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2008-1 The Changing Role Of Family Income And Ability In Determining Educational Achievement, Philippe Belley, Lance J. Lochner Jan 2008

2008-1 The Changing Role Of Family Income And Ability In Determining Educational Achievement, Philippe Belley, Lance J. Lochner

Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2008-6 Learning About Academic Ability And The College Drop-Out Decision, Todd R. Stinebrickner, Ralph Stinebrickner Jan 2008

2008-6 Learning About Academic Ability And The College Drop-Out Decision, Todd R. Stinebrickner, Ralph Stinebrickner

Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2008-5 Human Capital Prices, Productivity And Growth, Audra J. Bowlus, Chris Robinson Jan 2008

2008-5 Human Capital Prices, Productivity And Growth, Audra J. Bowlus, Chris Robinson

Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2008-3 Human Capital Specificity: Evidence From The Dictionary Of Occupational Titles And Displaced Worker Surveys 1984-2000, Maxim Poletaev, Chris Robinson Jan 2008

2008-3 Human Capital Specificity: Evidence From The Dictionary Of Occupational Titles And Displaced Worker Surveys 1984-2000, Maxim Poletaev, Chris Robinson

Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers

No abstract provided.


Social Support, Material Circumstance And Health Behaviour: Influences On Health In First Nation And Inuit Communities Of Canada, Chantelle A.M. Richmond, Nancy A. Ross Jan 2008

Social Support, Material Circumstance And Health Behaviour: Influences On Health In First Nation And Inuit Communities Of Canada, Chantelle A.M. Richmond, Nancy A. Ross

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

An expansive literature describes the links between social support and health. Though the bulk of this evidence emphasizes the health-enhancing effect of social support, certain aspects can have negative consequences for health (e.g., social obligations). In the Canadian context, the geographically small and socially interconnected nature of First Nation and Inuit communities provides a unique example through which to explore this relationship. Despite reportedly high levels of social support, many First Nation and Inuit communities endure broad social problems, thereby leading us to question the assumption that social support is primarily health protective. We draw from narrative analysis of inter- …


The International Management Of Aboriginal Whaling, Michael F. Tillman Jan 2008

The International Management Of Aboriginal Whaling, Michael F. Tillman

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

Prior to the development of commercial whaling, several indigenous communities undertook hunts of whales to fulfill their subsistence needs. Fortunately, the two international conventions that implemented the regulation of commercial whaling did not lose sight of the needs of these aboriginal communities. How this was done, as well as the eventual evolution of the management of aboriginal whaling, is summarized in this review. The record shows that, whether in terms of exempting these aboriginal hunts from required management actions or of setting precautionary catch limits for otherwise protected stocks, an overriding management principle has emerged wherein international managers have been …


The Maori Of Tourist Brochures Representing Indigenousness, Kjell Olsen Jan 2008

The Maori Of Tourist Brochures Representing Indigenousness, Kjell Olsen

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

This study analyses how Maori operators in the tourist industry portray indigenous culture in their brochures. For close to 150 years, Maori people have been involved as entrepreneurs in New Zealand’s tourist industry. Although now integrated into the modern New Zealand nation-state, the representation of their culture in tourism gives an image of a traditional people radically different and set apart from modern New Zealand (Kiwi) culture. Utilising Fabian’s ideas regarding the organisation of otherness through cultural constructions of time and space, this article demonstrates how certain spatial arrangements are necessary to sustain the imaginary temporary division between a modern …


The Registered Indian Human Development Indices: Conceptual And Methodological Issues, Martin Cooke Jan 2008

The Registered Indian Human Development Indices: Conceptual And Methodological Issues, Martin Cooke

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Using The Undp Indices To Examine Gender Equality And Well-Being, Martin Cooke Jan 2008

Using The Undp Indices To Examine Gender Equality And Well-Being, Martin Cooke

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Introduction: Aboriginal Well-Being: Canada’S Continuing Challenge, Dan Beavon, Jerry White Jan 2008

Introduction: Aboriginal Well-Being: Canada’S Continuing Challenge, Dan Beavon, Jerry White

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Aboriginal Well-Being In Four Countries: An Application Of The Undp’S Human Development Index To Aboriginal People In Australia, Canada, New Zealand, And The United States, Martin Cooke, Francis Mitrou, David Lawrence, Eric Guimond, Dan Beavon Jan 2008

