Sentences with phrase «main effect of these policies»

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The government also has pumped vast sums of money into these banks by letting them speculate against the central bank's futile attempts to defend the ruble's exchange rate, a policy whose main effect has been to subsidize capital flight.

Finally, while the motivation of the entire study was to investigate the role and effect of different state policies, the only policies RAND's researchers actually built into their main statistical models were differences in per - pupil spending, student - teacher ratios, and other resource variables.

We found a significant main effect on only two of the six variables on the second round of the principal survey: Principal rating of district shared leadership skills and District policies to support organizational learning.

The first assumption surrounding the authors» main tenets they make explicit: that «[u] nfortunately, [the] policy transformation [that began with the publication of the «Widget Effect» report in 2009] has not resulted in drastic alterations in outcomes» (p. 2).

Although Gaetz's bill does not include fiscal expenditures, as noted in the main text (§ IV, supra), in reviewing the start time / academic achievement studies undertaken by fellow economists, Columbia University Assistant Professor of Finance and Economics Jonah Rockoff and the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy, Professor of Economics, and Professor of Education at the University of Michigan, Brian Jacob, concluded that delaying middle and high school start times «from roughly 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. -LSB-,]» will increase academic achievement by 0.175 standard deviations on average, with effects for disadvantaged students roughly twice as large as advantaged students, at little or no cost to schools; i.e., a 9 to 1 benefits to costs ratio when utilizing single - tier busing, the most expensive transportation method available.

pg xiii This Policymakers Summary aims to bring out those elements of the main report which have the greatest relevance to policy formulation, in answering the following questions • What factors determine global climate 7 • What are the greenhouse gases, and how and why are they increasing 9 • Which gases are the most important 9 • How much do we expect the climate to change 9 • How much confidence do we have in our predictions 9 • Will the climate of the future be very different 9 • Have human activities already begun to change global climate 9 How much will sea level rise 9 • What will be the effects on ecosystems 9 • What should be done to reduce uncertainties, and how long will this take 9 This report is intended to respond to the practical needs of the policymaker.

The new SRA policy will come into effect on 1 August 2014, from which point the only requirement for employers in terms of trainee salaries will be to pay trainees at least the main rate for employees under the NMW Regulations, which is # 6.31 per hour from 1 October 2013 for those aged 21 years and over.

The main drawback to guaranteed issue life insurance is that there is a very limited amount of coverage offered (up to $ 25,000), and the policies need to be in effect for two years before paying out the entire face value.

I'd worry that policies that crack down on welfare will have a disproportionate effect on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, as 47 % of Indigenous Australians receive government payment as their main source of income (p112), compared to 14 % of non-Indigenous Australians.