Sentences with phrase «lower social cost»

And, if home insulation is a cost - effective method of reducing emissions, which householders are neglecting for reasons such as credit constraints, the scheme could allow the target to be reached at lower social cost.

In addition, consumers will receive incentives to limit electricity use, thus contributing to the reduction of CO2 at a lower social cost.

For some, being thrown out of the room for backtalk has a lower social cost than appearing dumb in front of peers.

The author estimates that this policy choice lowered the social cost of crime by about 12 percent, relative to a simple charter - style lottery with no preferential treatment.

Plus, it's «a general principle,» the report notes, that «mitigation policies that raise government revenue generally have lower social costs than approaches which do not.»

Not exact matches

Said Connie Steele, director of Network Solutions: «Social media can be the best friend for small business owners who constantly seek new ways to attract new customers and retain the ones they have at a relatively low cost.»

Here are five simple, low - cost ways you can generate sales directly from your social network.

Thus, after a new show premieres, an uptick in social media mentions can «elevate consumers» perception of the content, and can ultimately drive new subscribers to the platform at a lower cost relative to traditional TV network,» noted Janedis.

Hence, it is imperative that businesses that use social media campaigns keep in mind the low investment costs needed here.

Technology has lowered startup costs, women have access to women - only funding options and can more easily leverage social capital.

To cash in on the action, small businesses are using low - cost social media tactics to increase holiday sales.

What's more, with social media, low - cost email marketing programs and a little creativity, you can reach thousands of the right people with your message — virtually for free.

The targeted reach of online celebrities and the relative low cost of social media is a powerful marketing combination.

In addition, because inflation overall is low, the Social Security Administration did not make a cost - of - living adjustment to its benefits for 2016.

Mobile Vaani's simple, low - cost system allows users to post and receive social - media messages using voice, on basic mobile phones, allowing them to bypass the Internet.

Examples of such projects providing marginal benefits are: improving financial reporting systems through better information technology, minor tweaks to supply chain logistics, cutting back on marketing or increasing low - cost advertising (like social media), «rationalization» of head count, holding average wages as low as possible, squeezing suppliers a little bit, not repatriating earnings to stave off taxation, refinancing rather than retiring debts, and the share buyback that is insensitive to a company's current stock price.

Find out how ready your business is to create and market profitable social transformation products and services and to green up your own business / create and market green products and services in ways that increase revenue and lower costs.

They reflect low housing costs and relatively low social security costs.

Whelan: The financial case for sustainability is the high correlation between good environmental and social governance performance in a company and good stock performance, lower cost of capital and better operational performance.

Same goes for social recruiting: how would you measure through web analytics the influence of Employee Advocacy on shortening time or lowering costs of recruiting?

At Southwest Airlines» social media center in Dallas, the constant flow of on - line posts mentioning the low - cost airline are watched 24 hours a day.

Taking Social Security benefits before your full retirement age will cost you in the form of a lower monthly payout.

This, along with the low cost of living in South Carolina, means it is possible for some seniors in the Palmetto State to survive on Social Security retirement benefits alone.

Churches still provide social services for free, a gathering place for people, and much more at a much lower cost than any government - sponsored «sliding scale» services, as well as raising charity.

Current efforts at energy conservation are inadequate; while the need for more appropriate patterns of individual and corporate energy consumption is clear, the statement also recognizes the necessity of avoiding unnecessary economic and social dislocations in the transition to energy efficiency (e.g., unemployment or increased costs due to lowered volume).

There are no downsides, no costs to social unity or the wages of low - skilled Americans.

One social action group in New York, as a result of the shocking facts about living conditions learned during a door - to - door survey in a slum area, became «fired up» about the need for low - cost housing.

Once again, the chief ecumenical officer of the Russian Orthodox Church misrepresented what is afoot in Ukraine, which is not a «conflict» but a Russian invasion and a low - intensity war, which has already cost more than ten thousand lives while displacing over a million persons and wreaking economic and social havoc in Ukraine's Donbas region.

