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Study: Teachers' unions don't provide more pay

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Teachers' unions have little impact on a school district's allocation of money, including teacher pay and spending per student, according to a study published this month in the Journal of Labor Economics.


Study: Managers' Hiring Practices Vary by Race, Ethnicity

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- White, Asian and Hispanic managers tend to hire more whites and fewer blacks than black managers do, according to a study published this month in the Journal of Labor Economics.


What's in a name? Perhaps more (or less) money

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Before employers have a chance to judge job applicants on their merits, they may have already judged them on the sound of their names. According to a study published in the latest issue of the Journal of Labor Economics, immigr ...





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Changes in work force, not pay, narrowing the gender wage gap

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 12, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The apparent narrowing of the wage gap between working men and women in the last 30 years reflects changes in the type of women in the workforce, rather than in how much they're being paid, according to groundbreaking new ...


Balancing hormones may help prevent preterm births

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The relationship between two different types of estrogen and a hormone produced in the placenta may serve as the mechanism for signaling labor, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's ...


Do good looks get high school students good grades?

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created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Do personal traits predict success in school? If so, which dimension of one's outward appearance can tell the most about academic achievement? The answers to these questions are found in a new study by researchers from the ...


Economist's research sheds light on consumption patterns of nation's poor

Other Sciences / Economics

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The research of University of Notre Dame economist James X. Sullivan sheds light on how best to measure the well-being of the nation’s poorest families so policies can be crafted to help them.


Study: Teachers choose schools according to student race

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2

A study forthcoming in the Journal of Labor Economics suggests that high-quality teachers tend to leave schools that experience inflows of black students. According to the study's author, C. Kirabo Jackson (Cornell Univer ...


New labels might decrease overall demand for milk

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent increases in organic and hormone-free milk labeling might negatively affect sales of milk without such labels, and could lead to a decreased demand for all milk types, according to a new economic study ...


Labor market economist studies changes in IQ

Labor market economist studies changes in IQ

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The more we work, the more we juggle a constant bombardment of tasks, the brighter we become.


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Strict labor market regulation increases global unemployment, study shows

Other Sciences / Economics

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tight labour market regulation increases unemployment all over the world, finds a study of 73 countries by the University of Bath.


Horizontal string trimmer reduces labor costs, increases peach size

Horizontal string trimmer reduces labor costs, increases peach size

Biology / Other

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As consumer demand for premium fruit increases, growers are being challenged to bring consistently high-quality fruit to market. And to boost their bottom line, orchard owners are experimenting with new techniques ...


'American Idol' and Race Preference

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created May 16, 2006 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (14) | comments 0

Using data from Nielsen Media Research ratings, a University of Arkansas labor economist studied the television show "American Idol" and found strong evidence of same-race preferences among viewers for show participants.



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