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Spatial effects upon employment of outcomes: The case of New Jersey teenagersProvides tests of the relative importance of spatial factors on employment outcomes of teenagers in the United States. Relations between youth employment probabilities to individuals and family characteristics; Sources of statistical problems in the …
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Teenage Employment and the Spatial Isolation of Minority and Poverty HouseholdsThis paper tests the importance of the spatial isolation of minority and poverty households for youth employment in large metropolitan areas. We estimate a model relating youth employment probabilities to individual and family characteristics, race, and …
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Power PlaysThe article presents information on the role of power in negotiation. Power could generate competition or conflict in negotiations, however, effective channelization of power helps in bringing the win-win situation to both the parties. Social …
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The Need For Real Evidence In Physician Workforce Decision Making: A Reply To Ed Salsberg (3/15/2005)Presents a letter to Edward Salsberg about the need for real evidence in physician workforce decision making. Opinion that one needs more information before making decisions about specialty composition in the health professions; Notion that primary care …
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Reductions In Firearm-Related Mortality And Hospitalizations In Brazil After Gun ControlThis paper provides evidence suggesting that gun control measures have been effective in reducing the toll of violence on population health in Brazil. In 2004, for the first time in more than a decade, firearm-related mortality declined 8 percent from the …
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A Variant of the Shift and Share Projection FormulationExamines variance of the shift and share projection formulation. Use of the shift share method in explaining historical trends in regional employment; Examination of the predictive power of the variant against the standard formulation; Evaluation of …
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Formation of New Organizations to Manage RiskExamines ways in which organizations adapt to changing risk assessments in the U.S. through the development of organizational forms during times of crisis. Emergence of institutional conflict in setting risk standards; Organization adaptation to high risk …
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The Relationship of Emergency Management to Governmental Policies on Man-Made Technological DisastersExamines the relationship between emergency management and governmental policies on technological disasters. Exploration of whether or not disasters exist from man-made technologies involving hazardous materials and what mechanisms are currently in place …
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An End to the War on WasteRecommends how the Offices of Inspector General (OIG) can end the war of attribution in which they mop up the fraud, waste and abuse in government offices. OIGs prospering in the eighties; Attacking the enemy at the source; Starting with a modern …
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"Not Like Us": Removing the Barriers to Recruiting Minority FacultyOffers suggestions on how to remove the barriers to recruiting minority faculty. Obstacles to recruitment; Position description; Search for the position; Making a short list; Evaluation of criteria to be used in reviewing specific files; Interviews; Extra …
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The Empty Government Talent Pool.Focuses on the problems of the United States government in competing for public service workforce and the changes in the federal public service. Two features of the federal government's problem in recruiting talents for public service; Characteristics of …
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Government By the PeopleMagleby, D.B., O'Brien, D., Peltason, J.W., Burns, J.M., Light, P.C. & Cronin, T.E. …
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Future Challenges: Creativity in the Business of Improving the World for the ChildrenSchall, E. …
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Rethinking School Safety: The Report of the Chancellor's Advisory Panel on School SafetyLynch, G. & Schall, E., Travis, J. …
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Improving Children and Family Services in Iowa: Entry Points to System ChangeSchall, E. …
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Engaging the Next Generation in Family PhilanthropyEvery family has its own unique dynamics and conversations. Philanthropy adds a new dimension to these conversations which are often taking place both within and between generations. This is why 21/64 partnered with New York University's Robert F. Wagner …
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The Use of Case Management as a Revitalizing Theme in a Juvneile Jusitce Agency"Many organizations, especially public agencies, are in need of revitalization. Often the arrival of a new leader is an opportune moment to reinvigorate the agency, yet the yield from this opportunity critically depends on the way in which the leader joins …
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Preparing Americans for DisasterAs they ponder the final 9/11 commission report detailing the continued lack of preparedness among federal agencies, Congress and President Bush should also consider the parallel lack of preparedness among the citizenry as a …