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Marriage and Money: Variations Across the Earnings Distribution

Western, M. C.; Hewitt, B. A.; Baxter, J. H. - 2005

techniques. We find no assoication between marriage and wages for women, but for men a large and significant premium exists with …This paper uses Australian data from the Negotiating the Life Course Project 1997 to investigate the impact of marriage … on men's and women's earnings. We extend earlier earnings research and investigate whether the effect of marriage is …

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The impact of state regulations on the costs of public school construction

Vincent, JM; Monkkonen, PH - 2010

Spending by states and local school districts on school construction has increased dramatically over the last decade, not only because more and higher-quality schools are being built, but also because construction costs have increased by an unprecedented degree. Many states struggle to afford...

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Fluctuations and rigidities in local labor markets, part 1: theory and evidence

Clark, Gordon L. - 1983

Cyclical sensitivity in employment, wages, and hours worked are explored with reference to three industries and eleven … to be inadequate because of marked rigidities in the patterns of short-run adjustment. Money wages are very stable, being … periodicities in the patterns of residuals derived from trend-line estimates of money wages confirm a supposition that urban …

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Geothermal : Economic Impacts of Geothermal Development in Whatcom County, Washington.

Lesser, Jonathan A. - 2009

This report estimates the local economic impacts that could be anticipated from the development of a 100 megawatt (MW) geothermal power plant in eastern Whatcom County, Washington, near Mt. Baker, as shown in Figure 1. The study was commissioned by the Bonneville Power Administration to quantify...

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Geothermal : Economic Impacts of Geothermal Development in Skamania County, Washington.

Lesser, Jonathan A. - 2009

This report estimates the local economic impacts that could be anticipated from the development of a 100 megawatt (MW) geothermal power plant in eastern Skamania County, Washington, near Mt. Adams, as shown in Figure 1. The study was commissioned by the Bonneville Power Administration to...

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ON THE ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF NETWORK SYSTEMS AND ARCHITECTURES

Sen, Soumya - 2011

Understanding the relationship between technology and economics is fundamental to making judicious policy and design decisions. Many technologies that are successful in meeting their technical goals often fail to get adopted due to economic factors. This holds true even for networked systems,...

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System-dynamics-based modeling of business simulation algorithms

Gold, Steven - 2005

Research on the internal algorithms used to model business simulations have focused on individual components of the business system. Yet the business environment is complex in nature, characterized by interdependencies and nonlinear relationships that require a systems approach if effective game...

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Offshoring effectiveness: Measurement and improvement with optimization approach.

Biswas, Dip - 2009

This study takes a refreshing look at IT outsourcing from a vendor's perspective and discusses best practices required to effectively manage offshore business needs and offshoring effectiveness. We have conducted a detailed investigation to learn why outsourcing ventures fail, how to effectively...

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Whole life cost methods for computer systems

Bradley, Malcolm - 1998

This thesis provides an analysis of cost of ownership issues and techniques, andprovides the supporting data to enable future system designers to make rationaldecisions on design options. It represents the experience gained whilst collectingcost and cost relationship data in the Rolls-Royce...

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The impact of computer decision support on military team decision making.

Larson, Adam Donavon - 2010

Hayes. 1 computer file (PDF); x, 140 pages, appendices 1-3. … computer decision aid by analyzing the impact of such a decision support tool on military team decision making. Decision … and when performance was hindered by the tool. Additionally, information may be gained regarding situations where computer …

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