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Using satellite imagery to monitor remote rural economies at high frequency [PDF]
arXivDespite global progress in reducing extreme poverty, stubborn pockets remain, often in remote and fragile regions. A fundamental obstacle to further progress is that remoteness and fragility also constrain our ability to monitor economic conditions.
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History versus Expectations: an Empirical Investigation [PDF]
This paper provides the first empirical test of the role of history versus expectations in U.S. urban development. Starting from Paul Krugman's theoretical work in new economic geography, we test whether or not a modern city develops because of either ...
Timothy F. Harris, Yannis M. Ioannides
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The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) [PDF]
, 2013 [Excerpt] The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) is meant to induce employers to hire members of families receiving benefits under the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program and other groups thought to experience employment problems ...
Scott, Christine
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Shape‐Stabilization of Phase Change Materials with Carbon‐Conscious Poly(hydroxy)Urethane Foams
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Poly(hydroxy)urethane (PHU) foam, derivable from carbon dioxide (CO2) and bio‐based resources, is a promising material platform for shape‐stabilizing phase change materials (PCMs). We demonstrate the encapsulation of both paraffins and calcium chloride hexahydrate in PHU foam, achieving 48 stable thermal cycles by introducing 5 wt.% barium carbonate ...
Minjung Lee +5 more
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Do countries default in “bad times”? [PDF]
This paper uses a new dataset to study the relationship between economic output and sovereign default for the period 1820-2004. We find a negative but surprisingly weak relationship between output and default.
Mark L. J. Wright, Michael Tomz
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An Overview of Collective Bargaining in the United States [PDF]
, 2014 [Excerpt] American history reflects a long cycle of trade union decline and growth. Analysts routinely predict the death of the labor movement. (Yeselson 2012).
Compa, Lance A
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Scaling‐Up of Structural Superlubricity: Challenges and Opportunities
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.At increasing length‐scales, structural superlubricity (SSL) faces challenges from physical and chemical energy dissipation pathways. This study reviews recent experimental and theoretical progress on these challenges facing the scaling‐up of SSL, as well as perspectives on future directions for realizing and manipulating macroscale superlubricity ...
Penghua Ying +4 more
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Economic consequences of low fertility in Europe [PDF]
This paper focuses on possible economic consequences of low fertility in Europe. It summarizes a selection of papers that were presented at a conference at the University of St. Gallen in April 2008.
Bloom, David E., Sousa-Poza, Alfonso
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Complexity, economic science and possible economic benefits of climate change mitigation policy [PDF]
arXiv, 2013 Conventional economic analysis of stringent climate change mitigation policy generally concludes various levels of economic slowdown as a result of substantial spending on low carbon technology. Equilibrium economics however could not explain or predict the current economic crisis, which is of financial nature. Meanwhile the economic impacts of climate
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.The study explores for the first time the use of polyvinyl butyral (PVB), particularly recycled PVB, as a sustainable binder for Li/Na‐based electrodes in the framework of the H2020 SUNRISE EU project. Findings revealed that electrodes bound with a sustainable PAA/PVB mixture demonstrated exceptional rate capability and high initial Coulombic ...
Hamideh Darjazi +4 more
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