Tennessee defines «highly qualified» as a teacher whose students gain at least 1.5 years
of academic growth per school year, i.e., a «highly effective» teacher.
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.