Sentences with phrase «economic evidence from»

This guidance document estimates these economic values, by means of best international analytical practices and environmental and economic evidence from Kenya, and shows that montane forests have consistently been undervalued in conventional national accounting.

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The Federal Reserve on Wednesday released minutes from its meeting at the end of July, and it looks like Fed officials broached the subject of raising interest rates earlier than planned, but ultimately decided to wait for more evidence of an improved economic outlook.

«Based on evidence gathered from focus groups and interviews conducted in U.S. coal communities, we argue that coal communities that have experienced mine closures have already begun an economic and social transition, one that is based on reshaping their culture and sense of identity,» wrote professors of Indiana University in a paper published in the March issue of Energy Research and Social Science.

Having long since grabbed the mantle of national economic powerhouse from Ontario — that the oil province accounted for the entirety of Canada's net job creation over the past 12 months being just the latest piece of evidence on that score — Alberta needs to take over Ontario's Big Man leadership role as well.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 7 PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John Williams speaks on «What to Expect From the Lower Bound on Interest Rates: Evidence From Derivatives Prices» before the 2018 ASSA / American Economic Association Annual Meeting - 1300 GMT.

However, there is no evidence that broad - based tax cuts can pay for themselves completely, and economic studies from across the spectrum have found that deficit - financed tax cuts only pay for a fraction of their cost (including from the Congressional Budget Office and other economists).

Such a surplus could only come from stronger - than - expected economic growth, which would undermine his claims that the economy is too fragile and evidence to date, or from the Finance Department «hiding» additional «revenue and spending buffers» in its November 2013 Update fiscal projections, which will magically materialize.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says there is mounting evidence that house prices in a number of Canadian cities are out of whack with incomes and other economic fundamentals.The latest report from CMHC says there is evidence of overvaluation in nine of the 15 real estate markets included in the research.

Its rise has coincided with evidence from the core European economies that economic growth has increased.

She relied on expert evidence from Muse Stancil and the Conference Board to support her arguments in favor of Canada - wide economic benefits.

These choices, the evidence says, will change Alberta from a world - class commercial competitor into the economic equivalent of a second - or third - string hockey player.

While U.S. data continue to be mixed (durable goods and the Chicago Fed's National Activity Index were both soft last week), most of the recent economic evidence suggests the U.S. has recovered from its first quarter economic contraction.

Meanwhile, there was evidence everywhere that the European Central Bank's (ECB) monetary stimulus appears to be spurring economic growth, from the packed restaurants to the crowded shops.

A recent paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research studied what happens to scientific subfields when star researchers die suddenly and at the peak of their abilities, and finds that while there is considerable evidence that young researchers are reluctant to challenge scientific superstars, a sudden and unexpected death does not significantly improve the situation, particularly when «key collaborators of the star are in a position to channel resources (such as editorial goodwill or funding) to insiders.»

According to Zaret, his evidence documents a strong causal effect running the other way — from rationalized contractarian norms in economic relations to the more abstract doctrine of covenant theology.

His evidence for his sweeping economic generalizations ranges from the impressionistic to the nonexistent.

The reasons for judgment have now been released and show that Justice Wigney preferred the economic evidence suggesting the conduct resulted from oligopoly behaviour rather than agreement.

Roland G. Fryer, Jr., «Information and Student Achievement: Evidence from a Cellular Phone Experiment,» NBER Working Paper 19113 (Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, June 2013)

Roland G. Fryer, Jr., «Aligning Student, Parent, and Teacher Incentives: Evidence from Houston Public Schools,» NBER Working Paper 17752 (Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, January 2012)

Jonathan Guryan, James S. Kim, and Kyung Park, «Motivation and Incentives in Education: Evidence from a Summer Reading Experiment,» NBER Working Paper 20918 (Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, January 2015)

Moreover, a number of actors have employed arguments relating to the potential economic decadence of an independent Catalonia or its automatic exclusion from the European Union (in contrast with empirical evidence and the Scottish debate).

The recent budget proposal by U.S. Representative Paul Ryan, for example, which claims to stimulate economic growth by removing funds from the recently passed public health option, suggests that conflicting values are evidence of incompatible ideologies.

Similarly, discussions of universal healthcare, access to free education, and other social projects are all evidence that there are interests in stepping away from these proclivities based on race, economic background, etc..

There is strong evidence that on the whole, immigration (from within or outside the EU) is beneficial to the UK in economic terms.

A new report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) says there is little evidence to support the expansion of high - skilled guest worker programs, like those proposed in the immigration bill being debated in the Senate.

Clinton also asserted that advocates must compile a «database from which to argue»: an «evidence base» illustrating that the new policy, once passed, has improved women's «economic agency» and standard of living.

