ECN 3671 – The Economics of Labor Markets – Spring 2012 Term Paper Guidelines In this term paper you will explore an issue in labor economics‚ relying on published academic research and the economic models we have developed in class to inform your analysis‚ as well as other sources of your choosing. Topics There is a very broad range of potential topics for this paper. The most important criteria for a topic is that it be of interest to you: something that sparks your curiosity‚ something related
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Single Parent Households Single Parent Households Family is defined in Webster’s dictionary as “a group consisting of parents and children living in a household together”. But not all families have a mother‚ father‚ and children. Some families only have one parent making it a single parent household. Since the 1960’s single parent households have been increasing year after year. Information provided by the U.S. Census Bureau shows an increase of 3% in single parent homes from 2008 to 2012
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2012. $8.9 trillion USD was the GDP in 2012. The GDP value of China represents 11.77 percent of the world economy‚ reported by the World Bank group. Its unemployment rate is 4.11%‚ which is relatively low for such high populous country. The labor force of China included about 800 million workers in 2012. According to the research‚ at least 130 million of those workers are from relatively poor areas to capital cities and industrial bases to work. Many families of these workers were relied on
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Child labor around the world has been slowly decreasing‚ but in Somalia it has been continuing to thrive‚ making it become one of the top countries with child laborers. From agriculture work to construction to even child soldiering‚ children are being forced into work over school completion. The families of these children are dealing with extreme poverty and are sometimes willing to give up their own children in order to earn money. Some of the children aren’t given up by their families but instead
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room rather than getting help from a person. Because Ikea tries to cut costs in every aspect of its business model‚ child labor is an issue the company faces. Ikea outsources the manufacturing of its products in areas of the world where it cheapest to make those respective products. While this is a good thing for the company in respect to cutting costs‚ child labor is often used in the manufacturing of cheaper products. When Ikea looks for companies to oursource its manufacturing to‚ Ikea must
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focuses on the Chattanooga Ice Cream Division case study developed by Carl Sloane. Leadership opportunities and action are defined based on the characters in the case study. Dysfunction is evaluated both from a team aspect and from the leadership role. Specific development activities are identified to help the individuals develop emotional intelligence. Finally‚ recommendations will be made to guide the team forward. Background Chattanooga Ice Cream is a division of Chattanooga Food Corporation
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COMPREHENSIVE LEARNING ASSESSMENT 1: The Field Service Division of DMI DMI: Use of Technology in Business Re-Engineering The study brings about many issues encountered by Diversified Manufacturing‚ Inc.: some explicit and others merely implied implicitly. Field Service Divisions are important parts of organizations operating in manufacturing industries. As technology becomes more and more involved in the production process and the after sales services‚ it is crucial for companies to develop
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Hazardous Household Products Fact Sheet Household hazardous products represent an unregulated waste stream that can lead to environmental contamination when improperly disposed. What happens to improperly disposed of hazardous household products? 1. Hazardous household products that are flushed down the drain‚ poured onto the ground‚ or dumped into storm drains pollute the Bay’s waters and possibly your drinking water. 2. Disposal of hazardous materials in a municipal landfill contributes to the
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4.I believe that our observations are repressentative of cell division taking place in the oinon root tip. Firstly‚ this is because our numbers of the number of cells in each phase of mitosis are similar to the rest of the groups‚ so we can assume our results are most likely correct. We can also assume our calculations are right because we know that Interphase is the most active phase in the process of cell divison‚ which would agree with our calculations since we assume that approxiamtly 93% of
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Dignity of Human Labor. What is labor? * Employment * Physical and mental work done by people * Productivity activity for the economic gain * Work gives us the opportunity to express and to develop one’s talents for one’s own good and for the good of others * From a Christian perspective‚ we can say that work is a vocation in the service of discipleship. * * * * * * * * It is not only a basic human right‚ but also a duty from our baptismal
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