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Determinants of the Speed of Adoption of Soil Fertility-Enhancing Technologies in Western Kenya
Odendo, Martins; Obare, Gideon A.; Salasya, Beatrice - 2010
Most adoption studies have employed cross-sectional data in a static discrete choice modellingframework to analyze why some farmers adopt at a certain point in time. The static approachdoes not consider the dynamic environment in which the adoption decision is made and thusdoes not incorporate...
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The increasingly mixed proportional hazard model: An application to socioeconomic status, health shocks, and mortality
Frijters, Paul; Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Shields, Michael A. - 2011
We introduce a duration model that allows for unobserved cumulative individual-specific shocks, which are likely to be important in explaining variations in duration outcomes, such as length of life and time spent unemployed. The model is also a useful tool in situations where researchers...
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The Economics of Nuclear Power
Horst, Ronald L - 2006
We extend economic analysis of the nuclear power industry by developing and employing three tools. They are 1) compilation and unification of operating and accounting data sets for plants and sites, 2) an abstract industry model with major economic agents and features, and 3) a model of nuclear...
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Lessons for the aggregate labor market from employment and turnover patterns across workers
Mustre-del-R?o, Jos? (1983; Bils, Mark
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Rochester. Dept. of Economics, 2011.
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Las reformas de la Ley concursal durante la Gran Recesión
García-Posada, Miguel; Vegas Sánchez, Raquel - 2016
Tradicionalmente, los concursos de acreedores en España han sido procedimientos largos y costosos, que casi siempre terminaban en la liquidación de la empresa concursada (95 %). Estas disfuncionalidades quedaron en evidencia con el fuerte aumento de los concursos de acreedores durante la...
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Zur Wirksamkeit der "Förderung beruflicher Weiterbildung" (FbW)
Jansen, Marcus - 2005
Evaluationsansätze auf Basis von Matchingverfahren werden heute weitgehend als superiores Instrument zur Bewertung der Wirksamkeit der Förderung beruflicher Weiterbildung angesehen. Die vorliegende Arbeit gibt zu bedenken, dass solche Verfahren ungenaue Schätzergebnissen generieren, wenn eine...
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Four Essays on University Economics
Hein, Miriam - 2008
of university economics. The focus of the first two articles is on the evaluation of research output and research …
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M?glichkeiten und Grenzen der ?konomischen Bewertung von personalstrategischen Ma?nahmen. Der Versuch einer Evaluation am Beispiel eines Zielmanagementsystems mit variabler Gehalts...
Br?ck, Eveline - 2005
personalwirtschaftlichen Ma?nahmen diskutiert.Im zweiten Teil wird anhand eines personalpolitischen Instruments aus der Praxis eine Evaluation … integrated management approaches. Finally the measurement of specific HR practices by a range of evaluation models are discussed …. In the second part, an own evaluation approach is presented and realized proving the practicability of the economic …
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Lessons Learned From Germany’s 2001-2006 Labor Market Reforms
Schumm, Irene - 2009
In der Dissertation werden die Gesetze zur Reform des Arbeitsmarktes in Deutschland, besser bekannt als Hartz-Reformen, untersucht. Zunächst wird ein Überblick über die wichtigsten Änderungen aus den vier Reform-Paketen gegeben sowie die Effekte, welche man sich davon versprach. Des Weiteren...
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IRP methods for Environmental Impact Statements of utility expansion plans
Cavallo, J.D.; Hemphill, R.C.; Veselka, T.D. - 2008
Most large electric utilities and a growing number of gas utilities in the United States are using a planning method -- Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) - which incorporates demand-side management (DSM) programs whenever the marginal cost of the DSM programs are lower than the marginal cost of...
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