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Trends in wage inequality : the role of trade, technical change and labor market institutions
Tchipev, Anton - 2007
, und die Fragen für den Rest der Arbeit formuliert.Der 3. Kapitel wendet sich der Hypothese, dass die Erhöhung der … nach qualifizierter Arbeit empirisch untersucht. Die Hauptmethode, die dazu verwendet wird ist die "Kostenanteilsregression … es zu dem Schluss, dass beide Faktoren für die Erhöhung der relativen Nachfrage nach qualifizierter Arbeit von gleicher …
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Identifying rural disadvantage using a multiday travel diary
Kamruzzaman, Md.; Hine, Julian - 2010
This paper identifies transport disadvantage using a 7 day activity-travel diary data from two rural case study areas. A composite participation index (PI) measure was developed for this study based on six indices measuring elements of travel and activity participation. Using the index the paper...
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A exclusão social de mulheres jovens, com idade entre 15 a 24 anos, no mercado de trabalho no Brasil
Fernandes, Rosangela Aparecida Soares; Lima, Joao … - 2008
Vários fatores como escolaridade, renda per capita, experiência, maternidade, raça, dentre outros, têm contribuído para a exclusão de mulheres jovens no mercado de trabalho. O objetivo deste artigo é identificar a situação das mulheres jovens, com idade entre 15 e 24 anos, no mercado de...
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The importance of trade in services and environmental amenities to the location of producer service activities in the western United States
Allison, T. - 2008
The use of business services has had an increasingly important effect on economic performance in many industries, with the ability of firms in a given location to respond to changes in external markets, production techniques and material supplies often determined by the local provision of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435432
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Imbedding dynamic responses with imperfect information into static portraits of the regional impact of climate change
Yohe, G.W. - 2008
It is becoming increasingly clear, at least on a theoretical level, that modelers of the potential impacts of climate change must impose that change upon the world as it will be configured sometime in the future rather than confine their attention to considerations of what would happen to the...
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United States -- Mexican joint ventures: A case history approach
Moore, N.L.; Chidester, R.J.; Hughes, K.R.; Fowler, R.A. - 2008
Because the Mexican government has encouraged investment in Mexico by increasing the percentage of ownership of a Mexican business that a US company can hold, joint ventures are more attractive now than they had been in the past. This study provides preliminary information for US renewable...
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Expanding the role of the cost engineer
Stutz, R.A.; Shaw, R.F. - 2009
There have been many questions about the costs of providing medical services. These questions have resulted in the development of Resource-Based Relative Values Scale (RBRVS) at the national level. Policymakers view RBRVS as a potential tool to pay physicians. The questions, about the cost of...
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Operations research and systems analysis of geopressured/geothermal resources in Texas. Final report
Lesso, W.G.; Zinn, C.D.; Cornwell, J. - 2007
A preliminary resource assessment, based on the best available parameters, was made to identify potentially suitable fairways. Of those examined only the Brazoria Fairway in the Frio Formation was able to produce sufficient fluid to meet the minimum requirements. These requirements are based...
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Mixed waste paper to ethanol fuel
2008
The objectives of this study were to evaluate the use of mixed waste paper for the production of ethanol fuels and to review the available conversion technologies, and assess developmental status, current and future cost of production and economics, and the market potential. This report is based...
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ELSA: an electric power supply analysis model for the Pacific Northwest. [Effects of developments]
Harrington, T.P.; Jacobsen, J.J. - 2008
Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) is conducting a program to help assess impacts of energy-related developments through the year 2025 in six northwestern states--Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Alaska. ELSA (Electric Power Supply Analysis Model), one component of this...
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