Klappentext: Während in der Diskussion um das Recycling bislang vor allem ökologische, gesellschaftliche und technische Aspekte erörtert wurden, stellt der Verfasser in seiner Untersuchung die ökonomische Seite in den Mittelpunkt. Im ersten Teil erfolgt die Analyse des Erklärungsmusters...

In the field of housing economics, there is a long traditionof evaluating housing outcomes for the entire populationand various subgroups by tracking four key variables, orconcepts: the physical adequacy of the occupied housingunit, the number of people living in the unit relative to thenumber...

Wage inequality for males in theUnited States increased dramaticallyduring the 1980s. Between 1979 and1990, the weekly earnings of collegegraduates increased by 2 percent while the real weeklyearnings of high school graduates decreased by more than16 percent. As a result, the wage premium for...

Recent advances in brain research have provided new evidence thatearly experience matters and have greatly increased interest in theeffects of early childhood interventions on outcomes for children. Thispaper reviews what is now known about the potential benefits andpotential ill effects of...