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Results survived to the inclusion of neighbourhoods» socio - economic characteristics at a very fine level; furthermore, regulation regarding the borderlining practice, coupled with a series of robustness checks, ensured that a clear causal relationship can be established.

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Collect, evaluate, and disseminate demographic information on social and economic characteristics for use at all levels of government.

Moreover, the private - school advantage only increases with consideration of the differences in an unusually rich array of characteristics of the students, their families» economic status, and the resources available at their schools.

Included in the PowerPoint: a) Scarcity, Choice and Opportunity Cost - The Fundamental Economic Problem - The Meaning of Scarcity and the inevitability of choices at all levels (individual, firms, govt)- The basic questions of what will be produced ow and for whom - The Meaning of the term «Ceteris Paribus» - The Margin and Decision Making at the Margin - Sort run, long run, very long run b) Positive and Normative Statements - the distinction between fact and value judgements c) Factors of Production - the rewards to the factors of production: land, labour, capital and enterprise - Specialization and division of labour d) Resource Allocation in Different Economic Systems and Issues of Transition - decision making in market, planned and mixed economies - the role of the factor enterprise in a modern economy e) Production Possibility Curves - shape and shifts of the curve - constant and increasing opportunity costs f) Money - functions and characteristics in a modern economy - barter, cash and bank deposits, cheques, near money, liquidity g) Classification of Goods and Services - free goods, private goods (economic goods) and public goods - merit goods and demerit goods as the outcome of imperfect information by consumers PowerPoint Also Includes: - Key Terms for each Chapter - Activities - Multiple Choice and Essay questions from past examEconomic Problem - The Meaning of Scarcity and the inevitability of choices at all levels (individual, firms, govt)- The basic questions of what will be produced ow and for whom - The Meaning of the term «Ceteris Paribus» - The Margin and Decision Making at the Margin - Sort run, long run, very long run b) Positive and Normative Statements - the distinction between fact and value judgements c) Factors of Production - the rewards to the factors of production: land, labour, capital and enterprise - Specialization and division of labour d) Resource Allocation in Different Economic Systems and Issues of Transition - decision making in market, planned and mixed economies - the role of the factor enterprise in a modern economy e) Production Possibility Curves - shape and shifts of the curve - constant and increasing opportunity costs f) Money - functions and characteristics in a modern economy - barter, cash and bank deposits, cheques, near money, liquidity g) Classification of Goods and Services - free goods, private goods (economic goods) and public goods - merit goods and demerit goods as the outcome of imperfect information by consumers PowerPoint Also Includes: - Key Terms for each Chapter - Activities - Multiple Choice and Essay questions from past examEconomic Systems and Issues of Transition - decision making in market, planned and mixed economies - the role of the factor enterprise in a modern economy e) Production Possibility Curves - shape and shifts of the curve - constant and increasing opportunity costs f) Money - functions and characteristics in a modern economy - barter, cash and bank deposits, cheques, near money, liquidity g) Classification of Goods and Services - free goods, private goods (economic goods) and public goods - merit goods and demerit goods as the outcome of imperfect information by consumers PowerPoint Also Includes: - Key Terms for each Chapter - Activities - Multiple Choice and Essay questions from past exameconomic goods) and public goods - merit goods and demerit goods as the outcome of imperfect information by consumers PowerPoint Also Includes: - Key Terms for each Chapter - Activities - Multiple Choice and Essay questions from past exam papers.

In a study on young children's access to computers at home and at school, the defining characteristics that demarcate «haves» from «have - nots» are racial / ethnic and economic.

Differences between high and low boundary participation neighborhoods in terms of demographic characteristics, indicators of economic opportunity, and neighborhood characteristics are not significant at middle and high school levels.

The findings in this study are based on an analysis of demographic, economic, and other characteristics of 109 neighborhoods around each DCPS in - boundary school and their relation to patterns of enrollment at in - boundary schools, out - of - boundary schools, and public charter schools.

In my interview with Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills, Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary - General at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, we discussed the cycle of poor student performance in at - risk communities, the key characteristics of schools that affect the level of performance, how government policy can support students, and the relevance of the PISA test in a changing education environment.

For me, its diversity, economic influence, expansiveness, beauty, endurance and its ability to nurture and neglect at the same time are some of the characteristics of the United States that made a permanent impact on my mind.

The fund invests under normal circumstances at least 80 % of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in senior secured floating rate loans made by banks and other lending institutions and in senior secured floating rate debt instruments, and in derivatives and other instruments that have economic characteristics similar to such securities.

Characteristics: Stocks display changing characteristics at different times depending on stock specific news, company performance, market conditions, sector conditions, economic conditions, economic news or geoCharacteristics: Stocks display changing characteristics at different times depending on stock specific news, company performance, market conditions, sector conditions, economic conditions, economic news or geocharacteristics at different times depending on stock specific news, company performance, market conditions, sector conditions, economic conditions, economic news or geopolitical news.

