Sentences with phrase «more economic advantage»

Rather, as is the case for the previously described relationship between parental education and price, families with more economic advantage are paying more.

This groups historically were against everything that were equal for all Spain, and year after year wanted more and more economic advantages.

Not exact matches

To more fully leverage its technological advantage and boost economic growth, Estonia needs more market participants.

Angel investors and family funds tend to be nimbler than VC firms and more eager to take advantage of the current economic climate.

Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird has called it a «national imperative» that Canada assume a more active role in Asia and take advantage of economic opportunities.

It's also a sign that global investors are taking advantage of the region's economic uncertainty while betting that the flexible office industry will become even more attractive to today's remote workforce.

Some people start their adult lives with an advantage because of their parents» wealth and maintain that advantage because they are more likely to understand finances, but even controlling for these and all other factors, religion is still a significant factor in economic success.

The other side of the picture, and at the moment the far more important side, is that, while there have been real wounds, there are today powerful men in our country who specialize in reopening those wounds, not to help them to heal more completely, but for quite other purposes — to gain a partisan political advantage or to secure personal publicity; but most often in order to discredit by insinuation, if not by direct charges, all who believe in some changes in the economic order.

Informed opinion, however, agrees with Gunnar Myrdal in An American Dilemma that there is a vicious circle at this point.8 Denied the cultural, educational, and economic advantages held by others, underprivileged groups tend to remain in this status, as in America the restriction of Negroes to unskilled labor and meager educational facilities has prevented their advancement to positions of leadership comparable with the more privileged.

The nutritional, immunological, psychological, and general health advantages conveyed to infants have been documented for years.1 -9 Legovic, 10 listed the merits of human breast milk as compared to artificial feeds to include ideal nutritional content, better absorption, fewer food - related allergies, more favorable psychological development, better immunologic defenses, and a substantial economic advantage.

Reading the comment carefully, you understand that the father (and child) feel less shame about taking advantage of school meals at breakfast, where the service is universal (available to all regardless of economic need) versus at lunch, where there is often a more visible distinction between paying and nonpaying students, or between students on the federally reimbursable lunch line versus those who can purchase for - cash (and often more desirable) «a la carte» food, or (in the case of high schoolers) between students who can go off campus to buy lunch at convenience stores and restaurants versus those with no money in their pockets.

Whilst one might expect women of lower socio - economic status to be less informed of the advantages of breastfeeding, to be more affected by feelings of disgust and embarrassment, and to be more likely to formula feed, the findings of this study can not support these conclusions.

Some training will prepare residents to take advantage of job openings that emerge from the projects funded by the stimulus package; other training will be more long - term to help laid - off workers and young adults develop skills that will help them be ready for an economic recovery.»

Analysis conducted by Giovanni Peri of the University of California, Davis, cites economic data demonstrating that immigrants, even poorly educated ones, help economic growth as businesses absorb more labour, creating new jobs for natives — often better ones as natives capitalise on educational and language advantages.

• Common Interests: Most of the illegal African migrants take advantage of this to protect their socio - economic status, a thing that is felt more in the US than Europe.

As the Chinese government gradually relaxed its control over urban migration — by loosening the restrictions of the 1958 Hukou System, which afforded social benefits only to those who could prove identification from the local province — more and more individuals have taken advantage of new economic opportunities by migrating to cities.

Among the more salient conclusions are: 1) that what children bring to school is vastly more important than what happens thereafter, as the Coleman Report found; 2) in examining all of the variables that impinge on student academic performance (teacher effectiveness, socio - economic advantage, appropriate evaluation criteria, etc.), none is demonstrably more significant than time spent learning «one - on - one»; and 3) that only an individualized computer program can address all these issues effectively and simultaneously.

The worst thing I have witnessed in education in 2008 is the continuous action based on personal interests and advantages of many local and global economic and political players losing the main objective of «education as a fun activity,» and thus of encouraging and inspiring young children through play and simple but innovative teaching methods that foster critical thinking, teamwork, and the urge to learn more for the sake of learning and not for meeting set standards.

It was with those students in mind, with their future at stake, and in the interest of the Commonwealth's economic vitality, that the governor engaged more than 200 citizens to develop an action plan, a series of recommendations spanning 10 years with an immediate focus on turning around low - performing schools and ensuring that students are receiving the support they need outside of school to take full advantage of improved teaching and learning inside of school.

She became aware that, due to her parents» professional degrees and their general awareness of the importance of education, she was provided more academic and economic advantages than many children in her new city.

And as countries compete for economic advantage, the collection of more «intimate» data about social and emotional skills to measure personality is likely to prompt policymakers to emphasise programmes that improve personality scores.

This additional sportiness goes hand in hand with the economic advantage: thanks to Porsche Intelligent Performance, the new top sports car consumes no more fuel than the Carrera S in the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC), and is also priced very attractively due to its extensive standard equipment.

Given that he's currently more bullish on the U.S. than Canada, owing to the former's better economic strength and lower exposure to resources, Lekkerkerker plans to take advantage of the North American fund's increased flexibility.

The advantages of following Mort's approach are: It more quickly provides the security of debt - free home ownership, which will better enable you to weather any economic storms; in case of an emergency, the wealth in your home is more accessible than assets tied up in a retirement plan; and while Rob's return in the 401 (k) could fall or (even turn negative), Mort's interest savings on his mortgage is guaranteed.

