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Political Spectrum Analysis
"... For many students summer technology programs are more than a way to ‘get out of the house for the day’. It is the chance to learn new skills, explore unusual subjects and have fun. The choice of summer program by a middle school student can provide an initial spark of interest in future school work ..."
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For many students summer technology programs are more than a way to ‘get out of the house for the day’. It is the chance to learn new skills, explore unusual subjects and have fun. The choice of summer program by a middle school student can provide an initial spark of interest in future school work or careers. In this paper, a summer program for middle school girls designed with potential future careers is discussed. With computer technology and technology careers as the central theme of the week, the girls visited campus computer labs, listened to invited speakers and created an original computer project. This paper discusses the program design and projects created by the girls during the weeklong summer camp. Topic-Enhanced Multidimensional Cross-Domain
The Political Spectrum: Teaching about American Political Ideologies and Increasing Civic Participation
"... Abstract One of the most important aspects of American politics is ..."
Inequality and happiness: are Europeans and Americans different?
, 2004
"... We study the effect of the level of inequality in society on individual well-being using a total of 123,668 answers to a survey question about ‘‘happiness’’. We find that individuals have a lower tendency to report themselves happy when inequality is high, even after controlling for individual incom ..."
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of the political spectrum are unhappy about inequality; whereas in the US the happiness of the poor and of those on the left is uncorrelated with inequality. Interestingly, in the US, the rich are bothered by inequality. Comparing across continents, we find that left-wingers in Europe are more hurt by inequality
ARGENTINA’S DOUBLE POLITICAL SPECTRUM: PARTY SYSTEM, POLITICAL IDENTITIES, AND STRATEGIES, 1944–2007
, 2009
"... American politics. He studies party systems, populism, political appeals, and political identity, with empirical research on Peronism and anti-Peronism in Argentina, and Chavismo and anti-Chavismo in Venezuela. Ostiguy’s work develops a “spatial analysis ” of politics and party systems focusing on t ..."
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American politics. He studies party systems, populism, political appeals, and political identity, with empirical research on Peronism and anti-Peronism in Argentina, and Chavismo and anti-Chavismo in Venezuela. Ostiguy’s work develops a “spatial analysis ” of politics and party systems focusing
Self-determination and persistence in a real-life setting: Toward a motivational model of high school dropout.
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,
, 1997
"... The purpose of this study was to propose and test a motivational model of high school dropout. The model posits that teachers, parents, and the school administration's behaviors toward students influence students' perceptions of competence and autonomy. The less autonomy supportive the so ..."
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Motivational Consequence Considerable research reveals that motivation can lead to important outcomes. Although most studies have focused on the effects of intrinsic motivation (see , for review), more recent research based on the tenets of selfdetermination theory has dealt with the whole spectrum
Happiness Adaptation to Income and to Status in an Individual Panel,” Working Paper 13159, National Bureau of Economic Research
, 2007
"... We study “habituation ” to income and to status using individual panel data on the happiness of 7,812 people living in Germany from 1984 to 2000. Specifically, we estimate a “happiness equation ” defined over several lags of income and status and compare the long run effects. We can (cannot) reject ..."
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average) a one standard deviation increase in status has a similar effect to an increase of 285 % of a standard deviation in income. We also present different estimates of habituation across sub-groups. For example, we find that those on the right (left) of the political spectrum adapt to status (income
The impact of Investors In People on Scottish Local Government Services
"... Investors In People (IIP) is almost unique among British Government sponsored initia-tives in that it enjoys almost universal support; from across the political spectrum, ..."
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Investors In People (IIP) is almost unique among British Government sponsored initia-tives in that it enjoys almost universal support; from across the political spectrum,
Politics and Contemporary European Studies,
"... Using a database constructed- and interviews conducted- for a wider project on the impact of social background and institutional socialisation in the roles adopted by first-time MEPs, we provide an overall picture of the previous experience and demographic profiles of the 2004 cohort of new member s ..."
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state MEPs. We show that, broadly speaking, they are even better educated, more politically experienced, and drawing more from the right-wing of the political spectrum, than their counterparts from the old member states. We also present a typology of the roles that the MEPs see themselves as taking
Satellite Spectrum
"... The objective of this study is to assess the effect of a U.S. auction on the economic risks of providing satellite services that cross national borders. The differences between satellite communications services and terrestrial communications could induce significant distortions because satellite lic ..."
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strategy. We assess the costs in terms of the political and regulatory receptiveness of a U.S. company in other countries and correlate the reaction in those countries with the degree of market attractiveness in those countries. We argue that the reaction to foreign (and especially U.S.) companies
Government Transfers and Political . . .
, 2009
"... We estimate the impact of a large anti-poverty program – the Uruguayan PANES – on political support for the government that implemented it. The program mainly consisted of a monthly cash transfer for a period of roughly two and half years. Using the discontinuity in program assignment based on a pre ..."
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pre-treatment score, we find that beneficiary households are 21 to 28 percentage points more likely to favor the current government (relative to the previous government). Impacts on political support are larger among poorer households and for those near the center of the political spectrum, consistent
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