The Fund's principal investment strategy is, under normal market conditions, to invest at least 80 % of its assets in securities or other financial instruments of companies that are components of, or have economic characteristics similar to, the securities included in the Index.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80 % of its assets in debt securities issued by the U.S. Government, its agencies and instrumentalities, and synthetic instruments or derivatives, or securities having economic characteristics similar to such debt securities.

The combination of these characteristics, which tend to outperform at different stages of the economic cycle, offers investors the potential for outperformance across a broad range of market environments.

It will invest at least 80 % of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in financial instruments with economic characteristics that should perform opposite to the securities of companies included in the underlying index.

The fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80 % of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in corporate bonds, and in derivatives and other instruments that have economic characteristics similar to such securities.

The fund invests at least 80 % of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in securities of European issuers, and in derivatives and other instruments that have economic characteristics similar to such securities.

We conclude that this scenario offers three attractive characteristics: environmental security, because the global carbon budget is set at a level which keeps global warming below 2 degrees; economic efficiency, because carbon trading allows the reductions to be made for least overall cost; and global social justice, because emission rights are allocated equally to all people.

Note: What has qualified as «unconventional» at any particular time is a complex interactive function of resource characteristics, the available exploration and production technologies, the current economic environment, and the scale, frequency, and duration of production from the resource.

As Australia's Ambassador for the Environment, Peter Woolcott, pointed out at a recent public forum at ANU Crawford School, views will diverge about «what Australia can realistically achieve given its unique national circumstances and characteristics, including its resource endowment, and economic and population growth».

Development path - An evolution based on an array of technological, economic, social, institutional, cultural and biophysical characteristics that determine the interactions between human and natural systems, including production and consumption patterns in all countries, over time at a particular scale.

(The, at first glance, irrational faith of liberals in growth, so characteristic of all our present political and economic theories, depends on this notion.)

Although the results from the present study may not be conclusive on whether children who participate in ECE have better learning outcomes due to lack of robust longitudinal support, it is undeniable that stimulation of child characteristics that are targeted to reduce educational inequalities at school entry between advantaged and disadvantaged children represents a critical foundation in reducing the economic, health, and social burdens associated with poverty.

Resilience in Black Families Hollingsworth (2013) In Handbook of Family Resilience View Abstract Explores how many African - American families are able to succeed in the face of social, economic, educational, and political adversities in addition to adversities that confront them at the level of the individual family; characteristics of resilient black families; the benefits of studying black families through the lens of resilience; and barriers that interfere with such study.

Our series investigating our commentary thus far has introduced some of the characteristics of emerging adults and provided an overview of this population in Nebraska, and looked at the health, education, economic stability, interactions with the child welfare system, and justice and public safety of these young Nebraskans.

Our series investigating our commentary thus far has introduced some of the characteristics of emerging adults and provided an overview of this population in Nebraska, and looked at the health, education, economic stability, and interactions with the child welfare system of these young Nebraskans.

Table A1.2 Associations between pre-school SDQ score, key demographic, socio - economic, parenting and development characteristics and borderline and abnormal score in each scale at primary school entry

Overall, these socio - economic characteristics had limited bearing on behavioural outcomes at school entry.

Table 3.1 Socio - demographic and socio - economic characteristics of children who score in the borderline or abnormal ranges for each SDQ sub-scale and the total difficulties scale at school entry

Some people are not at greater risk, and any individual's risk level is related to a mix of variables that includes personal characteristics, background, socio - economic disadvantage, and, as I argue below, behaviors that increase risk.

The socio - economic characteristics which were associated with difficulties at school entry - after controlling for other possible confounding factors - varied according to the domain being examined.

The analysis has shown that a range of socio - economic and socio - demographic characteristics, early development issues and parenting experiences act as risk factors for, or protective factors against, the development of social, emotional and behavioural difficulties at primary school entry.

After age 8, data on cognitive and socio - emotional skills, education, and family economic characteristics were collected at ages 12, 15, 21, and 30.

Indigenous or aboriginal peoples are so - called because they were living on their lands before settlers came from elsewhere; they are the descendants — according to one definition — of those who inhabited a country or a geographical region at the time when people of different cultures or ethnic origins arrived, the new arrivals later becoming dominant through conquest, occupation, settlement or other means... (I) ndigenous peoples have retained social, cultural, economic and political characteristics which are clearly distinct from those of the other segments of the national populations.

It looks at a variety of economic and demographic characteristics, and business practices.

A trust that we seek to honour, year after year, through a commitment aimed at providing the public administration, businesses and banks with reliable knowledge on the values, characteristics and economic and social trends of the real estate market.

His findings indicate that, at the property level, time - on - market is a function of property characteristics, price and market factors; however, at market level, time - on - market is a function of local, national and global economic and market factors.