«High income earners like Murray Edwards fleeing the province is more evidence the NDP government's economic agenda is hurting Alberta's long - term competitive advantage,» Alberta's Opposition Wildrose Party said in a March 29 release.

As I've discussed before, Ireland's competitive advantages (plus its underlying economic recovery & momentum), should more than compensate for any potential medium & long - term (hard / soft) Brexit threat to exports & tourism.

In socialist Europe, rent - seekers have a cosier, more public relationship with the government legally and cleanly, but hardly to the advantage of either the free choices of individuals or of economic efficiency.

While a larger linked system would be able to take advantage of more mitigation options, all design elements, but also other factors such as political decisions and economic developments in every jurisdiction become variables in the larger market.

Solutions could range from better and more reliable buses and trains to smarter planning that enables more people to get out of their vehicles, live in walkable and bikeable communities, and take advantages of new and innovative technologies, services, and economic opportunities.

More importantly, it appears that they have direct economic advantages over marine diesel in addition to the obvious environmental advantages.

The global economy has been decarbonizing «naturally» via economic growth (more efficient use of energy can be an advantage over your competitors).

The advantages of a comprehensive approach are: 1) it promotes economic efficiency by allowing emission reductions in the gases which are the least expensive to abate, or the substitution of increased sinks for reducing emissions if this is the least cost option; 2) it prevents switching form one form of activity which emits greenhouse gases to another that contributes as much, if not more, to the problem of climate change; and 3) it provides an incentive to move science and technology forward.

Given these four good reasons to build community microgrids — electric reliability, grid strengthening, economic advantage, and environmental improvement — likely to soon see many more microgrids in U.S. cities and towns.

Climate impact concerns include environmental quality (e.g., more ozone, water - logging or salinisation), linkage systems (e.g., threats to water and power supplies), societal infrastructures (e.g., changed energy / water / health requirements, disruptive severe weather events, reductions in resources for other social needs and maintaining sustainable livelihoods, environmental migration (Box 7.2), placing blame for adverse effects, changes in local ecologies that undermine a sense of place), physical infrastructures (e.g., flooding, storm damage, changes in the rate of deterioration of materials, changed requirements for water or energy supply), and economic infrastructures and comparative advantages (e.g., costs and / or risks increased, markets or competitors affected).

TAR offers many advantages in e-discovery, but the reason it took off as it did was ultimately economic — it was far cheaper for the client and far more efficient for the lawyers to use TAR to review large quantities of documents for e-discovery.

Progressive Corporation believes that with the country's current weak economic prospects, some policyholders might take advantage of their auto insurance policies and file false claims for injuries or damages sustained during... (more) November 23, 2009

In a more recent case, Globetrotter Software, Inc. v. Elan Computer Group, Inc., the court elaborated on the decision in Zenith by holding that an allegedly «bad faith» patent assertion must pass the «objective baselessness» standard to survive federal preemption of state - law counterclaims for tortious interference with prospective economic advantage and unfair competition.

When the economic downturn that hit the world like volcano in 2007/2008 put a plethora of talented professionals and executives in unemployment; and as companies were trying to leverage limited resources to do more with less, they had the advantage because it became an employers» market.

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CSIS has also assigned more of its counter-intelligence resources to investigate the activities of foreign governments that decide to conduct economic espionage in Canada in order to gain an economic advantage or try to acquire technology in Canada that can be used for the development of weapons of mass destruction.»

Mary Kay Irving: Sellers actually have a little bit of an advantage in this market currently because we have such a low inventory with the economic downturn, people had been holding off on selling and so right now because of the low interest rates we have a lot of buyers but not enough inventory, not enough property for them, so it's a great time for sellers and my recommendations for them would also be to hire an agent but to make sure that they get a pre-listing inspection done and so that they are not caught by any surprises of work that needs to be done and that the buyers will be asking them to do and also that they make sure, if they've got, money is available to look into getting a consultation from a stager, a professional stager, at the very least they need to be making sure everything is de-cluttered and arranged properly, so sellers who do hire a professional stager actually sell their homes much more quickly and for a higher price, for higher final sale price, so it's in their best interest to actually hire a stager.

Ryan mentions that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg may have purchased a home in California; Ryan reviews the economic events of the prior week; Ryan notes that interest rate are still heading down; Ryan notes that the DC real estate market is competitive on the buy and rent sides and that would be renters in the DC area are turning into would be buyers; Louis notes that the DC housing dynamic is different from the rest of the country where housing prices are down and there is plenty of inventory; Louis notes that if it is cheaper to buy than rent that it makes sense to get a long term low interest rate loan; Louis talks about the benefits of visiting HomeGain.com; Louis discusses the HomeGain FSBO vs. Realtor survey and the advantages of hiring a REALTOR; Louis and Ryan discuss the HomeGain home improvement survey and recount the types of home improvements that provide the best return on investment; Ryan and Louis talk about pricing strategies for selling a home; Louis and Ryan discuss the differences between pricing a short sale and pricing a non short sale home; Louis notes pricing a home too high may keep the home on the market a long time and that the more days a home is on the market makes a home look like damaged good; Ryan describes short sales as foreclosure avoidance and discusses the impact of each on FICO scores; Ryan talks about the options that people with underwater mortgages have; Louis mentions that 72 % of home buyers and sellers pick the first real estate agent they meet and points out the value in comparing agents first using HomeGain's Find a REALTOR program; Louis can Ryan discuss the level of shadow inventory the impact on sellers as more inventory gets released;