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Productivity dynamics among union locals in the United States

Economic Inquiry, EarlyView.
Abstract Using panel data on union locals in the United States we examine the dynamics of the union sector, investigating the impact of inter‐union competition on locals' productivity and survival. We find low entry rates, high exit rates and high levels of productivity dispersion in the sector.
Thomas Breda, Alex Bryson, John Forth
wiley   +1 more source

PISA-2018 De verdieping: Leesplezier, zelfbeeld bij het lezen, leesgedrag en leesvaardigheid en de relatie daartussen

, 2020
C.M.M. Dood, J.C.G. Gubbels, P.C.J. Segers   +2 more
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The Quality of Government and Educational Performance Across Countries

Economics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a new indicator of government quality, two different indicators of educational performance and two different datasets covering up to 120 countries, this study finds robust evidence that a higher quality of government improves educational performance.
Horst Feldmann
wiley   +1 more source

PISA-Studie: Hat das deutsche Bildungssystem versagt?

, 2002
Monika Hohlmeier, Manfred Prenzel, Andreas Schleicher, Reinar Lüdeke, Eva-Maria Stange   +4 more
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Strong diel variation in the activity of insect taxa sampled by Malaise traps

Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.
Malaise traps sampled different communities during mornings (06:00–12:00), afternoons (12:00–16:00), evenings (18:00–22:00), and nights (22:00–06:00), highlighting the difference in diel rhythm between taxa. The highest diversity and abundance of insects were found during afternoons, the lowest diversity during night, and the lowest abundance during ...
Viktor Gårdman, Emme MacDonald, Tomas Roslin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The slow emergence of the rational investor: Grain markets and grain storage of rural estates in western Germany, eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We develop new datasets of monthly grain prices in 14 urban markets and of the storage and marketing of grain by 5 rural estates located in western Germany between the late seventeenth century and c. 1860. We explore whether observed patterns of monthly prices, sales, and storage of grain are consistent with the rational competitive storage ...
Matthias Hartermann, Ulrich Pfister, Friederike Scholten‐Buschhoff   +2 more
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PISA 2018 in Brief I. Student performance

, 2019
Sue Thomson, Lisa De Bortoli, Catherine Underwood, Marina Schmid   +3 more
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Socioeconomic Status as a Necessary Condition for Academic Achievement: A Cross-National Necessary Condition Analysis Using PISA Data

Tianxue Cui, Emily Cheng, Jianjia Mao
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Chasing the perfida Albione: Anglo‐Italian productivity gap in the late 1930s

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper presents new estimates of Anglo‐Italian labour productivity levels in manufacturing in the late 1930s, derived using the standard single‐deflation approach. The findings confirm a substantial productivity gap between Italy and the United Kingdom at the aggregate level, alongside pronounced intersectoral heterogeneity.
Tancredi Salamone
wiley   +1 more source