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A Litmus Test of Academic Quality
Orkodashvili, Mariam - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The paper discusses the major issues connected with the accreditation procedures in higher education system in the U.S. The questions raised are as follows: what are the reliable and credible indicators of quality instruction that could be measured in the process of accreditation of higher...
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Building a Better World: An Ecosystemic Approach to Education, Culture, Health, Environment and Quality of Life
Pilon, André Francisco - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Quality of life, natural and man-made environments, physical, social and mental well-being are currently undermined by all sorts of hazards and injuries; political, economical, social and cultural disarray normalise atrocious behaviours and violence throughout the world. Considering the multiple...
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Computer Mediated Transactions
Varian, Hal R. - In: American Economic Review 100 (2010) 2, pp. 1-10
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Learning from community-university research partnerships: A Canadian study on community impact and conditions for success
Tremblay, Crystal; Hall, Budd L. - In: International Journal of Action Research 10 (2014) 3, pp. 376-404
This article reflects the growing interest and significant socio-economic contributions culminating from Community-University Research Partnerships (CURP) across Canada. It is based on a series of in-depth interviews conducted with community and university partners funded by Canada’s Social...
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A Pause in the Growth of Inequality in China?
Herd, Richard - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
In recent years, policymaking in China has put increasing emphasis on stemming the growth in inequality, which had been fairly steep since the 1980s. Policy action has taken the form of regional development measures and of reforms of various aspects of the social safety net broadly defined. The...
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The Poverty Gap in School Spending Following the Introduction of Title I
Cascio, Elizabeth U.; Reber, Sarah - In: American Economic Review 103 (2013) 3, pp. 423-27
poorer areas for the first time in US history, with a goal of promoting regional convergence in school spending. Using newly … collected data, we find some evidence that Title I narrowed the gap in per-pupil school spending between richer and poorer … states in the short- to medium-run. However, the program was small relative to then-existing poverty gaps in school spending …
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The Impact of Intergovernmental Transfers on Education Outcomes and Poverty Reduction
Litschig, Stephan; Morrison, Kevin M. - In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 5 (2013) 4, pp. 206-40
This paper provides regression discontinuity evidence on development impacts of intergovernmental transfers. Extra transfers in Brazil increased local government spending per capita by about 20 percent over a 4 year period with no evidence of crowding out own revenue or other revenue sources....
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Kapitał społeczny ludzi starych na przykładzie mieszkańców miasta Białystok
Klimczuk, Andrzej - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
"Social Capital of Old People on the Example of Bialystok Residents" is a book based on theoretical and empirical study, which presents an issue of diagnosing and using of old people social capital in the local and regional development processes. This issue is significant because of the threats...
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Kapitał społeczny ludzi starych na przykładzie mieszkańców miasta Białystok
Klimczuk, Andrzej - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für …
"Kapitał społeczny ludzi starych na przykładzie mieszkańców miasta Białystok" to książka oparta na analizach teoretycznych i empirycznych, która przedstawia problem diagnozowania i używania kapitału społecznego ludzi starych w procesach rozwoju lokalnego i regionalnego. Kwestia ta...
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The Impact of school meals on school participation: Evidence from rural India
Afridi, Farzana - Indian Statistical Institute - 2010
free cooked meals to school children on enrollments and attendance in a rural area of India. School panel data allow a …
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