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Biases in Student Evaluations of Teaching: An American Case Study

Radchenko, Natalia - 2020

This work contributes to the literature raising concerns with the use of SET (student teaching evaluation) scores to evaluate teaching effectiveness and to motivate or demotivate faculty tenure and promotion decisions. It shows that the non-deterministic and qualitative nature of the SETs...

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Sweden´s Pensioners: How They Have Fared in theRoller Coaster Ride through the Past Decade and aHalf of Deep Recession and Economic Exuberance

Gustafsson, Björn; Johansson, Mats; Palmer, Edward - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

This study analyses the development of the economic well-being of the elderly in Swedensince 1990 - a period characterized by increased influence from the financial market andextreme economic events - using data from the Household Income Survey. The elderly werenot isolated as pensions were cut,...

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Determinants of Poverty during Transition:Household Survey Evidence from Ukraine

Brück, Tilman; Danzer, Alexander M.; Muravyev, Alexander; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

The paper analyzes the incidence, the severity and the determinants of household poverty inUkraine during transition … various poverty lines... …

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Overcrowding in British Cities in 1904

Gazeley, Ian; Newell, Andrew - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

This paper presents an analysis of housing conditions amongst the British urban workingclass in 1904, using a re-discovered survey.1 We investigate overcrowding and we find majorregional differences...

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Poor Workers in Rich Democracies: On the Nature of In-Work Poverty and Its Relationship to Labour Market Policies

Hick, Rod; Marx, Ive - 2022

-work poverty was seen as a non-issue in countries with extensive labour protections, especially in countries with minimum wages at … organized labour and proper regulatory correction has turned out to be completely wrong. In-work poverty exists in all rich … economies. But what, exactly, do we mean by in-work poverty? How is it related to labour market trends and also to policies? And …

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How Reliable Are Social Safety Nets? Value and Accessibility in Situations of Acute Economic Need

Immervoll, Herwig; Hyee, Raphaela; Fernandez, Rodrigo; … - 2022

Social protection systems use a range of entitlement criteria. First-tier support typically requires contributions or past employment in many countries, while safety net benefits are granted on the basis of need. In a context of volatile and uncertain labour markets, careful and continuous...

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The Impact of Opportunity Zones on Commercial Investment and Economic Activity

Corinth, Kevin; Feldman, Naomi E. - 2022

A provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 offered tax incentives for investing in certain low-income areas in the United States called Opportunity Zones (OZs). The goal of this provision was to spur private investment in OZs in order to improve the economic well-being of their residents....

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De-facto Gaps in Social Protection for Standard and Non-standard Workers: An Approach for Monitoring the Accessibility and Levels of Income Support

Immervoll, Herwig; Fernandez, Rodrigo; Hyee, Raphaela; … - 2022

Social protection systems play a key stabilising role for individuals and societies, especially in the recent context of heightened uncertainties. Income stabilisation and related social policy objectives hinge on the extent to which social protection is accessible for those requiring support....

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Does Hotter Temperature Increase Poverty? Global Evidence from Subnational Data Analysis

Dang, Hai-Anh; Trinh, Trong-Anh - 2022

, if any, evidence exists on the global impacts of hotter temperature on poverty. Analyzing a new global dataset of … subnational poverty in 166 countries, we find higher temperature to increase poverty. This finding is robust to various model ….1 percent increase in the headcount poverty rate, using the US$ 1.90 daily poverty threshold. Regional heterogeneity exists …

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The Unequal Impact of the COVID Pandemic: Theory and Evidence on Health and Economic Outcomes for Different Income Groups

Aubert, Cécile; Dang, Hai-Anh; Nguyen, Manh-Hung - 2022

This paper studies how wealth and health inequalities have interacted with the Covid-19 epidemic in a way that has reinforced inequalities in income, savings, epidemic risk and even individual preventive behaviors. We present in more detail two papers and their theoretical and empirical results....

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