Moves to lower - cost housing can also add to the social disruption children experience in the wake of divorce.

PGS offer a complementary, low - cost, locally - based system of quality assurance, with a heavy emphasis on social control and knowledge building.

In this study, and in opposition to findings elsewhere, higher levels of social support were associated with greater depressive symptomatology, leading researchers to speculate that for low - income men the perceived costs of reciprocity may have deterred them from utilizing available support; or that peer groups may have influenced their alcohol or drug use, or placed demands on their resources (Anderson et al, 2005).

Take a Webinar: Many companies offer free or low - cost social media webinars for small business owners; they are a great way to keep on top of current trends.

Mike Marsh, BJOG Deputy Editor - in - chief said: «Unintended pregnancy has been linked to poor prenatal care, high risk pregnancy behaviours, increased rates of preterm birth and low birth rate, poor social outcomes in childhood and increased medical costs.

The real question should be the cost - per - contact, and it's important to realize that social media ARE N'T free (those accounts are managed by paid staff) and almost always have a lower response rate per - message than email.

High housing costs — and the growing gap between those on the property ladder and those who are not — lie at the heart of falling social mobility, falling savings and low productivity.

«There are concrete things we can do within a free - market economy to lower the cost of insurance premiums, while preserving a strong social safety net,» Mr. Faso added.

In fact, the lower - profile the race, the more likely were social channels to matter, since down - ballot candidates can (and do) use Facebook and Twitter in creative and cost - effective ways to reach voters and influencers in elections ignored by most news media.

That this House expresses deep concern at the impact of the UK Government's policies on Wales; notes the UK Government's real - terms reduction of the Welsh Budget by # 1.5 bn; notes that Wales currently suffers from the lowest average rates of pay in Britain and has the highest proportion of individuals affected by cuts to social security including the Bedroom Tax; further notes that Wales suffers the highest energy bills in the UK and that these, along with low pay, have compounded the cost of living crisis in Wales; and calls on the Government to immediately scrap the Bedroom Tax, freeze energy bills and undertake measures to increase pay rates in Wales.

It also allows campaigns to set up websites at low cost, handle mass emails and manage social media.

As disabled people are more likely to be out of work, living in social housing, have lower incomes and higher living costs, and need care and specialist transport services there is little doubt that the pain of cuts will not be felt equally.

The Basic Skills Test will help us attack the root causes of worklessness and prevent more people falling into long term unemployment, or «low - pay - no - pay» cycles, that build up more costs to our social security system and undermine the strength of our economy.

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 Bulower 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 BuLower 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.

The costs to the country of low pay, under - employment and insecurity go far beyond the annual social security bill.

Proved to be the best way of getting good results from a low cost and best at social mobility — getting students from non traditional and less privileged backgrounds into elite universities and courses.

Mobile devices offer remarkably attractive low - cost, real - time ways to assess disease, movement, images, behavior, social interactions, environmental toxins, metabolites and a host of other physiological variables.

In a further setback to reducing U.S. carbon emissions, the U.S Environmental Protection Agency has proposed lowering the U.S. government's «social cost» of carbon, or the estimated cost of sea - level rise, lower crop yields, and other climate - change related economic damages, from $ 42 per ton by 2020 to a low of $ 1 per ton.

Other actions recommended by respondents include showing social and environmental responsibility — by doing charity work, for example; fostering more collaborative research and funding more research; controlling costs and lowering drug prices; and demonstrating a commitment to safety.

In the latest study, low scores on the brain health index at age 3 were found to predict high healthcare and social costs as an adult.

Conducting HIV testing among the social and risk networks of those recently diagnosed with HIV helps identify undiagnosed cases of HIV at significantly higher rates and at a lower cost than other testing approaches, finds a new study conducted in Ukraine by an international research team.

In the era of online social media, network contagion effects allow social causes to reach a large number of interconnected individuals fast, efficiently, and at low cost.