Sentences with phrase «applied economic research»

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But Lesko's lists pertain mostly to small business: you'll find information on agencies that give development assistance to expanding companies, economic reports that regional Federal Reserve banks will send you, government surplus - property auctions, whom to ask about overseas selling, how to find financial data on a company or franchisor, where to apply for research grants — in sum, information on the offerings of nearly every federal, state, and local bureaucracy in the country.

Framework was designed to yoke science to the economic engine of Europe; as such, the program favors applied research and sprawling international lab networks that spread the wealth but create an administrative nightmare.

Primarily meant to facilitate and promote regional cooperation in science and technology in the Asia - Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) region, the offer is open to scientists in Singapore and all other APEC member countries to conduct research in basic and applied sciences, including mathematics and engineering science.

They applied to NSF's Innovation Corps Teams Program (I - Corps), which boosts the economic impact of NSF - funded research by pushing researchers to take their ideas to the marketplace.

Although basic research can be turned into applied research — into patents, products, and eventually economic growth — this may not necessarily occur in the laboratory where the work is originally done or even in the same country.

The Institute was set up according to Italian law 326/2003 with the objective of promoting excellence in basic and applied research andfostering Italy's economic development.

The University of Washington's John Bransford and Andreas Schleicher, head of the Indicators and Analysis Division at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), maker of the PISA exam, believe students need dynamic problems to solve, ones that require real - world research and allow them to learn on the spot, not just apply prior knowledge.

In a study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, researchers Atila Abdulkadiroglu of Duke University, Parag Pathak of MIT, and Christopher Walters of the University of California at Berkeley found that students who received a voucher through the Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP) during the 2012 - 13 school year were 50 percent more likely to receive a failing score on the state math test than students who applied for but did not receive a voucher.

He earned his Ph.D. in economics at the University of Michigan, and his research applies economic analysis to issues of early care and education policy and practice.

For research supporting greater selectivity for teacher preparation programs see, Donald Boyd et al., «The Narrowing Gap in New York City Teacher Qualifications and its Implications for Student Achievement in High - Poverty Schools,» National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper No. 14021, June 2008; Drew Gitomer, «Teacher Quality in a Changing Policy Landscape: Improvements in the Teacher Pool,» Educational Testing Service, 2007; D. Goldhaber et al., NBPTS certification: Who applies and what factors are associated with successresearch supporting greater selectivity for teacher preparation programs see, Donald Boyd et al., «The Narrowing Gap in New York City Teacher Qualifications and its Implications for Student Achievement in High - Poverty Schools,» National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper No. 14021, June 2008; Drew Gitomer, «Teacher Quality in a Changing Policy Landscape: Improvements in the Teacher Pool,» Educational Testing Service, 2007; D. Goldhaber et al., NBPTS certification: Who applies and what factors are associated with successResearch, Working Paper No. 14021, June 2008; Drew Gitomer, «Teacher Quality in a Changing Policy Landscape: Improvements in the Teacher Pool,» Educational Testing Service, 2007; D. Goldhaber et al., NBPTS certification: Who applies and what factors are associated with success?»

Another way to look at mortgage points is to consider how much cash you can afford to pay at the loan - closing table, says Mark Palim, vice president of applied economic and housing research for Fannie Mae, a government - owned company that buys mortgage debt.

Short - term development can take care of itself because it has immediate economic rewards, but can not substitute for serious long term applied research (as an historic example, development of semiconductors was long term applied research while improving vacuum tubes was short - term development).

Compare to meteorological records and climate data, and you can see that policy makers really don't take climate research that seriously, If they did, they'd apply the stricter standards of policy - relevant research, as they do for economic data and for new drug approvals.

Gernot Wagner co-authored a new working paper that offers lessons from risk - management practices used in investing in cutting through debates about the present value of limiting future climate risk: «Applying Asset Pricing Theory to Calibrate the Price of Climate Risk,» by Kent D. Daniel, Robert B. Litterman, and Gernot Wagner (National Bureau of Economic Research).

Independent and trusted, with a unique combination of world - leading test and demonstration facilities and engineering and research expertise, ORE Catapult convenes the sector and delivers applied research, accelerating technology development, reducing risk and cost and enhancing UK - wide economic growth.

Last week, under pressure from some climate - change activists, the University of Western Australia canceled its contract to host a planned research center, Australia Consensus, intended to apply economic cost - benefit analysis to development projects — giving policy makers a tool to ensure -LSB-...]

Gabriel Byberg has worked with several economists in both academic and corporate settings on projects ranging from applied research in the field of renewable resource integration to the development of economic models depicting business - development behavior in service firms.

The research you have done in the company you want to work for can be put into your economic consultant cover letter to demonstrate the thoughtfulness with which you applied for the position.

Helped design an economic development certificate program for state employees by researching models used in other states and applying best practices.

The Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research has applied this approach and sought to measure the cost of the status quo in relation to Indigenous unemployment in Australia.

Among several other principles, the authors suggest that researchers interested in measuring gambling's impact should avoid applying arbitrary monetary values to non-monetary impacts, create impact profiles instead of a bottom line, examine micro and macro geographic impacts, compare impacts with changes in control communities, apply basic economic principles to their evaluation, and use longitudinal research designs when possible.

Specifically, Arnold applies economic, political and scientific techniques as well as survey research to create forecasting methodologies that can be applied to property decisions.