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Divorce Rate

a substantial number of divorces that would not have occurred otherwise" (Why Divorce Rates Increased, 2008). This is something th...

Workforce Participation Rates

riveter). But with the war, the demand for workers grew, and "everyone" agreed that women would work; they also agreed that the jo...

Interest Rates and the Federal Reserve System

said" ("Alan Greenspan," 2007). Slide #5: How are Interest Rates Determined? * The Fed creates monetary policy through "setting ...

The Problem of High Staff Turnover Rates of Nurses in Primary Healthcare in Saudi Arabia

great importance placed on issues such as maternity services, which are seen as lower priorities in most developing countries (WHO...

The Use of Antidepressants and Increased Suicide Rates in Adolescents

adolescents there were no real treatment alternatives for these children (Brent, 2004). The common belief, in fact, was that thos...

Burglary Rates and the Issue of Gun Ownership

In 2005, 3,984 burglaries were committed in the municipality. This translates to a rate of 0.011 burglaries per citizen (Nemerov,...

Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

one tool, there are also others, such as international rate of return, this is an alternative measure, and for some this is a bett...

Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

more sensitive. To assess both these measures, which are both discounted cash flow measures we need to look at each and assess how...

The Bank of England Base Rate Increase of November 2006

to control inflation the final decision as to whether or not interest rates would increase was seen as residing with the governmen...

Overview of a Hospital's Reduced Rate Prescription Drug Plan

to bring a new drug to market, and the developer has patent protection only for relatively few years. To recoup its investment in...

Whites v. Blacks and Dropout Rate Disproportionment

2005). Despite the changes in college attendance levels noted above, black males are much less likely to graduate from co...

Fixed or Pegged Exchange Rates and How They Are Used

over years in terms of international trade has been the exchange rate fluctuations. There have also been many attempts to use a ra...

Monetary Policies their Impact on the GDP Unemployment, Inflation and Interest Rates

This 10 page paper considers how monetary policies and the tools that implement them can impact on an economy. The paper looks fir...

Drop in Homicide Rate in New York City 1992-2006

that happened during the 1990s that could explain the drop, including the decrease in cocaine usage, the general aging of the popu...

Hedging and Exchange Rates Risks

ability of Australian companies to pay their debts and interest payments as a weak dollar would escalate the level, of debt. This ...

Improving High School Graduation Rates for Texas Minorities in the Presence of Exit-Level Testing

U.S. District Court Judge Edward C. Prado observed: "The receipt of an education that does...

Purpose of the Second Edition Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale

particularly useful in determining the prevalence of at-risk students in academic populations. Uhing et al (2005) note how the BE...

NJ and Turnover Rates of Teachers

educator performance (NJBE, 2005). The plan called for educators to implement strategies supporting exemplary educational practic...

Why in December of 2005 the Fed Will Raise Interest Rates

if he likes. He wont, but the idea that he would skip December for no reason at all is wishful thinking. If anything, he could lea...

December 2005 Rates Will Not Be Raised by the Federal Reserve

year in order to ward off inflation. All bets may be off now though, given the disruptive effect that Katrina may have on the econ...

Alan Greenspan and U.S. Interest Rates

March 2002 to a national rate of 5.7 percent. In April, unemployment rose to 6.0 percent. Current Indicators...

Prescription Rates and Side Effects of Antidepressants

treatment as well. Peter Jensen, a professor of child psychiatry at Columbia University reports that "pediatricians and family pra...

Grades Seventh through Twelfth and Dropout Rates

and test performance, inasmuch as stereotype vulnerability has proven to predispose ethnic populations to related test anxiety. "...

Economic Effects of Changes in the Interest Rates

such the company will find that both its income and expenditure streams will be effected (Howells et al, 1998, Carmichael, 1983). ...

Fluctuations in Interest Rates and the Standard and Poors 500 Over a Thirty Year Period

to discover if there is a link between the movement of interest rates and the movement of the value of the S&P 500....

Correlation Between Declining Birth Rates and Increases in Income

we would expect to find population increases, not decreases. These theories were very significant as over two hundred years later ...

Swaps, Interest Rates, and Investments

In five pages a student submitted case study examines different types of investments, different return rates, and investment parit...

Probation versus Jail and Recidivism Rates

when they have only served probation rather than having been incarcerated. The study in England was also based on a population ma...

Incarceration, Probation, and Rates of Recidivism

is a more certain way to monitor the offenders and also serves to result in a higher rate of those who do not return to a life of ...

Increased Crime Rate in England During the 19th Century

In eleven pages this paper considers the crime increase in England during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and the crime re...