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Ebook Earnings Functions, Labour Market Discrimination And Quality Of Education In South Africa

Submitted by wulan on Fri, 06/04/2010 - 07:38

The burgeoning literature on the earnings function in South Africa has paid much attention to evidence of labour market racial discrimination, conventionally measured as that part of earnings differentials between groups not accounted for by productive characteristics. Yet several articles in this literature admit, as Jacob Mincer (1974) also did in his groundbreaking work on human capital and earnings functions, that traditional measures of education (years of schooling completed) are an inaccurate measure of the human capital transferred by education.

This measurement deficiency is caused by differences in the content (e.g. subject choice and school curricula) quality of education provided. To accurately determine the contribution of education to an individual’s productive characteristics, it is necessary to find better measures of the human capital accumulated through schooling. This study takes a first step towards addressing this issue by, for the first time in South Africa4, incorporating measures of schooling quality into the analysis of earnings.

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Download Free PDF Ebooks New tools and methods in furniture design

Submitted by acrobat on Sat, 06/07/2008 - 02:51


The ”Material and Design Studio” at Chalmers University of Technology was established with the aim of developing an approach allowing experts in material science, structural mechanics, aesthetics and manufacturing to combine their efforts, with use of IT support, in the designing of new furniture.

The long-range goal of this endeavor is to increase the competitiveness
of the Swedish furniture industry in various ways: by improving the effectiveness of the designing process, optimizing the use of materials, determining the effects of new combinations of materials, reducing customer complaints and responding more quickly to the needs of the market.

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Ebook Explore Korea: A Visit to Grandfather’s House

Submitted by wulan on Mon, 08/03/2009 - 04:31

Explore Korea: A Visit to Grandfather’s House is the first interactive exhibition for young children and families at the Seattle Asian Art Museum. Visitors will take a journey to explore the daily lifestyle of a Korean family in Grandfather’s time. The exhibition features an architectural setting based on a traditional Korean house, a display of Korean folk art, a mural by Seattle-area Korean-American artists, a videotape, and an art workshop space.

Upon passing through the gateway of the wall around the courtyard area, visitors can explore the house exterior and view the videotaped story of a Korean-American family preparing to visit Grandfather in Korea. After removing their shoes, young visitors will be able to go inside the various rooms of the house to discover various objects and explore what activities take place there. Children are invited to try on traditional clothing, practice calligraphy, play a board game, and do some imaginary cooking in the kitchen! In the adjacent art workshop space, children ages five to ten will also be able to take part in a related craft activity and create an item inspired by the exhibition to take home.

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