Aboriginal Well-Being In Four Countries: An Application Of The Undp’S Human Development Index To Aboriginal People In Australia, Canada, New Zealand, And The United States, Martin Cooke, Francis Mitrou, David Lawrence, Eric Guimond, Dan Beavon

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Applying The Community Well-Being Index And The Human Development Index To Inuit In Canada, Sacha Senecal, Erin O'Sullivan, Eric Guimond, Sharanjit Uppal Jan 2008

Applying The Community Well-Being Index And The Human Development Index To Inuit In Canada, Sacha Senecal, Erin O'Sullivan, Eric Guimond, Sharanjit Uppal

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Community Well-Being: A Comparable Communities Analysis, Jerry White, Paul Maxim Jan 2008

Community Well-Being: A Comparable Communities Analysis, Jerry White, Paul Maxim

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Assessing The Net Effects Of Specific Claims Settlements In First Nations Communities In The Context Of Community Well-Being, Jerry White, Nicholas Spence, Paul Maxim Jan 2008

Assessing The Net Effects Of Specific Claims Settlements In First Nations Communities In The Context Of Community Well-Being, Jerry White, Nicholas Spence, Paul Maxim

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


The Community Well-Being Index (Cwb): Well-Being In First Nations Communities, Present, Past, And Future1, Erin O'Sullivan, Mindy Mchardy Jan 2008

The Community Well-Being Index (Cwb): Well-Being In First Nations Communities, Present, Past, And Future1, Erin O'Sullivan, Mindy Mchardy

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Well-Being In First Nations Communities: A Comparison Of Objective And Subjective Dimensions, Susan Wingert Jan 2008

Well-Being In First Nations Communities: A Comparison Of Objective And Subjective Dimensions, Susan Wingert

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


2008-1 The Case For Price Stability, Then And Now: A Retrospective Note On John W. Crow's 1988 Eric J. Hanson Memorial Lecture, David Laidler Jan 2008

2008-1 The Case For Price Stability, Then And Now: A Retrospective Note On John W. Crow's 1988 Eric J. Hanson Memorial Lecture, David Laidler

Economic Policy Research Institute. EPRI Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2008-2 Removing Some Dissonance From The Social Discount Rate Debate, David Burgess Jan 2008

2008-2 Removing Some Dissonance From The Social Discount Rate Debate, David Burgess

Economic Policy Research Institute. EPRI Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2008-3 Closing The 49th Parallel: An Unexplored Episode In Canadian Economic And Political History, James B. Davies, Stanely L. Winer Jan 2008

2008-3 Closing The 49th Parallel: An Unexplored Episode In Canadian Economic And Political History, James B. Davies, Stanely L. Winer

Economic Policy Research Institute. EPRI Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2008-5 Metrics Capturing The Degree To Which Individual Economies Are Globalized, Raymond Riezman, John Whalley, Shunming Zhang Jan 2008

2008-5 Metrics Capturing The Degree To Which Individual Economies Are Globalized, Raymond Riezman, John Whalley, Shunming Zhang

Economic Policy Research Institute. EPRI Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2008-4 Income Tax Design And The Desirability Of Subsidies To Secondary Workers In A Household Model With Joint And Non-Joint Time, Edgar Cudmore, John Piggott, John Whalley Jan 2008

2008-4 Income Tax Design And The Desirability Of Subsidies To Secondary Workers In A Household Model With Joint And Non-Joint Time, Edgar Cudmore, John Piggott, John Whalley

Economic Policy Research Institute. EPRI Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2008-6 Non-Agricultural Employment Determinants And Income Inequality Decomposition, Xiaoyun Liu, Terry Sicular Jan 2008

2008-6 Non-Agricultural Employment Determinants And Income Inequality Decomposition, Xiaoyun Liu, Terry Sicular

Economic Policy Research Institute. EPRI Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2008-7 Barriers To Technology Adoption And Entry, Igor D. Livshits, James C. Macgee Jan 2008

2008-7 Barriers To Technology Adoption And Entry, Igor D. Livshits, James C. Macgee

Economic Policy Research Institute. EPRI Working Papers

No abstract provided.


