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Online learning support in constructivist environments

Author(s) : McPherson, M.A. , Nunes, J.M.B.
Description : Academic learning can essentially be seen as a constructivist process. This of course, is an alternative approach to traditional university teaching, insofar as learning is facilitated rather than taught. In consequence, learning in online constructivist environments has to be supported by appropria...
Repository : Whiterose Research Online
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Information resources used by children at an English secondary school: Perceived and actual levels of usefulness

Author(s) : Madden, A.D. , Ford, N.J. , Miller, D.
Description : Purpose – The purpose of this research is to study the information-seeking habits of children at an English secondary school. Data from two different research exercises were collated in order to provide an insight into how students perceived and used a range of information resources. Design/methodo...
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Central Bank Preferences, Distribution Forecasts and Economic Stability in a Small Open-economy

Author(s) : Flamini, A.
Description : This paper relates the central bank's preferences on the inflation index and on the degree of smoothness of the interest rate to the quality of its forecasts and the expected perturbing impact of several shocks. The framework is a Markov jump-linear-quadratic system for optimal policy with model unc...
Repository : Whiterose Research Online
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Poverty and Economic Growth in Russia’s Regions

Author(s) : Mosley, P. , Mussurov, A.
Description : The extent of poverty reduction has varied enormously during the recovery period across the eighty-three regions of Russia, with some regions continuing to experience increases in poverty even though they have returned to growth. We attempt to understand and analyse the reasons for this regional var...
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Determinants of Financial vs. Non Financial Stock Returns: Evidence from Istanbul Stock Exchange

Author(s) : Caglayan, M. , Lajeri-Chaherli, F.
Description : We estimate a four-factor model for a sample of financial and nonfinancial firms traded on the Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE). The factors relate to market return, interest, inflation and exchange rates. By investigating the effects of these factors simultaneously for different exchange rate regimes,...
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Attitudes towards immigration in Europe

Author(s) : Bridges, S. , Mateut, S.
Description : This paper examines attitudes towards immigration across a range of countries in Europe. In line with the current literature we find evidence that both economic and non-economic factors shape attitudes towards the arrival of immigrants. However, we also show that the relative importance of these fac...
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It’s driving her mad: gender differences in the effects of commuting on psychological well-being

Author(s) : Roberts, J. , Hodgson, R. , Dolan, P.
Description : In this paper, we seek to explore the effects of commuting time on the psychological well-being of men and women in the UK. We use annual data from the British Household Panel Survey in a fixed effects panel framework that includes variables known to determine well-being, as well as factors which ma...
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Measuring the societal value of lifetime health

Author(s) : Edlin, R. , Tsuchyia, A. , Dolan, P.
Description : This paper considers two societal concerns in addition to health maximisation: first, concerns for the societal value of lifetime health for an individual; and second, concerns for the value of lifetime health across individuals. Health-related social welfare functions (HRSWFs) have addressed only t...
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Transaction Costs and Profitability in UK Manufacturing

Author(s) : Dietrich, M.
Description : This paper explores the impact of transaction costs on performance at firm and industry levels using a sample of 7350 UK manufacturing firms. This is achieved by estimating a profit function with estimated transaction costs as a right hand side variable. The discussion has two specific objectives. (...
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The incidence and intensity of employer-provided training

Author(s) : Dickerson, A. , Wilson, R.
Description : This paper examines the provision of training by employers and the participation in training by employees, conditional on employers´ training provision. Together these two dimensions of training determine its overall distribution in the workforce. The factors which affect employer training provision...
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