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Reconnecting To Work: Policies To Mitigate Long-Term Unemployment And Its Consequences, Lauren D. Appelbaum Editor

Upjohn Press

The goal of this book is to enable a better understanding of the consequences of long-term unemployment and the policies that are needed to address it. The contributors present research that examines the psychological as well as economic consequences of experiencing a prolonged spell of joblessness. Included are discussions of policies to increase job creation and to get the long-term unemployed back into jobs.

Employment Growth From Public Support Of Innovation In Small Firms, Albert N. Link, John T. Scott

Upjohn Press

Link and Scott provide a statistical assessment of the employment growth associated with public support of R&D in small, entrepreneurial firms through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.

Dragon Versus Eagle: The Chinese Economy And U.S.-China Relations, Wei-Chiao Huang Editor, Huizhong Zhou Editor

Upjohn Press

This book contains a group of papers that examine the complex and evolving economic relationship between China and the United States.

Online Pharmacy Brand Name Medicine Price Differentials In The United States And Mexico, Francisco Javier Pallares

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

The objective of this study is to further examine medicine price differences between the United States and Mexico. In particular, online pharmacy price differentials between the two countries have yet to be studied as closely as they have for other economies. The t-tests fail to reject the hypotheses of equal prices. However, the data is not normally distributed. A Wilcoxon test is performed to for the formal null hypothesis of price equality. The results indicate that medicines in online Mexican pharmacies are less expensive than their American competitors by a statistically significant margin.

Pakistan In 2011, Ishrat Husain Dr.

Faculty Research - Newspaper and Magazine Articles

Pakistan’s economy remained sluggish in 2011 due to domestic political instability, energy shortages, deteriorating Pakistan-U.S. relations, global climate change, and internal security concerns.

The latest estimates show that for fourth year in succession GDP growth in 2011-12 will again fall below its long term growth rate. With population rising around 2 percent per capita income will increase by around 2 percent. This outcome is in sharp contrast to the 2002-07 period when per capita incomes were recording around 5 percent growth annually. Investment rate dropped to 13.4 percent ---its lowest level in last four decades. Fiscal imbalances arising out of …

Inet Grant Cycle Ii, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes the contents of an unpublished file:

• Inaugural grant cycle ii folder notes by Anwar Shaikh 
• Office of Institutional Giving grant proposal form by Anwar Shaikh 
• Grants application form spring 2011 by Anwar Shaikh 
• Update on your grant application from INET by Institute for New Economic Thinking 
• Email correspondence regarding confirmation of grant resubmission by Anwar Shaikh and Nicholas Alpha 
• Email correspondence regarding grant proposal submission and travel updates by Nicholas Alpha and Anwar Shaikh 
• Submission form checklist handwritten notes by Anwar Shaikh 

Inet Report No. 1,2, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Shaikh, A. (2011, April). Project budget: "Turbulent dynamics and hidden patterns" (A stage II submission to INET) (Manuscript) (23-46_INET... p. 2). New School University Archives.
• Barletta, F. (2012, September 1). The New School financial report (Final) for "Book on turbulent dynamics in advanced economics" (Manuscript) (23-46_INET... p. 3). New School University Archives.
• New School University. (2012, August). Oracle financial system ledger for grant C00000472 (Turbulent dynamics in advanced econ) (Manuscript screen capture with handwritten note by Anwar Shaikh, PhD) (23-46_INET... p. 4). New School University Archives.
• King, R. (2012, July 10). Email correspondence regarding proposal from The …

Interest Rates Nc, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Jacobs, D. P., Farwell, L. C., & Neave, E. H. (1972). Financial institutions (5th ed.). Richard D. Irwin.
• Shaikh, A. (2012). On Wall Street, the rising cost of high-speed trading (Commentary note on Popper).
• Popper, N. (2012). On Wall Street, the rising cost of high-speed trading. The New York Times, p. A1.
• Mramor, D., & Lončarski, I. (n.d.). Traditional, modern and new approach to finance (Unpublished manuscript). University of Ljubljana.
• Kohn, M. (1991). Money, banking, and financial markets. The Dryden Press.
• O'Brien, T. J. (1991). A simple binomial no-arbitrage model of the term structure, with …

Metro And Non-Metro Business Incubators: Similarities And Critical Differences, Randall Jackson, Peter V. Schaeffer, Mark Middleton

Regional Research Institute Working Papers

Business incubators often figure prominently into regional economic development and innovation strategies. This paper reports on a recent survey aimed at identifying appropriate methods for the evaluation of nonmetropolitan, rural incubator performance. The results draw upon responses from 209 of 719 active U.S. Business incubators identified through our research. Roughly one quarter of the respondents were located outside of areas classified as metropolitan. This paper focuses on critical similarities and differences between metropolitan and non-metropolitan business incubators along the dimensions of economic role, function, and effectiveness. The survey and preliminary synthesis of follow-up interviews suggests that an explicit awareness of …

A Knowledge Base For The World's Energy Rich Regions, Hodjat Ghadimi, Davina Bird

