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Tison, J., Chaudhary, N., & Cosgrove, L. (2011, December). National phone survey on distracted driving attitudes and behaviors. (Report No. DOT HS 811 555). Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. “Most drivers will answer a call while driving and most will continue to drive after answering. About 2 out of 10 drivers (18%) report …
Eurostat regional yearbook 2011: “Statistical information is an important tool for understanding and quantifying the impact of political decisions on the citizens in a specific territory or region. The Eurostat regional yearbook 2011 gives a detailed picture of a large number of statistical fields in the 27 Member States of the European Union, as well …
BIS Quarterly Review December 2011 – International banking and financial market developments “News on the euro area sovereign debt crisis drove most developments in global financial markets between early September and the beginning of December. Amid ratings downgrades and political uncertainty, market participants demanded higher yields on Italian and Spanish government debt. Meanwhile, difficulties in …
News release: “A total of 152.3 million persons worked at some point during 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The proportion of the civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and over who worked at some time during 2010 was 63.7 percent, down from 64.9 percent in 2009. The number of persons who experienced …
Mercer Quality of Living Survey – Worldwide Rankings, 2011 “In 2011, the world continued to experience instability due to the enduring economic crisis. Economic uncertainty helped provoke social and political unrest of varying degrees in many urban areas. Protests and strikes in numerous North American and Western European cities have been largely peaceful. But violence …
Going Global: Chinese Oil and Mining Companies and the Governance of Resource Wealth, Jill Shankleman, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars “The paper covers four topics: The structure of the Chinese oil and mining industries, focusing on overseas operations; the emergence over the last ten years within the large-scale, OECD-based extractive industry, of a new …
Fiscal policy and its implications for monetary and financial stability by Stephen Cecchetti, Martin Feldstein, Jaime Caruana, José De Gregorio, Peter Diamond and Peter Praet, BIS Papers No 59, December 2011 “The BIS 10th Annual Conference took place in Lucerne, Switzerland on 23-24 June 2011. The event brought together senior representatives of central banks and …
Long-term fiscal sustainability in major economies, by Alan J Auerbach, Working Papers No 361, December 2011 The “Austerity myth”: Gain Without Pain?, by Roberto Perotti Working Papers No 362, December 2011 The Liquidation of Government Debt, by Carmen M. Reinhart and M. Belen Sbrancia, Working Papers No 363, December 2011 Perceptions and misperceptions of fiscal …
News release: “Among fathers with a wife in the workforce, 32 percent were a regular source of care for their children under age 15, up from 26 percent in 2002, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. Among these fathers with preschool-age children, one in five fathers was the primary caregiver, meaning their child spent more …
Breast Cancer and the Environment: A Life Course Approach, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, December 7, 2011 “With more than 230,000 new cases of breast cancer expected to be diagnosed in the United States in 2011, many wonder about the role that environmental exposures may be playing. Susan G. Komen for the Cure® …
Cost Estimate for H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011 – December 9, 2011 “According to CBOs and JCTs estimates, enacting H.R. 3630 would change revenues and direct spending to produce increases in the deficit of $166.8 billion in fiscal year 2012 and $25.3 billion over the 2012-2021 period. Relative …
Adult Drug Courts: Studies Show Courts Reduce Recidivism, but DOJ Could Enhance Future Performance Measure Revision Efforts, GAO-12-53, Dec 9, 2011 Managing for Results: Opportunities for Congress to Address Government Performance Issues, GAO-12-215R, Dec 9, 2011 Mississippi River: Actions Are Needed to Help Resolve Environmental and Flooding Concerns about the Use of River Training Structures, …