The report draws on government and trade statistics, academic evidence and economic theory to challenge arguments that the health and social benefits of reducing alcohol consumption are likely to come at a cost to the economy, finding: · Any reduction in employment and income resulting from lower spending on alcohol would be offset by spending on other goods · Econometric analysis of US states suggests that a 10 % decrease in alcohol consumption is associated with a 0.4 % increase in per capita income growth · Lower alcohol consumption could also reduce the economic costs of impaired workplace productivity, alcohol - related sickness, unemployment and premature death, which are estimated to cost the UK # 8 - 11 billion a year The analysis comes at a timely moment, with health groups urging the Chancellor to raise alcohol duty in next month's Budget.

Agabi specifically referred the tribunal to the evidence of Mr. Samuel Madojemu, the Head of Investigation and Intelligence Unit of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and his affidavit evidence adding that throughout his testimony, he based his evidence on hearsay from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), adding that witnesses ought to be called to prove the case were no called.

All of our work, from the engineering of landmark buildings and critical infrastructure to the spatial planning and economic evidence in support of development, is evidence - based and informed by a deep understanding of what it takes to deliver construction.

The fact that management employees and political appointees have been spared from layoffs is further evidence that unionized workers are being targeted in a vindictive action that makes no economic or operational sense.

They mouth the usual mindless pieties about economic development that flows from sports stadiums, despite all evidence to the contrary.

The letter is evidence of growing pressure from Conservatives to resist Liberal Democrat pressure to promote green policies which many Tories believe have no proved economic or environmental benefit.

The panel determined that «no evidence of even moderate scientific quality» links anything — from herbal or nutritional supplements to prescription medications to social, economic or environmental conditions — with the slightest decrease in the risk of developing Alzheimer's.

New sociological evidence from a a small fishing village in Baja California, Mexico suggests that the creation of marine protected areas, which influence who gets to fish and how much of species they can take, generates both extreme pro-social and anti-social behaviors among fishers, a finding that differs from previous economic and psychology studies.

A paper detailing the study, «The Caloric Costs of Culture: Evidence from Indian Migrants,» appears in the American Economic Review.

While the drop appears to have resulted from budget cuts prompted by the economic downturn, Davis said evidence suggests that the curtailment of prison education could increase prison system costs in the longer term.

The working paper, «Upcoding: Evidence from Medicare on Squishy Risk Adjustment,» was published in the May issue of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

A particular challenge for science is the growing evidence that social - ecological interactions across scales can generate regime shifts where profound and abrupt changes can occur in systems ranging from local ecosystems (such as lakes) to large biomes (such as the Arctic); from local communities (such as farming systems) to regional economic sectors (e.g., global fisheries).

We have clear economic evidence that consumers are reading ingredient labels and avoiding refined sweetener intake, because the bar sector that has used more natural sweeteners has taken almost 100 percent of its market share from those made with refined sweeteners.

SE: Evidence from a variety of fields — education, public health, and economics — supports attaining and maintaining diversity and avoiding racial and economic isolation in schools.

This article is based on «The Effects of School Spending on Educational and Economic Outcomes: Evidence from School Finance Reforms,» The Quarterly Journal of Economics (forthcoming).

Thomas J. Kane and Cecilia Rouse, «Comment on W. Norton Grubb, «The Varied Economic Returns to Postsecondary Education: New Evidence from the Class of 1972»» Journal of Human Resources (1995) Vol.

Justine S. Hastings, Thomas J. Kane and Douglas O. Staiger, «Gender and Performance: Evidence from School Assignment by Randomized Lottery» American Economic Review, Vol.

Jonah Rockoff, Douglas Staiger, Thomas J. Kane and Eric Taylor (2012) «Information and Employee Evaluation: Evidence from a Randomized Intervention in Public Schools» American Economic Review Vol.

As we demonstrate below, the available evidence from the economic perspective suggests that two factors are critical in explaining the stagnation that persisted until 2000: the growing availability of the GED (General Educational Development) credential and increases in the nonmonetary costs of completing high school.

[1] C. Kirabo Jackson, Rucker C. Johnson, and Claudia Persico, «The Effects of School Spending on Educational and Economic Outcomes: Evidence from School Finance Reforms,» Quarterly Journal of Economics, October 1, 2015.

We examine 174 different nations across the globe from 1999 to 2014, and find significant evidence to suggest that private schooling leads to enhanced political and economic freedom.

«The Effects of School Spending on Education and Economic Outcomes: Evidence from School Finance Reforms.»

See, for example, Philip Connor, «Explaining the Refugee Gap: Economic Outcomes of Refugees Versus Other Immigrants», Journal of Refugee Studies, 2010; William Evans and Daniel Fitzgerald, «The Economic and Social Outcomes of Refugees in the United States: Evidence from the ACS», National Bureau of Economic Research working paper 23498, 2017; Miriam Potocky - Tripodi, «The Role of Social Capital in Immigrant and Refugee Economic Adaptation», Journal of Social Service Research, 2004.

An analysis of national Head Start data also suggests that children who enrolled in the program full day performed better in reading and math.Christopher R. Walters, «Inputs in the Production of Early Childhood Human Capital: Evidence from Head Start,» American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 7, no. 4 (2015): 76 — 102.