Beliefs About Consciousness And Reality: Clarification Of The Confusion Concerning Consciousness, Imants Barušs Jan 2008

Beliefs About Consciousness And Reality: Clarification Of The Confusion Concerning Consciousness, Imants Barušs

Psychology

There is considerable confusion surrounding the notion of consciousness. This confusion can be partially resolved by clarifying the referents of the word 'consciousness'. Doing so, however, reveals a more insidious problem, namely, the role played by personal beliefs in understanding consciousness. In particular, as revealed by a comprehensive survey, such beliefs range along a material- transcendent dimension, with the choice of notions of consciousness corresponding to materialist, conservatively transcendent, or extraordinarily transcendent positions. Further empirical research has revealed that those with more transcendent beliefs tend to have a more rational and curious approach to the world than those with more …


La Syntaxe, La Morphologie Et La Phonologie De La Réduction Dans Les Titres, Ivan Chow, Volha Kharytonava, Mikalai Kliashchuk, Ileana Paul Jan 2008

La Syntaxe, La Morphologie Et La Phonologie De La Réduction Dans Les Titres, Ivan Chow, Volha Kharytonava, Mikalai Kliashchuk, Ileana Paul

French Studies Publications

Le présent article examine le cas de la réduction dans les titres de journaux avec les données de plusieurs langues. Nous constatons qu’il existe plusieurs types de réduction: la réduction syntaxique, morphophonologique, et la réduction phonétique. Nous faisons un survol des différents types et nous laissons pour la recherche future une analyse plus détaillée des structures.


2008-4 Evidence About The Potential Role For Affirmative Action In Higher Education, Braz Camargo, Ralph Stinebrickner, Todd R. Stinebrickner Jan 2008

2008-4 Evidence About The Potential Role For Affirmative Action In Higher Education, Braz Camargo, Ralph Stinebrickner, Todd R. Stinebrickner

Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2008-2 Earnings Functions And Rates Of Return, James J. Heckman, Lance J. Lochner, Petra E. Todd Jan 2008

2008-2 Earnings Functions And Rates Of Return, James J. Heckman, Lance J. Lochner, Petra E. Todd

Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers

No abstract provided.


A Meta-Analysis Of Cbt For Pathological Worry Among Clients With Gad., Roger Covin, Allison J Ouimet, Pamela M Seeds, David J A Dozois Jan 2008

A Meta-Analysis Of Cbt For Pathological Worry Among Clients With Gad., Roger Covin, Allison J Ouimet, Pamela M Seeds, David J A Dozois

Psychology Publications

Previous meta-analyses assessing the effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) used general measures of anxiety to assess symptom severity and improvement (e.g., Hamilton Anxiety Ratings Scale or a composite measure of anxiety). While informative, these studies do not provide sufficient evidence as to whether CBT significantly reduces the cardinal symptom of GAD: pathological worry. The current meta-analysis employed stringent inclusion criteria to evaluate relevant outcome studies, including the use of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire as the main outcome variable. Results showed a large overall effect size (ES) that was moderated by age and modality …


Letting Go: Mindfulness And Negative Automatic Thinking, Paul A. Frewen, Elspeth M. Evans, Nicholas Maraj, David J. A. Dozois Jan 2008

Letting Go: Mindfulness And Negative Automatic Thinking, Paul A. Frewen, Elspeth M. Evans, Nicholas Maraj, David J. A. Dozois

Psychology Publications

Cognitive theorists describe mindfulness as a form of attention-awareness in which thoughts can be observed in non-judging, de-centered, and non-attached ways. However, empirical research has not examined associations between mindfulness and responses to negative automatic thoughts, such as the ability to let go of negative cognition. In the first study reported in this article, measures of dispositional mindfulness were negatively correlated with negative thought frequency and perceptions of the ability to let go of negative thoughts in an unselected student sample. In the second study reported, these associations were replicated in a treatment-seeking student sample, where participation in a mindfulness …


Childhood Predictors Of Adult Criminality: A Meta-Analysis Drawn From The Prospective Longitudinal Literature, Alan W. Leschied Dr., Debbie Chiodo, Elizabeth Nowicki, Susan Rodger Jan 2008

Childhood Predictors Of Adult Criminality: A Meta-Analysis Drawn From The Prospective Longitudinal Literature, Alan W. Leschied Dr., Debbie Chiodo, Elizabeth Nowicki, Susan Rodger

Education Publications

Sufficient research now exists in the psychology of criminal conduct literature to address the long-term impact of early childhood and adolescent experiences on later adult outcomes. In the present meta-analysis, selected studies were prospective and longitudinal, tracking a variety of early childhood and family factors that could potentially predict later involvement in the adult criminal justice system. Thirty-eight studies met the selection criteria. Major findings indicate that dynamic versus static predictors are related to later adult criminal justice involvement. The older the child was at the time the predictor was measured, the stronger was the relationship to adult offending. Within …