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Implicit Incentives in Football: An Empirical Analysis of Performance Measurement for NFL Players (thesis)
In this study, I examine how team-based and individual performance metrics are incorporated into NFL players' contracts. The current research in performance evaluation and incentive contract design suggests that a mixed ... -
The Importance of Information and Communications Technology in Reducing Poverty
ICT investments can reduce poverty by increasing not only economic development, but by also increasing other aspects of development such as political inclusion, freedom of speech, and gender equality. While investments in ... -
The Importance of Scaglia Rossa Chert as a Raw Material for Human Populations in Monte San Vicino, Italy Throughout Italian Prehistory
All three species of early people in the Monte San Vicino area of the Marche region of Italy used the same basic lithic resource throughout almost 250,000 years of prehistory. From 230,000 to 4,000 years ago, populations ... -
The Impoverishment of Forced Migration: The Sudanese Crisis
Migration caused by conflict is a huge yet often under-recognised problem in the world today. Sudan is an area which has some of the highest numbers of displaced persons in the world today, caused by a bloody, long-standing ... -
Improving Mn(II) Remediation from Coal Mine Drainage by Passive 'Myco-Zeolite' Systems (thesis)
Coal mine drainage (CMD) is a pervasive issue across Appalachia and contaminates watersheds and drinking water with difficult-to-remediate metals like manganese (Mn). Current passive treatment methods for remediating Mn ... -
Improving Science -- Insights from Feminist Standpoint and Coherence Theory (thesis)
I will begin with a brief exploration of what science is commonly thought to be, and provide a philosophical schema for choosing between scientific theories. This discussion will introduce the complex nature of scientific ... -
In Defense of Head Start
Despite heavy criticism and scrutiny, Head Start remains as the most important education and anti-poverty programs for preschool aged children. The program works create better childcare and home environments for three to ... -
In Search of a Good Job: Mobility in a Dual Labor Market
Dual labor market theory developed in the late 1960 's as economists tried to explain how and why labor market outcomes deviated from neoclassical expectations. The theory held that the labor market was divided into a ... -
In the Boatwright Room (photograph)
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"in the image of God...male and female he created them": Three Ancient Interpretations of Genesis 1:26-28
For Christians, nearly every influential religious writer from the first century onwards included scriptural interpretation in his/her philosophizing and apologetics. Thinking about the Church, about the Christian life, ... -
In the Public or Private Interest? Rethinking the Role of the Legal Aid Lawyer
This essay attempts to examine a theoretical question from a practical standpoint: is it possible, or even desirable, for the legal aid lawyer to pursue a greater mission -- and if so, what should that mission be? It is ... -
Inaccessible Unemployment Insurance: The Unsupported Reality of Low-Income Single Mothers
In 1998, single mother headed 25 percent of all families with children in the United States. In the six year span between 1993 and 1999, the families maintained by working single mothers jumped from 6.4 to 7.6 million, ... -
Inadequate Workforce Skillset as a Corrosive Disadvantage: Enhancing Marketable Skills to Combat Housing and Homelessness Issues
This paper explores three key themes in addressing the housing and homelessness paradigm: resource distribution, deservingness, and quality of housing. Firstly, on resource distribution, should housing programs maximally ... -
Incarcerated Juveniles in America: Rehabilitation from the Family or the State?
Academia and the government both recognize the importance of the family for incarcerated juveniles. Through an examination of the related publications on the juvenile justice system as well as a youth's need for family, ... -
The Incarceration Addiction: A Toxic, Symbiotic Relationship and an Ethical Response
This paper examines the interlocking factors in the toxic, symbiotic relationship between addiction and incarceration. It begins by discussing the “War on Drugs” that heralded the globally unprecedented swelling of the ... -
Incarceration and Creative Expression: Why Prisons Should Increase Access to Art Materials for Incarcerated People
Understanding and conveying ideas about ourselves is something that makes us fundamentally human. Our identities are defined by the "cooperatively authored world" in which we live: the stories that we share and the people ... -
Inclusion in Privilege: Increasing Emphasis on Savings to Promote Capabilities for All
Defining poverty as lowness of income dominates anti-poverty efforts in America and averts attention away from schemes that promote capabilities that cumulate to build a minimally dignified life. Meanwhile, the emphasis ...