Sentences with phrase «performed by an economist»

A single research study performed by an economist proposed that high - fat diets were the cause of most heart disease, stroke and high cholesterol levels.

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Jerome H. Powell, the new Federal Reserve chairman, is a lawyer in a role performed mostly by economists.
While six of the best - performing economies of the 2001 - 2010 decade are African (IMF / The Economist Report — 2011), and four African countries are among the top 10 economies recording the highest growth rates in 2013 («The World in 2013» report by The Economist), multinational companies prospecting in African markets often face cultural differences and find It difficult to operate with their local partners.
Cultural dimension: While six of the best - performing economies of the 2001 - 2010 decade are African (IMF / The Economist Report — 2011), and four African countries are among the top 10 economies recording the highest growth rates in 2013 («The World in 2013» report by The Economist), multinational companies prospecting in African markets often face cultural differences and find It difficult to operate with their local partners.
When public schools integrate these elements — as in a pilot project run by Harvard economist Roland Fryer in Houston, early evidence suggests those schools are seeing the same gains as high - performing charters.
Our results are confirmed by a more detailed study of NCLB's impact on high - performing students conducted by economists Brian Jacob and Thomas Dee.
Looking at an analysis performed by my colleague (and public school parent), Brookings economist Makada Henry - Nickie, socioeconomically diverse schools cluster along the rich - poor, black - white dividing line in Washington, D.C. (See fig. 3 below.)
Students who entered lotteries and won spots in New York City charter schools performed better on state exams than students who entered the same lotteries but did not secure charter school seats, according to a study by a Stanford University economist being released Tuesday...
An ambitious experiment created by Harvard economist Roland Fryer to export and scale the practices of high - performing charter school chains to public schools in Houston appears to be bearing early fruit, according to Fryer's findings in a recent report.
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