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-running desegregation program that sends mostly Black students out of the Boston public school district to attend schools in more affluent …
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Metco, a long-running desegregation program that sends mostly black students out of the Boston public school district to …
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Boston's high housing costs reflect a historic failure to build enough units to satisfy demand. Interest rates and … construction, the City of Boston is considering various policy options. Our committee was asked by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu to … recommend which policy, if any, the city should pursue; Boston officials are better positioned to assess whether the benefits of …
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This paper analyses the employment consequences of policies aimed to support biofuels in the European Union. The promotion of biofuel use has been advocated as a means to promote the sustainable use of natural resources and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions originating from transport activities...
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The impact of economic institutions on development is presently taken for granted but there is surprisingly scarce evidence on the channels through which institutions affect the organization of output. Imperfections in contractual enforcement, for example, could lead firms to adopt technologies...
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Dieser Beitrag stellt das Modellsystem QINFORGE vor. Es ist durch die Berücksichtigung beruflicher Mobilitätsprozesse in der Lage, Anpassungsreaktionen zwischen Arbeitsangebot und -bedarf auf beruflicher Ebene in der kurzen und langen Frist aufzuzeigen. Das Modell wird genutzt, um die...
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Für den langfristigen Strukturwandel wird erwartet, dass die Dienstleistungen zunehmend an Bedeutung gewinnen. Dies war in Deutschland seit 2000 nicht zu beobachten. Der Exportboom hatte vor allem die Industrie begünstigt. Dass dabei aber auch der Dienstleistungssektor profitieren konnte,...
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The author argues that the economic benefits of low gasoline prices for the U.S. economy have fallen substantially since the reemergence of America as a major oil producer. The old rule-ofthumb that a 10% fall in the oil price raises inflation-adjusted U.S. GDP by 0.2% is too large - the impact...
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The presence of negative values in the primary inputs vector in the input output framework has been considered as a limitation to the development of multi-sectoral linear models. It is true that, when this circumstance happens, the industries that are related appear unbalanced, however, the...
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Wind energy stands out among the main domestic renewable energy sources in Galicia. The economic impact quantification is crucial but there are several differential analysis of the temporal and permanent activities, among other factors. The main aim of this paper consists of the economic impact...
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