Credential Changes and Education Earnings Premia in Australia

We find that post-school education earnings premia have remained strikingly stable over the 1981 to 2003-04 period in Australia. This stability is in sharp contrast to the rising college premium observed in the US. The observed stability in Australia may in part be due to changes in the credentials earned by individuals entering certain professional occupations during the 1980s and early 1990s, particularly for females. We provide an estimate of the potential effect of within-occupation credential changes on estimates of education earnings premia in Australia over time. Our focus is on credential changes within the nursing and teaching professions, which have moved from predominately certificate and diploma qualifications to university bachelor’s degree or higher as the standard qualificationeducation; earnings structure; wage premium; credentials; Australia

Negative dynamic conductance from photon-assisted tunneling in superconducting junctions

We show that a superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) junction may exhibit regions of negative dynamic conductance if it is irradiated by a time-varying signal source which deviates from the conventionally treated constant ac voltage limit. This phenomenon reflects the strong dependence of the junction absorption cross section upon dc bias voltage. Analytic estimates for the magnitude of the negative conductance and its impact upon the frequency down conversion process are obtained in the constant ac current limit

Oral History Interview: Michael Wilkins

This interview is one of a series conducted concerning the Marshall University Society of Yeager Scholars. Michael Wilkins was a, African-American Yeager Scholar at Marshall University. He discusses: his personal and educational history; his family; a favorite teacher in grade school; applying to college; his classes at Marshall; dorm life; how he decided to be an economics and English double- major; individuals who have influenced him (such as Colonel Joe Engel, Joe Hunnicutt, and Dr. William Denman); how he met Chuck Yeager; and other topics.https://mds.marshall.edu/oral_history/1331/thumbnail.jp

Discipleship Part 2

Overall, discipleship teaching that is directed to the crowds in the Gospels deals with the act of becoming a disciple, evangelism, whereas teaching that is directed to the disciples tends to deal with growth in discipleship, Christian growth

Impact of Your Heart for God

These are perhaps the most important years of your life in establishing the condition of your heart. And I would say very simply, allow Jesus to love you, to impact your heart, so that you can be human as God has created you to be

Overcoming the Perils of Leadership by Being a Follower

Leadership is a hot topic in today\u27s world, both in the secular and Christian realm. Leadership will also be a significant topic in evangelicalism the next few years because we\u27re watching a generation of some of the greatest leaders in the 20th century passed from the scene. Matthew 23:1-1

Majestic God of a Seasoned Saint

The message is simply this. Listen to the God of seasoned saints. I Timothy 6:11-16 People, who have walked with God through many storms, through many periods of blessings, many triumphs and many tears, and the intimacy and understanding they have gained, will teach us much about who our God truly is