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The Great Recession and Serving Dislocated Workers with Disabilities: Perspectives from One-Stop Career Centers and Rapid Response Coordinators [PDF]
, 2011 Recognizing the scope of long term unemployment and the consequences it exerts on all jobseekers, but especially people with disabilities, the report seeks to gain a better understanding of the extent to which people with disabilities who had lost their ...
Maria Heidkamp, William Mabe
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The Relationship Between Interest Rates and Agricultural Commodity Price Dynamics
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The U.S. Federal Reserve has undertaken several interest rate interventions in the past decade. This study explores the relationship between U.S. corn and soybean prices and Federal Reserve monetary policy interventions, in the short and long run.
Zhining Sun, Ani L. Katchova
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Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2017 In this study, we investigate whether, or to what degree, a ‘business case’ could be made for implementation of a Supported-Employment (SE) inspired program for pupils with intellectual disabilities (IDs), starting during the final school years. For this
Susanna Larsson Tholén +2 more
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If Work Makes People with Mental Illness Sick, What Do Unemployment, Poverty, and Social Isolation Cause? [PDF]
, 2000 [Excerpt] The importance of high expectations has been well established as a tool in successful goal achievement and life advancement. The challenge for helpers is ensuring that this pressure of high expectation is initially borne more by rehabilitation ...
Golowka, Ed, Marrone, Joe
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A Skills Gap Analysis of Farmer Directors of US Farmer Cooperatives
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Boards of directors are vital to firm performance and are an integral part of the decision‐making process of any business. Several studies have been conducted that observe corporate or nonprofit board characteristics, skills, and the board's connection to firm performance.
Jody S. Herchenbach +5 more
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Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2016 Artists are known to manage low income and work insecurity by holding multiple jobs. Through an analysis of interview data, this study explores the narratives of 20 visual artists in Sweden regarding breadwinning work.
Sofia Lindström
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Mental Health in the Workplace: Situation Analyses, Poland [PDF]
, 2000 [From Introduction] The workplace is an appropriate environment in which to educate and raise individuals’ awareness about mental health problems. For example, encouragement to promote good mental health practices, provide tools for recognition and early
Brodniak, Wlodzimierz +5 more
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Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
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Labor Market Institutions, Mobility, and Dualization in the Nordic Countries
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2013 Comparing the Nordic countries, this article examines different combinations of permanent and temporary employment protection legislation, and whether such differences are reflected in patterns of labor market transitions.
Jørgen Svalund
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Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of People With Disabilities: Report of a European Conference [PDF]
, 2004 [From Overview] The European Conference on Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities was held in Warsaw, Poland, on 23-25 October 2003.
International Labour Organization +1 more
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