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The Structure and Economic Impact of R&D Organisation in New Zealand
Johnson, Robin - 2005
R&D spending in New Zealand is a mixture of private and public investment undertaken to improve productive activity and efficiency. Investment is split fairly equally between private business, government organisations and the universities. It is a long term investment with some uncertainty about...
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Returns to Skills and the Speed of Reforms: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe, China, and Russia
Fleisher, Belton M.; Peter, Klara Sabirianova; Wang, Xiaojun - 2004
We explore the pace of increase in returns to schooling during the transition from planning to market over time across a number of Central and Eastern European countries, Russia, and China. We use metadata from 33 studies of 10 transition economies covering a period from 1975 through 2002. Our...
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Returns to Schooling in Russia and Ukraine: A Semiparametric Approach to Cross-Country Comparative Analysis
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Peter, Klara Sabirianova - 2004
n Russia and Ukraine (1985-2002). There has been an increase in returns to schooling in both countries but the increase is much bigger in Russia than in Ukraine. The intriguing question is why returns to schooling in Russia and Ukraine diverged so much over the transition period while the skill...
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Earnings Disparities in the Czech Republic: Evidence of the Past Decade and Cross-National Comparison
Vecernik, Jiri - 2001
Wage and income surveys covering the period 1989-1999 are used to display changes in inequality of earnings and main factors of disparities. In the first part, increasing differences in the Czech Republic and the decreasing weight of demographic characteristics in wage structure are observed. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477159
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Changing wage structure and education in Vietnam 1993-1998: The roles of demand
Liu, Amy - 2005
This paper examines the changes in relative earnings of workers with different education levels during Vietnam …’s transition. It is found that females enjoy a higher return to education than males do in 1998, reversing the situation observed … of better-educated females in the private sector where education is valued higher could be responsible for what have …
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Computer-based tools for decision support at the Hanford Site
Doctor, P.G.; Mahaffey, J.A.; Cowley, P.J.; Freshley, M.D. - 2008
To help integrate activities in the environmental restoration and waste management mission of the Hanford Site, the Hanford Integrated Planning Project (HIPP) was established and funded by the US Department of Energy. The project is divided into three key program elements, the first focusing on...
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Using the National Information Infrastructure for social science, education, and informed decision making
Tonn, B.E. - 2008
social science, education, and decision making (NII-SSEDM). NII-SSEDM will provide the necessary data, information, and … analysis and decision support tools; and materials and software specially designed for education. This paper contains: a vision …-12 education. Examples of near-term and mid-term goals (e.g., pre-and post Year 2000) are presented for consideration …
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BIG SKY CARBON SEQUESTRATION PARTNERSHIP
Susan M. Capalbo - 2008
comprehensive education and outreach program. At the first Partnership meeting the groundwork was put in place to provide an … alignments of carbon sequestration projects with existing federal and state cost-share programs. Finally, the education and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435509
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China Refrigerator Information Label: Specification Development and Potential Impact
Fridley, David; Fridley, David; Zheng, Nina; Zhou, Nan; … - 2008
programs of consumer education and promotion in conjunction with retailers. …
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Real Time Pricing as a Default or Optional Service for C&ICustomers: A Comparative Analysis of Eight Case Studies
Barbose, Galen; Goldman, Charles; Bharvirkar, Ranjit; … - 2008
.g., interval metering deployment, customer education, and technical assistance)? …
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