Does Industrial Relations Research Support Policy?

Industrial Relations Research Association

The package of increases in defined-contribution pension plan contribution limits that Congress enacted in 2001 could have benefited at most 8 percent of plan participants and 3 percent of all workers. High earners were potentially more likely to benefit than low earners, and potential beneficiaries generally had higher earnings than other participants. The increase in the percentage limit on c...

Industrial Ecology: Policy Potential and Research Needs

Over the past decade, a new approach to environmental analysis has developed. Although the scope and definition are not yet completely fixed, the new field of “industrial ecology” focuses on reducing the environmental impacts of goods and services, on systems-based analysis of environmental problems, and on innovations that can significantly improve environmental performance. Industrial ecology...

Does experimental research support psychoanalysis?

The question of whether a psychodynamic view is compatible with experimental research is still a challenging issue-especially for child and adolescent psychopathology-despite the influence of psychoanalytic theory in this field until the 1980s. In this article, is explored the relationship between psychodynamic theory and experimental research using examples of evidence-based studies in the fie...

Does Siop Research Support Siop Claims?

“The*SIOP*Model**is*a*research9based*and*validated*model*of*sheltered*instruction.* Professional*development*in*the*SIOP*Model*helps*teachers*plan*and*deliver*lessons* that*allow*English*learners*to*acquire*academic*knowledge*as*they*develop*English* language*proficiency.”**(http://www.cal.org/siop/)* * “Based*on*years*of*research,*the*Sheltered*Instruction*Observation*Protocol*(SIOP®)* Model*i...

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