in America
Zweigenhaft, Richard L.; Domhoff, George William - 1991
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Ivory power : sexual harassment on campus
Paludi, Michele A. (contributor) - 1990
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