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The conflicting evidence over class size effects drawn from observational (or correlational) studies on academic achievement or labor market outcomes has provoked great debate in both academic and public policy arenas. The recent experimental evidence from the United States due to the Project...
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likely economic and employment impacts are explored. These agreements not only liberalise trade, but also open service …
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, which in turn, has had substantial stratification effects on employment and income opportunities of different occupations …
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likely economic and employment impacts are explored. These agreements not only liberalise trade, but also open service …
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correlated with Europe, the USA is one of the vulnerable economies that could be affected by the overbearing financial problems …
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hypothesis (SAH). To our knowledge, this is the first examination of the SAH for the USA. The results of our empirical analysis … horizontal marginal intra-industry trade, we find that the latter has a stronger effect on employment of production workers than … does the former. The findings suggest that for total industry-level employment and for industry-level production worker …
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As the struggle continues to explain the relatively high rates of infant mortality (IMR) exhibited in the United States, a renewed emphasis is being placed on the role of possible 'contextual' determinants. Cross-sectional and short time-series studies have found that higher income inequality is...
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This working paper presents a comparison of the employment structure and development among different types of districts … that in Western Germany the rural districts of minor density could not keep up with the employment growth in the remaining … contributions to research in the field of regional employment disparities clarifies that the differences are driven by a large …
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This paper examines employment-focused policies in the U.S. disability system and summarizes rigorous evaluations of … promoting employment, given that many interventions have gone untested and most U.S. disability programs include work …
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