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Public Transfers, Equivalence Scales and Poverty in Canada and the United States.
Makdissi, Paul; Wodon, Quentin; Therrien, Yannick - Département d'économique, Faculté d'administration - 2005
The evaluation of the impact on poverty of social programs depends on how other programs are treated in the analysis and on the assumptions used for estimating poverty measures. This paper applies a simple yet sound method for allocating between various programs the total poverty reduction...
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La taille du conseil municipal et le coût de la représentation démocratique dans les principales villes du Québec et du Canada
Meloche, Jean-Philippe; Kilfoil, Patrick - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2013
Despite an ongoing debate on the size of municipal council in several Canadian cities, especially in Quebec, relatively few studies have measured the impact of the number of elected officials on local public finances. This research analyzes the budgetary effects of the size of council in...
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Zum Einfluss von Parteiideologie auf die Staatstätigkeit in den US-Bundesstaaten
Potrafke, Niklas; Schneider, Margret; Simon, Christian - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 66 (2013) 11, pp. 24-29
Eine neue Studie zeigt den Einfluss von Parteiideologie auf Wirtschaftspolitik in den US-Bundesstaaten auf. Demokraten haben die Staatstätigkeit ausgeweitet; Republikaner haben sie zurückgefahren. Insbesondere haben Republikaner die Arbeitsmärkte dereguliert. Problemlos implementiert werden...
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Employment consequences of military expenditure: a comparative assessment.
Dunne, J. P - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1986
, France, Germany, Federal Republic, Norway, Sweden, UK and USA - examines the econometric models used to assess potential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010965881
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Why Do Voters Demand Universal Government Benefits?
Palda, Filip - EconWPA - 2005
Universal social benefits seem to contradict important notions in economics. They are poorly targeted and must be paid for by what seem to be high taxes. This paper describes the costs of universality and then proposes two competing explanations for why an electorate might wish to pay these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126005
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Financial difficulties and perseverance in postsecondary education: where we stand today
Miningou, Élisé Wendlassida; Vierstraete, Valérie; … - In: International Journal of Education Economics and Development 5 (2014) 2, pp. 194-208
barriers and persistence in postsecondary education, mainly in the USA and in Canada. We find that students' financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011145344
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Provider perceptions of electronic medical records and e-prescribing and their integration into safety net clinics
Hotchkiss, Renee Brent; Mason, Mondi A.; John R. … - In: International Journal of Public Policy 8 (2012) 1/2/3, pp. 79-91
This paper reports the findings of a formative study that examined knowledge, readiness, and perceptions of healthcare providers in safety-net clinics about electronic medical records (EMR) and e-prescribing. It was conducted in six safety net clinics in southeast Georgia that serve a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011015199
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The Muslim veil in the USA and France: a comparative analysis of law and policy
Salton, Herman T. - In: International Journal of Public Policy 10 (2014) 6, pp. 333-367
The USA and France are often perceived as having different, if not antipodal, legal and political systems. At first … sight the treatment of the Muslim veil at school confirms this impression, for this piece of clothing is seen in the USA as … angle. By adopting a comparative perspective, it looks at the treatment of the Muslim veil in France and the USA before 2004 …
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Admissions of African Americans to state psychiatric hospitals
Lewis, Allen N.; <suffix>Jr.<; suffix>; Davis, King E. - In: International Journal of Public Policy 6 (2010) 3/4, pp. 219-236
This investigation examines the admissions of African-Americans to state psychiatric hospitals in Virginia. It compares admissions of African-Americans primarily with European-Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities. Data spanning the 20-year period from 1970 to 1990 from nine state...
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Source-differentiated analysis of exchange rate effects on US beef imports
Jones, Keithly G.; Muhammad, Andrew; Kenneth Mathews … - In: International Journal of Trade and Global Markets 6 (2013) 4, pp. 406-420
-differentiated import demand for beef in the USA. We estimate scale, own and cross-price flexibilities for six major beef suppliers and the …
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