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The Inequality of Declining Wages During the Recovery – National Employment Law Project Fact Sheet, July 2013. “A previous NELP analysis found that while job losses during the recession were heavily concentrated in mid-wage occupations, the early recovery was led by employment growth in lower-paying occupations. This fact sheet turns from analyzing employment to analyzing …
Army Logistics – Container Handling Equipment Requirements, Contracts, and Inventory, GAO-13-719R, Jul 31, 2013 Coast Guard – Observations on Progress Made and Challenges Faced in Developing and Implementing a Common Operational Picture, GAO-13-784T, Jul 31, 2013 Defense Acquisitions – DOD Efforts to Adopt Open Systems for Its Unmanned Aircraft Systems Have Progressed Slowly, GAO-13-651, Jul …
How Bad Was It? The Costs and Consequences of the 2007–09 Financial Crisis – Staff PAPERS. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas No. 20, July 2013. Tyler Atkinson, David Luttrell, Harvey Rosenblum “The 2007-2009 financial crisis was associated with a huge loss of economic output and financial wealth, psychological consequences and skill atrophy from extended unemployment, …
Howard, Cory, ‘Under Pressure’: Basel III’s Capital Adequacy Requirements Squeeze Broker-Dealer’s Returns on Equity, Increase the Need for the Imposition of Uniform Fiduciary Duties (July 23, 2013). John Marshall Law Journal, Vol. 7, No. 1, Fall 2013, Forthcoming. Available at SSRN “The most recent round of international banking regulations promulgated by the Basel Committee on …
On the correlation between commodity and equity returns: implications for portfolio allocation. by Marco Jacopo Lombardi and Francesco Ravazzolo. Working Papers No 420, July 2013. Bank for International Settlement. “In the recent years several commentators hinted at an increase of the correlation between equity and commodity prices, and blamed investment in commodity-related products for this. …
Farm Programs – USDA Needs to Do More to Prevent Improper Payments to Deceased Individuals, GAO-13-503, Jun 28, 2013 Grant Workforce – Agency Training Practices Should Inform Future Government-wide Efforts, GAO-13-591, Jun 28, 2013 Insurance Markets – Impacts of and Regulatory Response to the 2007-2009 Financial Crisis, GAO-13-583, Jun 27, 2013 Medicare – Ownership Status …
Bloomberg: “Day care is the most neglected area of U.S. public policy for children. It isn’t only a matter of spending — although the difference between what’s budgeted for babies and toddlers and what goes to educate older kids is stark. In 2008, federal, state and local governments together invested about $300 for every child of …
Diaper Need and Its Impact on Child Health – Megan V. Smith, Anna Kruse, Alison Weir, and Joanne Goldblum. Pediatrics peds. 2013-0597; published ahead of print July 29, 2013, doi:10.1542/peds.2013-0597. “This study quantifies diaper need, proposes a method to measure diaper need, and explores psychosocial and demographic variables associated with diaper need in a large sample …
Measuring the full impact of digital capital July 2013 | byJacques Bughin and James Manyika “On July 31, 2013, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis will release, for the first time, GDP figures categorizing research and development as fixed investment. It will join software in a new category called intellectual-property products. In our knowledge-based economy, this is a sensible …
CRS – The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). James K. Jackson, Specialist in International Trade and Finance-June 12, 2013. “The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is comprised of nine members, two ex officio members, and other members as appointed by the President representing major departments and agencies …
“The International Energy Outlook 2013 (IEO2013) projects that world energy consumption will grow by 56 percent between 2010 and 2040. Total world energy use rises from 524 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) in 2010 to 630 quadrillion Btu in 2020 and to 820 quadrillion Btu in 2040. Much of the growth in energy consumption occurs …
“This final audit report, Transparency of Proprietary Schools’ Financial Statement Data for Federal Student Aid Programmatic Decisionmaking, presents the results of our audit. The purpose of the audit was to determine whether the audited financial statements submitted by proprietary schools under Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 668.23 (34 C.F.R. § 668.23) …
