The Impact of Policies on Poverty Dynamics.

Abstract In this paper we model employment and poverty states as a discrete first-order Markov process, taking into account the endogeneity of schooling and of the initial states. Using this model, we asses the impact of different policies on the poverty dynamics by ex-post microsimulation. Each policy evaluated in this paper can be considered an exemplar of one of the competing paradigms guiding social policy: the traditional welfare state, the active welfare state and the knowledge-based society.Poverty dynamics; Unemployment; Markov models;

The Standard for Measuring the Validity of a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure: The Shady Grove Debate between Justices Scalia and Stevens

The article offers information on the new challenges which were added in the Erie Doctrine when alternative interpretations were provided by the judges of U.S. Supreme Court. It discusses the standard and general description of the Erie Doctrine and views of supreme Court justice named Antonin Scalia. It also informs about the issues which do not follow the new interpretations given by the judges

Comparative Judicial Review

The Operations Manager and the Development Planning and Vector Control Officer of the Medical Entomology Branch (MEB) went to Alice Springs on 4-5 September 2006 to inspect the Alice Springs storm water drains and the Ilparpa swamp. The purpose of the MEB visit was to both make recommendations on storm water drain maintenance and rectification works required in Alice Springs and to inspect the Ilparpa swamp drainage system to reduce mosquito pest and disease potentials for the people of Alice Springs. MEB staff met with local EH staff, Fiona Smith and Philip Ahchee and a representative of the Alice Springs local Town Council (ASTC)