wyszukanych pozycji: 6
Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs: 2005
ISBN: 9780815712800 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 303 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Designed to reach a wide audience of scholars and policymakers, the Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs is an annual series that serves as a forum for cutting-edge, accessible research on urban policy. Tentative contents include: -Growth of Medium-Size Cities in China Vernon Henderson (Brown University) - The Effects on Driving Patterns, Commuting Times, and Air Quality of New Public Projects to Expand Urban Rail Transit Matthew Kahn (Tufts University) and Nathaniel Baum-Snow (University of Chicago) - State Fiscal Constraints and Higher Education Spending Peter Orszag (Brookings) and... Designed to reach a wide audience of scholars and policymakers, the Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs is an annual series that serves as a ... |
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178,52 zł |
Closing the Deficit: How Much Can Later Retirement Help?
ISBN: 9780815704034 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 135 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. As the average age of the population continues to rise in industrialized nations, the fiscal impacts of aging demand ever-closer attention. Closing the Deficit examines one oft-discussed approach to the issue--encouraging people to work longer than they now do. Workers would spend more years paying taxes and fewer years drawing pension and health benefits. But how much difference to spending and revenues would longer working lives make? What steps could be taken to make longer working lives attractive? And what would happen to older Americans not in a position to prolong their work... As the average age of the population continues to rise in industrialized nations, the fiscal impacts of aging demand ever-closer attention. Closing... |
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179,80 zł |
Does Money Matter?: The Effect of School Resources on Student Achievement and Adult Success
ISBN: 9780815712756 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Many believe that American education can only be improved with a sizable infusion of new resources into the nation's schools. Others find little evidence that large increases in spending lead to improvements in educational performance. Do additional school resources actually make any difference? The evidence on this question offers a striking paradox. Many analysts have found that extra school resources play a negligible role in improving student achievement while children are in school. Yet many economists have gathered data showing that students who attend well-endowed schools grow up to...
Many believe that American education can only be improved with a sizable infusion of new resources into the nation's schools. Others find little evide...
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179,80 zł |
A Future of Lousy Jobs?: The Changing Structure of U.S. Wages
ISBN: 9780815711797 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This book addresses two main issues. It examines the changing distribution of U.S. jobs and seeks to determine whether recent employment growth has been disproportionately concentrated in low-wage jobs. And it attempt to establish the main economic causes behind the drift in the American wage structure.
This book addresses two main issues. It examines the changing distribution of U.S. jobs and seeks to determine whether recent employment growth has be...
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108,31 zł |
Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs: 2008
ISBN: 9780815713739 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Contents include: - Toward a Comprehensive Assessment of Road Pricing Accounting for Land Use Ashley Langer (University of California Berkeley) and CliffordWinston (Brookings) - Prospects for Urban Road Pricing in Canada Robin Lindsey (University of Alberta) - London Congestion Charging Georgina Santos (University of Oxford)"
Contents include: - Toward a Comprehensive Assessment of Road Pricing Accounting for Land Use Ashley Langer (University of California Berkeley) and... |
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178,52 zł |
Can America Afford to Grow Old?: Paying for Social Security
ISBN: 9780815700432 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Examines the effects of rising social security costs and of measures adopted to deal with them, and discusses possible ways of coping with the shortfall of available money for the aging American population.
Examines the effects of rising social security costs and of measures adopted to deal with them, and discusses possible ways of coping with the shortfa...
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81,22 zł |