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Is There a Union Wage Premium in Germany and Which Workers Benefit Most?
No full textUsing representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), this paper finds
a statistically significant union wage premium in Germany of almost three percent, which is not
simply a collective bargaining premium. Given that the union membership fee is typically about
one percent of workers’ gross wages, this finding suggests that it pays off to be a union member.
Our results show that the wage premium differs substantially between various occupations and
educational groups, but not between men and women. We do not find that union wage premia are
higher for those occupations and workers which constitute the core of union membership. Rather,
unions seem to care about disadvantaged workers and pursue a wider social agenda
Faux Ami / Falscher Freund
No full textKörte M. Faux Ami / Falscher Freund. In: Schmieder F, Toepfer G, eds. Wörter aus der Fremde : Begriffsgeschichte als Übersetzungsgeschichte. Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos ; 2018: 86-90
Measurement of oxygen consumption of rat bone marrow cells by a polarographic method
No full text Page 751: R. M. Gesinski, J. H. Morrison, and J. R. Toepfer. “Measurement of oxygen consumption of rat bone marrow cells by a polarographic method.” An incorrect value for the Bunsen coefficient was used in calculating oxygen consumption. All values given for microliters of oxygen consumed—in the text, figures, and all tables—should be corrected by dividing by a factor of 4.77. This correction does not alter the interpretations made in the paper but only the magnitude of the consumption reported. </jats:p
Heil und Heilung. Die Kultur der Selbstsorge in der Kunst und Literatur des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit, hrsg. v. Tobias Bulang u. Regina Toepfer, Heidelberg: Winter, 2020
No full textBenz M. Heil und Heilung. Die Kultur der Selbstsorge in der Kunst und Literatur des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit, hrsg. v. Tobias Bulang u. Regina Toepfer, Heidelberg: Winter, 2020. Arbitrium. 10.11.2021;39(3):287-291
The age pay gap between young and older employees in Italy: Perceived or real discrimination against the young?
No full textThis paper analyzes the age pay gap in Italy (22%), particularly as it is of interest in an aging society and as it may affect social cohesion. Instead of the traditional approach for model selection, we use a machine-learning approach (post double robust Least Absolute Shrinkage Operator [LASSO]). This approach allows us to reduce Omitted Variable Bias (OVB), given data restrictions, and to obtain a robust estimate of the conditional age pay gap. We then decompose the conditional gap and analyze the impact of four further potential sources of heterogeneity (workers’, sectors’, and occupations’ permanent heterogeneity as well as sample selection bias). The results suggest that age discrimination in pay is only perceived but not real in Italy for both men and women
Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
No full text"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Dr. Glendon Swarthout
No full textHosted by Roger M. Busfield, MSU Assistant Professor of Speech and Theater, Meet the Author is designed to introduce a general audience to a contemporary author and their work through in-depth interviews. This episode features a conversation between Dr. Glendon Swarthout, prolific author and English professor at MSU, and assistant professors Sam S. Baskett and Theodore B. Strandness
Simulation of thermal plant optimization and hydraulic aspects of thermal distribution loops for large campuses
No full textFollowing an introduction, the author describes Texas A&M University and its utilities system. After that, the author presents how to construct simulation models for chilled water and heating hot water distribution systems. The simulation model was used in a $2.3 million Ross Street chilled water pipe replacement project at Texas A&M University. A second project conducted at the University of Texas at San Antonio was used as an example to demonstrate how to identify and design an optimal distribution system by using a simulation model. The author found that the minor losses of these closed loop thermal distribution systems are significantly higher than potable water distribution systems. In the second part of the report, the author presents the latest development of software called the Plant Optimization Program, which can simulate cogeneration plant operation, estimate its operation cost and provide optimized operation suggestions. The author also developed detailed simulation models for a gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator and identified significant potential savings. Finally, the author also used a steam turbine as an example to present a multi-regression method on constructing simulation models by using basic statistics and optimization algorithms. This report presents a survey of the author??s working experience at the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) at Texas A&M University during the period of January 2002 through March 2004. The purpose of the above work was to allow the author to become familiar with the practice of engineering. The result is that the author knows how to complete a project from start to finish and understands how both technical and nontechnical aspects of a project need to be considered in order to ensure a quality deliverable and bring a project to successful completion. This report concludes that the objectives of the internship were successfully accomplished and that the requirements for the degree of Degree of Engineering have been satisfied
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