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Union-Nonunion Earnings Differentials And The Decline Of Private-Sector Unionism, Richard Edwards, Paul Swaim

Department of Economics: Faculty Publications

Recent years have been difficult ones for the American labor movement. Especially during the past half-decade, the economic and political environment for unions has become increasingly hostile-dominated by a growing anti-union sentiment in manage ment; the adverse effects of industrial restructuring, import competition, deregulation, and high unemployment; and the tightening constraints of a labor law and NLRB enforcement mechanism that have become markedly less supportive of unions. These and other external changes, as well as some continuing internal weaknesses, have thrust unions into a period of declining union membership, eroding bargaining strength, repeated contract concessions, and what at least some …

Inflation And Tax Evasion: An Empirical Analysis, Steven E. Crane, Farrokh Nourzad

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

This paper contains an analysis of the effect of inflation on aggregate tax evasion in the United States over the period 1947-81. It is found that tax evasion in both absolute and relative terms is positively related to the inflation rate. Further, the results indicate that aggregate evasion has risen in both absolute and relative terms with increases in the marginal tax rate, but has fallen with increases in the detection probability, the penalty rate, and the wage share of income. Finally, evasion has risen in absolute terms but has fallen in relative terms when real true income has risen.

Trade Liberalization: The Impact On Utah's Dairy And Meat Industries, Tyler J. Bowles

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Trade liberalization in dairy and meat products is of significant interest for Utah since 75 percent of Utah farm cash receipts are from these two products and both product groups are net U.S. imports. This thesis analyzes the impact that trade liberalization in dairy and meat products would have on Utah's dairy and meat industries and Utah's general economy.

A model based upon the current level of imports and exports, the price elasticity of import demand, and the tariff equivalent of import restrictions is used to estimate the production changes in Utah's dairy and meat industries that would result from …

Contingent Valuation Of Early Intervention Programs For Handicapped Children, Colette M. Escobar

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Early intervention programs for handicapped preschool children may have long-term implications for the children and their families. Economic evaluations of these programs have been conducted to measure costs and benefits, but parental willingness-to-pay has been overlooked in these analyses. Parental willingness-to-pay, as a measure of consumer surplus, could complete the measure of benefits and provide both policymakers and practitioners with useful information for decision-making. In this study, the implications of eliciting willingness-to-pay responses for an early intervention program for handicapped preschoolers are discussed. A survey technique, known as the contingent valuation method (CVM), is applied to program to empirically estimate …

Ua68/2 Intercambio Internacional, Vol. X, No. 1, Wku Latin American Studies

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by WKU Latin American Studies program regarding science, politics and economic advances in Latin America as well as cooperative projects between WKU and universities across Latin America. The newsletter is written in both English and Spanish.

The Effect Of Commercial Practice Restrictions: The Case Of Optometry, Deborah Haas-Wilson

Economics: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Learning To Compete: Feedback Effects Of The Non-Linear Economy, Murray L. Weidenbaum, Richard Burr, Richard Cook

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

There are three key forces that make a period of sustained prosperity likely during the 1990s. First, actions that reduce the cost of producing goods and services in the United States. Second, a new awareness of personal responsibility for the quality of American goods. Finally, a rapid growth in research and development investments.

Livestock Producers Should Not Ignore The Food Security Act Of 1985, Brian H. Schmiesing

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.

New Russian Books On The Pacific, 1982-1983, Patricia Polansky

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

The Private Sector And Nigeria's Agricultural Development By Adeniyi Osuntogun And Rex Uzo Ugorji (Eds.): Book Review, Grace O. Evbuomwan

Economic and Financial Review

This book is a collection of twenty-six (26) papers presented at the First National Seminar on "The Role of the Private Sector in Nigerian Agriculture", organised by the Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute, Ilorin in October, 1983. This book can be said to be a very useful volume. This is because it contains information which will be useful to both the public and private sectors particularly at this critical period of renewed emphasis on agricultural development and efforts by government to get the private sector to be more involved in the development of the agricultural sector. Book Details: Osuntogun, …

Employment And Household Economy In A Micronesian Village, James G. Peoples

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Barrie Macdonald's Review Of O. H. K. Spate's The Pacific Since Magellan, Volume 2, Monopolists And Freebooters, Barrie Macdonald

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Monetary And Fiscal Impacts On Economic Activity In Bangladesh: A Note, Abdur Chowdhury

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Update Of Socioeconomic Databases_02-14-1986, Brian Mcdonald, Lynn Wombold

BBER Publications

The report was designed to support utility planning by providing revised estimates and projections of population, household size, employment, and income through 2006.

Clerical Employment And Technological Change: A Review Of Recent Trends And Projections, H. Allan Hunt, Timothy L. Hunt

Reports

No abstract provided.

