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A Woman in a Man's World: The Political Attitudes of Women and the Role of Representation
Title
A Woman in a Man's World: The Political Attitudes of Women and the Role of Representation
Author
Wemlinger, Elizabeth
Date Created
2011
Subjects--Topical
Government policy, Political science, Sex role
Description
Gender plays an important role in shaping attitudes, constraining roles, and perpetuating values. Historically women have been removed from the public and political environment, not allowed to vote, to freely work, and to attend educational instit...
Health services use for ambulatory care sensitive conditions in the developing country of Barbados
Title
Health services use for ambulatory care sensitive conditions in the developing country of Barbados
Author
Bushelle-Edghill, Jennifer
Date Created
2011
Subjects--Topical
Public health, Government policy, Medical sciences
Description
Objective: This research examined hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSH) for the population of Barbados during 2003-2008. I examined differences in ACSH rates for females and males at the parish and population levels over ...
On Corruption-related Crimes in Transitional China--A Panel Data Analysis from Criminological and Other Multi-disciplinary Perspective
Title
On Corruption-related Crimes in Transitional China--A Panel Data Analysis from Criminological and Other Multi-disciplinary Perspective
Author
Meng, Qingli
Date Created
2011
Subjects--Topical
Government policy, Criminology, Public administration
Description
Compared with other countries, any discussion of corruption has been a recent phenomenon in China, especially if the research used a quantitative method. One of the unexplored aspects of current China studies is a measure and explanation of the im...
Tradeoffs in the use of value-added estimates of teacher effectiveness by school districts
Title
Tradeoffs in the use of value-added estimates of teacher effectiveness by school districts
Author
Baxter, Andrew
Date Created
2011
Subjects--Topical
Government policy, Education and state
Description
A new capacity to track the inputs and outcomes of individual students' education production function has spurred a growing number of school districts to attempt to measure the productivity of their teachers in terms of student outcomes. The use o...