Archive for June 21st, 2008
links for 2008-06-21
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The Local Government Association has said public sector staff should stop using trendy buzzwords and baffling jargon when describing simple ideas. Here is their list of 100 banned words:
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Public opinion is hostile to people flows. But new research shows that immigration would be even scarcer if the median voter determined policy. Pro-immigration interest groups have some policy sway.
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We find evidence for a small positive effect of starting school younger on IQ scores measured at age 18. In contrast, we find evidence of much larger positive effects of age at test, and these results are very robust.
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Wie wäre es, wenn sich Türken oder Kroaten auch so für die EU qualifizieren könnten? Ein Spielkommentar vom Rande des Bosporus