Labor Supply Response To Welfare Programs: A Dynamic Analysis, David M. Blau, Philip K. Robins

Economics Articles and Papers

Previous static analyses of the work disincentive effects of welfare programs are extended to a dynamic context. Using a sample of continuous longitudinal labor market histories, estimates are derived for welfare-nonwelfare differences in labor market flows among the states of employment, unemployment, and nonparticipation. The estimates are used to identify the main sources of the lower employment and labor force participation rates and higher unemployment rate of welfare recipients. The findings indicate that welfare programs have substantial effects on virtually every labor market transition examined but that the primary source of the static work disincentive effect is slower entry into …

Indiana State University Financial Report 1986, Indiana State University

Financial Reports

No abstract provided.

Keynesian Socialism, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

Handwritten on five, single-sided notebook pages, this brief piece is the draft for an article in Italian in Mondoperaio in April 1986. That article appears as a separate entry in this Archive as "Keynes E I Socialisti."

Norton Air Force Base And San Bernardino: Communities In Symbiosis, Clayton H. Snedeker

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Private Sector Shrinkage And The Growth Of Industrialized Economies, Michael L. Marlow

Economics

Industrialized nations have experienced growing public sectors over this century. Measured as a share of total product, growing absorptions of resources by governments have altered the private-public sector mixes of industrialized economies. As displayed in Table 1, the average level of the public sector's share of gross domestic product (GDP) has risen from .32 to .40 over 1960 to 1980, respectively. Much of public sector growth stems from a rapid acceleration in public outlays on social expenditure: The average ratio of social expenditure to GDP has risen from .14 to .24 over the same period.

Growth And Debt: Mexico And The United States In The Medium Term, Sven W. Arndt, Donald R. Lessard, Clark W. Reynolds

CMC Faculty Publications and Research

Mexico and the United States are at an historic crossroad. Earthquake, oil prices, and domestic inflation have dramatically worsened Mexico's economic situation in the past year, more than offsetting the beneficial effects of lower international interest rates. Trade, financial, and employment relations between the two countries are threatened at the very time when their economic and social interdependence is growing. While temporary relief has been gained from recent agreements with the IMF, World Bank, and other international institutions, condition on commercial bank acceptance, even if all the terms are met much remains to be done.

Analysis Of Conditional Vs. Unconditional Most Favored Nation Status, Sven W. Arndt

CMC Faculty Publications and Research

As dissatisfaction with the international trading system grows in the United States, the question arises as to how U.S. policy makers might best pursue improvements in the conditions of international trade and related trade policy goals.

Industrial Resources: Nelson County - Bardstown, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Nelson County

"Resources for Economic Development: Bardstown, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Department of Economic Development, Division of Research and Planning in cooperation with the Bardstown Industrial Development Corporation and the Bardstown/Nelson County Chamber of Commerce, 1986. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.

Industrial Resources - Daviess County, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Daviess County

"Resources for Economic Development: Owensboro Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Department of Economic Development, Division of Research and Planning, the Owensboro – Daviess County Chamber of Commerce, and the Owensboro – Daviess County Industry Inc., 1986. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.

Industrial Resources: Pulaski County - Somerset, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Pulaski County

"Resources for Economic Development: Somerset, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Department of Economic Development, Division of Research and Planning in cooperation with the Somerset/Pulaski County Industrial Foundation and the Somerset/Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce, 1986. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources,markets, and climate.

Industrial Resources: Greenup County, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Greenup County

"Resources for Economic Development: Boyd and Greenup Counties, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Department for Economic Development, Division of Research and Planning, and the Chamber of Commerce of Boyd and Greenup Counties, 1986. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.

Industrial Resources: Harlan County, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Harlan County

"Resources for Economic Development: Harlan County, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Department of Economic Development, Division of Research and Planning, and the Concerned Citizens of Harlan County, 1986. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.

Industrial Resources: Harrison County - Cynthiana, Kentucky Library Research Collection

Harrison County

"Industrial Resources: Cynthiana, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Department of Economic Development Division of Research and Planning in cooperation with The Cynthiana-Harrison County Chamber of Commerce and the Harrison County Industrial Foundation 1986. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.

Industrial Resources: Hart County, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Hart County

"Resources for Economic Development: Hart County, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Department of Economic Development, Division of Research and Planning in cooperation with the Hart County Chamber of Commerce, 1986. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.

Industrial Resources: Henderson County - Henderson, Kentucky Library Research Collection

Henderson County

"Resources for Economic Development: Henderson, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Department of Economic Development Division of Research and Planning in cooperation with the Henderson Area Economic Development Council and the Henderson-Audubon Area Chamber of Commerce, 1986. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, Labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets and climate.