Regional Research Institute Working Papers

Energy rich regions (ERRs) play an important role in the world economy. A knowledge base of energy rich economies on a regional level provides a useful tool for comparative research of sustainable development in ERRs with an interdisciplinary perspective. The purpose of this knowledge base is to present a foundation for understanding the attributes and development processes of various ERRs and the collective role they play in the world’s energy, environment, and development debate. The construction of the ERR knowledge base is described, including the steps and data sources, structure, and process. Using two databases on oil and gas giant …

An Analysis Of Administrative “Best Practices” In The Administration Of Business Incubators, Mark Middleton, Peter V. Schaeffer, Randall Jackson

Regional Research Institute Working Papers

A large body of scholarly work has been published on “best practices” in the administration of business incubators. These strategies for the operation of the facilities outline ideal administrative policies and procedures that are not always practical for the operation of all business incubators. Using data acquired from a nationwide survey of business incubators this paper investigates the use of “best practices” identified by scholars in the management of operating business incubators. This research uses frequency analysis and cross tabulation to analyze the “best practices” variables of the survey. The analysis illustrates compliance and use of these “best practices is …

Minority Serving College And University Cost Efficiencies, G. Thomas Sav

Economics Faculty Publications

Problem Statement:

Higher education minority enrollment growth has far outstripped white non-minority growth in the United States. Minority serving colleges and universities have disproportionately attended to that growth and will continue to play a critical role in providing minority educational opportunities in a knowledge based and globally diverse economy. However, they will face new and challenging budgetary and managerial reforms induced by the global financial crisis. As a result, they will be pressured to operate in the future with greater cost efficiency.

Approach:

Panel data pertaining to minority serving colleges and universities was used along with stochastic frontier analysis to …

Mexico Consensus Economic Forecast, Volume 15, Number 1, Thomas M. Fullerton Jr., Adam G. Walke

Departmental Papers (E & F)

No abstract provided.

Female Disadvantage In The Egyptian Labor Market: A Youth Perspective, Maia Sieverding

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

In this brief, three aspects of female youth’s disadvantage in the labor market are analyzed: low labor force participation, high unemployment, and concentration in the public sector. These issues are closely interrelated and can be addressed through a set of policies that promote family-friendly employment conditions and the formalization of the private sector. The establishment of job search services for female youth is also critical to addressing the gender gap in unemployment.

Female Disadvantage In The Egyptian Labor Market: A Youth Perspective [Arabic], Maia Sieverding

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

In this brief, three aspects of female youth’s disadvantage in the labor market are analyzed: low labor force participation, high unemployment, and concentration in the public sector. These issues are closely interrelated and can be addressed through a set of policies that promote family-friendly employment conditions and the formalization of the private sector. The establishment of job search services for female youth is also critical to addressing the gender gap in unemployment.

Creating Critical Consumers Of Economics In The Media: A New Approach And Empirical Findings

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

This paper develops a flexible reading and writing intensive project designed to improve students’ ability to apply core economic principles to current world economic issues, and foster a greater enthusiasm for learning and using the subject. This project was evaluated in two principles of macroeconomics sections whose outcomes were compared to a control class. Results indicate that this approach significantly improves both attitudes and reported knowledge of economics.

Are Mathematics, Economics, And Accounting Courses Important Determinants In Financial Management: A Rank Order Approach

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Using an ordered probit model, we examine the determinants of student performance in an introductory, junior level financial management course at a rural state university in the eastern United States. It is discovered that the cumulative grade point average and academic major of a student are marginally significant predictors of that student’s final letter grade in the course. There is a much more significant positive relationship between grades received in two prerequisite mathematics courses and the grade in the introductory finance course. The letter grade received in the prerequisite microeconomics course reveals the phenomenon of persistence in that the probability …

Gender Discrimination: What Factors Influence The Level Of Gender Discrimination Facing U.S. Workers?, Joshua Ballance

Empirical Economic Bulletin, An Undergraduate Journal

This paper uses previous research conducted by the author which analyzes gender discrimination at the state level. Using state level discrimination coefficients, this paper looks to analyze why discrimination varies significantly across the United States. The empirical model is constructed using a panel data set over the past twenty years to develop a model that explains why variations in the level of gender discrimination faced by U.S. workers has persisted despite the fact that the level of gender discrimination has decreased over this period.

Tax Rates On Alcohol: Does It Affect Demand For Particular States?, Matthew Schoenewolf

Empirical Economic Bulletin, An Undergraduate Journal

In this paper, different variables will be tested to figure out whether or not different levels of tax have a determinant on the consumption or demand for alcohol. The study will examine several variables including the sales taxes in each state, the different taxes on beer, wine and spirits, along with GDP per capita, death rates and whether or not there is an advertising ban in a particular state. The results from the research and tests performed focus on the factors that are closely correlated to the consumption of alcohol, with GDP per capita proving to be the most influential …

An Analysis On The Factors Affecting Fertility Rates Across The U.S., Britany St. Sauveur

Empirical Economic Bulletin, An Undergraduate Journal

This paper analyzes the fertility rate or the number of live births per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years old. The research is based off of census data from the Statistical Abstract of the United States from 1990 to 2009. The purpose of researching fertility and birth rates is to explain the slight fluctuations during this time frame. This study looks into the factors as to why this change has occurred, such as race, education, marital status, economic impact, age, and region. The results from over the past 20 years have proven that these demographic and geographic factors have both affected …