How does slack influence inflation?

Economists have long studied the relationship between resource utilization and inflation. Theory suggests that when firms use labor and capital very intensively, production costs tend to rise and firms have more scope to pass those cost increases along in the form of higher product prices. In contrast, when that level of intensity is relatively low—that is, when the economy is operating with slack—production costs tend to rise more slowly (or even fall) and firms have less scope for raising prices. Empirical evidence, however, has varied concerning the exact nature of the relationship between resource utilization and inflation. In this study, the authors reexamine this relationship by evaluating the presence of “threshold effects.” They find that the level of intensity of resource utilization must be below or above certain critical values before it can help to forecast movements in inflation.Inflation (Finance) ; Labor productivity ; Phillips curve

Theatre Crawl: A Series of Community Engagement Projects

This thesis will focus on Theatre Crawl, a devised and immersive theatre experience grounded in the techniques of drama therapy. Beginning as a creative outlet for drama therapy graduate students at Lesley University, Theatre Crawl has provided performance opportunities for students to exercise the creative and theatrical skills which initially brought many of them to the field of drama therapy. From April 2018 to January 2020, four Theatre Crawl events have been facilitated. All events originated from the belief that providing opportunities for drama therapists to engage in personal art-making is an essential practice for the field of drama therapy as well as for the individual’s identity as a drama therapist. This thesis will focus on the creation and implementation of Theatre Crawl as well as this author’s personal process and reflections

First-time asylum applicants in Germany in 2015: Social structure, level of qualifications and employment

Die Teilnahme am Arbeitsmarkt stellt einen der wichtigsten Aspekte der Integration dar. Um eine gezielte Einschätzung der Potenziale, aber auch der Bedarfe und entsprechende Planungen für Fördermaßnahmen vornehmen zu können, sind Hintergrundinformationen über das Qualifikationsniveau der Asylbewerber in Deutschland von großer Bedeutung. Die dritte Ausgabe der BAMF-Kurzanalysen wertet die Daten zur Sozialen Komponente (sog. "SoKo"-Daten) aus und liefert Erkenntnisse über die Sozialstruktur (Geschlecht, Alter, Familienstand, Muttersprache), die Schulbildung sowie über den zuletzt ausgeübten Beruf und die Sprachkenntnisse von volljährigen Asylerstantragsstellenden. Erhebung der Daten: Für die Antragstellung werden die Stammdaten wie Geschlecht, Alter, Familienstand und Muttersprache erfasst. Die "SoKo"-Daten werden im Rahmen der Erstantragstellung des Asylantrags erhoben. Rund 73 Prozent der volljährigen Erstantragstellerinnen und Erstantragssteller haben die Fragen zu Schulbildung und Beruf beantwortet. Diese Antworten beruhen dabei auf eigenen Einschätzungen der Befragten und sind - aufgrund der mangelnden Vergleichbarkeit der unterschiedlichen Schulsysteme und Berufsbezeichnungen - mit entsprechender Vorsicht zu interpretieren. Dennoch geben die Daten einen ersten Überblick über die Sozialstruktur, zur Schulbildung, zu Sprachkenntnissen und zur vorhergegangenen Berufstätigkeit.Participation in the labour market is one of the most important aspects of integration. In order to be able to carry out a targeted assessment of both the potential and the needs and corresponding planning for promotional measures, background information regarding the level of qualification of asylum applicants in Germany is highly significant. The third edition of the BAMF's brief analyses evaluates the data on the social component, and provides information on the social structure (sex, age, civil status, mother tongue), schooling and the occupation most recently exercised, as well as the language knowledge of adult-age first asylum applicants. How the data are collected: Master data such as sex, age, civil status and mother tongue are recorded when applications are made. The data on the social component are recorded when the asylum application is first made. Roughly 73 percent of adult-age first applicants answered the questions on their schooling and occupation. These answers are based on the respondents' own assessments, and therefore need to be interpreted with care given that the different school systems and professional titles are not comparable. The data nonetheless provide an initial overview of applicants' social structure, of the level of education and language knowledge, as well as of their employment biographies

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Achieving Thoracic Oncology data collection in Europe: a precursor study in 35 Countries

Background: A minority of European countries have participated in international comparisons with high level data on lung cancer. However, the nature and extent of data collection across the continent is simply unknown, and without accurate data collection it is not possible to compare practice and set benchmarks to which lung cancer services can aspire. Methods: Using an established network of lung cancer specialists in 37 European countries, a survey was distributed in December 2014. The results relate to current practice in each country at the time, early 2015. The results were compiled and then verified with co-authors over the following months. Results: Thirty-five completed surveys were received which describe a range of current practice for lung cancer data collection. Thirty countries have data collection at the national level, but this is not so in Albania, BosniaHerzegovina, Italy, Spain and Switzerland. Data collection varied from paper records with no survival analysis, to well-established electronic databases with links to census data and survival analyses. Conclusion: Using a network of committed clinicians, we have gathered validated comparative data reporting an observed difference in data collection mechanisms across Europe. We have identified the need to develop a welldesigned dataset, whilst acknowledging what is feasible within each country, and aspiring to collect high quality data for clinical research