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The Challenge Of Achieving High Work Participation Rates In Welfare Programs
White Papers This paper examines work participation under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program; the reauthorization proposals on work Congress is considering; the implications of those proposals for state and local welfare offices; and...
[July 19, 2005, 0:00]
A Profile Of Participation In Distance Education: 1999-2000
White Papers This paper examines the participation of undergraduate and graduate students in distance education. During the 1990s, distance education availability, course offerings, and enrollments increased rapidly.
[April 16, 2005, 0:00]
Electronic Commerce: Small Business Participation In Selected On-Line Procurement Programs
White Papers This report explores issues related to small business participation in government on-line procurement programs and electronic commerce2 education activities covered by selected federal programs for businesses in general.
[January 11, 2005, 23:00]
IBM Implements E-Learning And Wireless Technology To Facilitate Student Participation At SDA Bocco
White Papers The University set several quality goals, including, breaking traditional teaching practices by increasing the active participation of students in their studies through e-learning. The 'Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi' was established in 1902...
[July 21, 2004, 0:00]
ICANN 'killing Participation' In Internet
News The group that oversees the Internet's domain-name system came under heavy fire on Thursday for a decision that critics said kills the concept of public participation and establishes in its stead a paternalistic oligarchy.
[March 15, 2002, 15:21]
Changes In Participation In Means-Tested Programs
White Papers The substantial drop in the number of TANF recipients raises questions about whether participation in other means-tested programs has followed similar patterns. This paper looks at trends in participation in some of the major means-tested programs...
[July 7, 2005, 0:00]
Identity Management Helps Business Gear Up For Rapid Growth In The Participation Age
White Papers Success will be realized in the Participation Age through a balance of both open access and secure control, to accelerate business growth while at the same time protecting against unnecessary risk. Businesses cannot grow when they act out of fear.
[January 2, 2006, 23:00]
Taxes And Unmarried Fathers' Participation In The Underground Economy
White Papers The study also extends the empirical analysis of Lemieux et al.by taking into account exogenous state and local variation in marginal tax rates, as well as socio demographic variables related to the likelihood of participation in the underground.
[November 16, 2004, 23:00]
Predictors Of Engagement And Participation In An Online Course
White Papers These problems can limit the amount of participation and engagement with the course materials that are offered in the online environment. The use of online learning materials is increasing in both academic and industrial training settings.
[April 21, 2005, 0:00]
Looking Ahead: Young Men, Wage Growth, And Labor Market Participation
White Papers Despite the current economic boom, employment among young men is lower today than it was in the late 1960s. This decline has been largely driven by a 17 percentage point reduction in the proportion of young high school dropouts working even a...
[June 29, 2005, 0:00]
Evolution Of Volunteer Participation In Libre Software Projects: Evidence From Debian
White Papers Most libre software projects rely on the work of volunteers. Therefore, attracting people who contribute their time and technical skills is of paramount importance, both in technical and economic terms.
[April 19, 2006, 0:00]
The 'Participation Age' Is Here
News Scott McNealy thinks open source is the way forward
[February 7, 2006, 16:30]
HP's Solution Supports One Of Europe's Largest Citizen Participation Projects
White Papers The City Council of Madrid had a vision for its municipality to become one of the most innovative and technology oriented cities in Europe. With its aim to use technology to bring its government closer to the 4.5 million citizens and to promote...
[March 2, 2006, 23:00]
The Earned Income Tax Credit And Labor Market Participation Of Families On Welfare
White Papers Between 1990 and 1999, real spending on the earned income tax credit (EITC) increased to $31.9 billion from $9.6 billion (in 1999 dollars). It is by far the largest cash or near-cash antipoverty policy in the United States.
[June 24, 2005, 0:00]
Limited Participation, Income Distribution And Capital-Account Liberalization
White Papers This paper examines the redistribution that takes place not only among countries but also among different groups within countries from opening capital markets internationally. In order to provide some insights into the benefits of liberalization...
[June 29, 2005, 0:00]
Sun: It's All About Participation
News Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's COO, used JavaOne to ram home the message that Sun shares
[June 30, 2005, 14:20]
The Effect Of E-Mail Messages On Student Participation In The Asynchronous On-Line Course: A Research Note
White Papers In the asynchronous learning network (ALN), the learner should have more control of the acquisition of knowledge as compared to the traditional classroom. Learner control is one of the primary reasons cited by proponents to lend support to web...
[April 21, 2005, 0:00]
Hacking Alone?: The Effects Of Online And Offline Participation On Open Source Community Leadership
White Papers One type of online community that has experienced unprecedented growth since the word open source was coined in the spring of 1998, are open source software communities. An open source software project faces even greater problems of governance than...
[April 20, 2006, 0:00]
Apache Encourages Female Coders
News The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is hoping to increase the participation of women in its open source projects by setting up a new mailing list. The free Linux distribution Debian set up a group last year to encourage the participation of women.
[August 22, 2005, 17:45]
Three Million Foreigners, Three Million Unemployed? - Immigration And The French Labor Market
White Papers Using a system of equations for unemployment, labor-free participation, the real wage, and the immigration rate, it is shown that, in the long run, legal and amnestied immigrant workers, and their families, lower the unemployment rate permanently.
[September 17, 2003, 0:00]
