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This paper evaluates the impact of three major expansions in leave coverage in Germany on the long-run education and …
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average, immigrants earn less than natives due to lower levels of education, limited English skills, and less social capital[...] …
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The concept of "sustainability" deals with a moral concern. The pursuit of sustainability is aimed at building a society which is worth living in, now and in times to come. In this, two dimensions have to be considered: a longitudinal dimension of time spanning several generations, and a...
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Der Begriff „Nachhaltigkeit“ formuliert ein moralisches Anliegen. Das Bemühen um Nachhaltigkeit zielt auf eine dauerhaft lebenswerte Gesellschaft. Hierbei sind zwei Dimensionen zu berücksichtigen: eine zeitliche Längsschnittdimension, die mehrere Generationen übergreift, und eine...
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Frühe Förderung von Kindern und die Unterstützung von Familien sind Themenfelder,die in den letzten Jahren wachsende Aktualität und politische Aufmerksamkeitgewinnen. Angesichts steigender Anforderungen an eine Anhebung des allgemeinenBildungsniveaus einerseits und wachsender...
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[...]In this paper, I draw on analyses that aimed todetermine whether impoverished U.S. locales varied byrace or urban/rural location in their rates and causes ofexcess mortality, and whether mortality gaps betweenimpoverished and other U.S. populations widened over thedecade from 1980 to 1990....
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[...]The New York City Social Indicators Survey (SIS)project represents one effort to track the consequences ofpolicy reform and devolution for inequality and well-beingin the largest and most diverse city in the United States.The project uses a telephone survey to collect data from arepeated...
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[...]This paper analyzes the current state of the educationsystem in the United States. In the course of the paper, Iwill try to point out where controversy exists, particularlyin academic discussions.[...]
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education has been greatly exaggerated,if indeed there is a crisis at all. Nonetheless, major changes inU.S. schooling might … produce more desirable results.However, it would not be prudent to radically restructure theU.S. education system out of …
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