Using data from a large, U.S. federal job training program, we investigate whether enrolment incentives that exogenously vary the ‘shadow prices’ for serving different demographic subgroups of clients influence case workers’ intake decisions. We show that case workers enroll more clients from subgroups whose shadow prices increase but select at the margin weaker-performing members from those su...

1633 Few things capture a child’s imagination like the age of dinosaurs, and it’s no wonder. The dinosaur seems an improbable beast, yet the fossil record tells us that vegetarian sauropods longer than a football fi eld once lumbered alongside tractor-trailer–sized predatory carnosaurs. Above these behemoths soared the reptilian pterosaurs, some propelled by wings spanning more than 12 meters. ...

The objective of the Hughes Trainable Text Skimmer (TTS) Project is to create text skimming softwar e that: (1) can be easily re-configured for new applications, (2) improves its performance with use, and (3) is fas t enough to process several megabytes of text per day. The TTS-MUC4 system is our second full-scale prototype . I t is an adaptation of the TTS-MUC3 system [1] [2], which constitute...

<p>Pencurian uang nasabah bank melalui modus penggandaan kartu ATM (<em>skimming</em>) merupakan salah satu kejahatan perbankan. Tulisan ini hasil penelitian dengan memfokuskan pada kajian mengenai perlindungan hukum terhadap akibat <em>skimming</em>. Penelitian dilakukan pendekatan yuridis normatif menggunakan metode pengumpulan data studi pustaka yang sekunder. A...

In this paper we analyze the effects of some distortions induced by prospective payment system, i.e. Upcoding, Cream Skimming and Readmissions, on hospitals’ technical efficiency. We estimate a production function using a population–based dataset composed by all active hospitals in an Italian region during the period 1998–2007. We show that cream skimming and upcoding have a negative impact on ...