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Showing 1 to 20 of 73 for “"cost-of-living"”.
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Cost of living in Spain: a spatial perspective
… de cómo las economías de aglomeración afectan al coste de vida y al bienestar.
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An Approximation of the Cost-of-Living Index for a Single Commodity
… in DSpace on 2014-12-09T19:31:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6500908.pdf: 10991061 bytes, checksum: b91e75d352756ccbe6f90ce302d57e6e (MD5) Previous issue date: 1964
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Economic advancement or social exclusion? : less-educated workers, cost-of-living and migration in high-tech regions
Several high-tech regions today show signs of displacement and exclusion of low-skill workers from the employment and wage benefits of a booming economy. Whether high-tech activities are responsible for these trends or if the ex ante characteristics of the region could predispose its residents to …
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Measurement of Hospital Performance: Environmental and Organizational Factors Associated with Cost
… increased interest in measuring the performance of health care providers. For bottom line oriented payors such as government and business, the focus is on measuring cost. As hospitals account for over one-third of health care expenses, hospital cost per admission is a common measure of …
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The World Takes
The power is out, the heat is off, and the family car is on the back of a tow truck when Joop, at 11 years old, discovers the cost of living. The World Takes is a narrative short fiction film that features two young brothers and their father grappling with their own fragility as they navigate an …
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An Analysis of the Legal Obstacles to State Pension Reform
… that modifies future accruals or even reduces cost-of-living allowances for retirees. Nearly all such new reforms have been the subject of one or more lawsuits alleging that the federal and/or state constitution bars the legislature from reducing benefits or accrual patterns. This dissertation …
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Determinants of Wife's Satisfaction With Her Pay
The objective of this study was to determine the relative importance of personal input factors (education, age, length of service, and training), job factors (job level, satisfaction with job), pay factors (amount of money, cost of living pay increase, other's income, amount of family income and …
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Community-Based Approaches in Addressing Childhood Food Insecurity: An Evaluation of a Mobile Meal Program Model
… health issue in the United States, and families living in affluent communities are at an increased risk due to the high cost of living. The impact of charitable community-based programs on childhood food insecurity remains under-evaluated. Researchers at Stanford University conducted an …
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Multimarket Search
… almost exclusively with the search for the price of a single good. Since consumers would like to maximize the utility of consumption, a more general problem than minimizing the price of one good, search theory should consider the problem of searching in several markets in order to determine the …
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Determinants of Southern Nevada in-migration: Similarities and differences between labor force and elderly migrants
… further, they have stressed the importance of economic conditions in the states of origin as the primary cause of migration. This study, however, presents a more complete migration model of Clark County's in-migrants--one which differs from previous migration studies. First, the model uses …
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More buildings about songs and food: A case study of Omaha's Slowdown project.
The success of independent rock music ("indie rock"), once a marginalized sub-genre of the rock idiom and now a globally recognized cultural force, has impacted the urban landscape of Omaha, Nebraska via the mixed-use urban redevelopment project, "Slowdown" - a result of cultural production by the …
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The Role of Affordable Housing in Enhancing Tenants' Economic Stability in Connecticut: A Focus on Income, Employment, and Housing Stability
<p>This study examined the role of affordable housing in promoting economic stability among low- and moderate-income households in Connecticut. Focusing on income security, employment opportunities, and housing retention, this research highlighted the significance of affordable housing as a means …
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Irrational market : facts and fiction behind affordable housing in the San Francisco Bay Area
… is experiencing a housing shortage. The results of this housing crunch are most acutely felt by low income families who can no longer afford to live in the region. The housing shortage also threatens to undermine the economic competitiveness of the San Francisco Bay Area as it becomes …
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Identifying the main indicators to consider when choosing the most profitable property for short-term rental
… high tourism levels and heavy buyer competition offer more liquidity, whereas limited tourism and weak competition can render a property illiquid. This means the location of the property plays the most critical role in this market. The process of finding the “best buy” in terms of short-stay …
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The impact of Work School Conflict and Work School Enrichment on job satisfaction and academic satisfaction
… with paid work necessitated by the increasing cost of living and the costs of tertiary education. Simultaneously, higher education in South Africa (SA) is plagued with low success rates (Department of Higher Education and Training, 2017). The increase in combining work and study could be a …
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The experiences of expatriate mothers regarding pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood in the host city Cape Town, South Africa
The study explored the experiences of expatriate mothers' pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood in a host city. This included identifying how expatriate mothers access public healthcare, and adapt to motherhood in a host country in a subsequent pregnancy. These expatriate mothers had previously …
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Employee engagement: relevance and application in the third sector?
… organisational challenges. It explores the level of understanding and use of engagement in TSOs. It assesses the engagement experience of senior leaders in those TSOs. Finally, the work uses these data to extend current theoretical perspectives on engagement to contribute to knowledge. Engagement …
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The parking policy and smart growth disconnect : obstacles to establishing and implementing smart growth parking policy
… over the last 80 years. Parking is one part of the complex and problematic system of traditional urban development that can benefit from a Smart Growth approach to urban livability. Parking is increasingly understood to be an underlying factor in traffic generation that leads to increasing …
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Essays on the political economy of land use regulation
With the rising cost of living in urban areas, the tradition of de facto community control of land-use regulation has come under increasing scrutiny. To investigate the consequences of this system of decentralized zoning, I integrate locally-controlled, endogenous zoning into a structural city …
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Impact of Reward Systems on the Organizations Performance in Tanzanian Banking Industry: A Case of Commercial Banks in Mwanza City
… further improve company performance. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of reward systems on organisational performance in commercial banks in Mwanza city, Tanzania. The study was guided by the following specific objectives:(i) to determine the reward systems currently used in …
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