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Pino, Francisco J. "Three essays on the political economy of under-represented groups." Thesis, Boston University, 2012. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/31595.
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This dissertation examines determinants of political representation of two specific groups that have been historically under-represented in the Chilean political system women and supporters of extreme parties. It also studies the effect of disagreement among elite groups on internal conflict in the Papal States. The first chapter explores gender bias in voting. By exploiting the unique institution of gender-segregated voting booths in Chile, I find evidence of a small but significant negative gender bias: women are less likely than men to vote for female candidates. This decomposes into a positive gender bias among center-left voters and a negative gender bias among center-right voters. Roll-call voting data show that elected female politicians in the center-right coalition deviate from the party line by taking a stronger pro-female stance on social issues such as health, family, education and justice. Women voters penalize center-right female legislators who deviate from the party line, but reward those who deviate on social issues. Hence women rather than men exhibit a bias against women candidates, which cannot be accounted for by the policy positions of elected women. The results provide evidence against commonly held beliefs concerning the nature of gender bias amongst voters. Moreover, increased representation of women would likely lead to more pro-women policies being implemented. The second chapter examines whether supporters of small extreme parties vote strategically, by exploiting unique features of the electoral system in congressional elections (commonly known as binominal). I find that having an election close to a doubling threshold significantly decreases the vote share of small coalitions. This is accounted mainly by supporters of small right-wing coalitions shifting their vote to the center-right when the center-left is close to the doubling threshold. The third chapter (with Jordi Vidal-Robert) exploits data from papal conclaves to analyze how disagreement among the cardinals shaped conflict within the Papal States in 1295-1878. Our finding is that polarization (rather than fractionalization) increases both the likelihood of an internal conflict as well as its intensity. This provides support to recent theories concerning determinants of ethnic and political conflict
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Tucker, Tammy Newman Tunks Jeanne L. "Searching for hidden treasure the identification of under-represented gifted and talented students /." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2008. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-9020.
Full textTucker, Tammy Newman. "Searching for hidden treasure: The identification of under-represented gifted and talented students." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2008. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9020/.
Full textMathekga, Abbey Mokwape. "Towards widening access to underrepresented groups in the biological sciences : a case study of the University of Pretoria." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24039.
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Hehir, Sylvia. "Writing characters from under-represented communities : a perspective from an emerging young adult fiction writer." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2018. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/30716/.
Full textBaker, Zoe Sarah. "'Making their way' : the Higher Education decision-making and choices of under-represented Further Education students in England." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2017. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/17897/.
Full textM'Enesti, Milan. "Gauging Community Support for a Bilingual Two-Way Immersion Program for K-8 Students Using Under-Represented Languages." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/23914.
Full textOlsen, Lynette. "Comparison of the Influence of Various Information Sources on the College Choice of Students Within a Variety of Postsecondary Institutions." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194230.
Full textOpyd, Dorota. "Why are women under-represented in the British House of Commons and the Sejm of the Republic of Poland?" Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2015. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/2036183/.
Full textSouto, Matilde Lino Meyrelles do. "Inclusão e diversidade em Portugal : análise da discrepância salarial e grupos sub-representados." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/20779.
Full textO objetivo do presente estudo é estudar se existem indícios de práticas discriminatórias em relação a determinados grupos minoritários ou sub-representados. Para tal, procedeu-se à analise da prática de discriminação através da verificação de dois fenómenos dela constituintes, a sub-representação e a discrepância salarial, em três setores diferentes, numa tentativa de traçar algumas conclusões sobre o grau discriminatório existente em cada uma destas indústrias, ao mesmo tempo que se estabeleceram comparações ou relações com o seu nível de contribuição para com a geração de emprego em Portugal e com o nível de inclusão praticado por cada um destes setores no plano mundial, fundamentados na literatura. Para isso, foram requisitados ao Gabinete de Estratégia e Planeamento do Ministério do Trabalho, Solidariedade e Segurança Social (GEP/MTSSS) dados sobre a Secção I (Alojamento, restauração e similares), a K (Atividades financeiras e de seguros) e a M (Atividades de consultoria, científicas, técnicas e similares), pertencentes ao CAE (Código de Atividade Económica), em 2018, que foram analisados através do Microsoft Excel e do SPSS. Este estudo permitiu, desta maneira, concluir que, relativamente a estas três indústrias em Portugal, a Secção K (Atividades financeiras e de seguros) constitui-se como a mais inclusiva, na medida em que se verifica nela uma menor prática das duas formas de discriminação em análise, sendo seguida pela Secção M (Atividades de consultoria, científicas, técnicas e similares) e, por fim, pela I (Alojamento, restauração e similares).
The aim of this study is to analyze whether there are indications of discriminatory practices in relation to certain minority or underrepresented groups. For this, the practice of discrimination was analyzed through the verification of two phenomena considered as that, being those the underrepresentation of groups and wage discrepancy, in three different sectors, in an attempt to draw some conclusions about the level of discrimination that exists in each one of these industries. At the same time, some comparisons were established relations with their level of contribution to job creation in Portugal and with the level of inclusion practiced by each one of these sectors in the world, based on the literature. For this, data from Section I (Accommodation, catering and similar), K (Financial and insurance activities) and M (Consulting, scientific, technical and similar activities), belonging to CAE (Economic Activity Code), from 2018, were requested from GEP/ MTSSS (Gabinete de Estratégia e Planeamento/Ministério do Trabalho, Solidariedade e Segurança Social), which were then analyzed through Microsoft Excel and SPSS. This study allowed to conclude that, for these three industries in Portugal, Section K (Financial and insurance activities) constitutes the most inclusive, as there is less practice of the two forms of discrimination under analysis, followed by Section M (Consulting, scientific, technical and similar activities) and, finally, by I (Accommodation, catering and similar).
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Clarke, Valerie Ada, and edu au jillj@deakin edu au mikewood@deakin edu au wildol@deakin edu au kimg@deakin. "COMPUTING IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT: GENDER DIFFERENCES IN PARTICIPATION." Deakin University. School of Psychology, 1986. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20040618.161440.
Full textRocheleau, Suzanne Elyse Harvey Francis Dr. "Effect of non-cognitive and social environmental factors on the retention of under-represented minority students in engineering and technology-related disciplines /." Philadelphia, Pa. : Drexel University, 2004. http://dspace.library.drexel.edu/handle/1860/337.
Full textMatheson, Catherine. "Optimal cultural distance : a conceptual model of greater and lesser likelihood of participation in higher education by potential entrants from under-represented socio-economic groups." Thesis, City University London, 2006. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/8572/.
Full textHayes, Nelson Geraldine L. "A study of single mothers' experience of persistence at a four-year public institution." [Kent, Ohio] : Kent State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=kent1246302454.
Full textTitle from PDF t.p. (viewed March 3, 2010). Advisor: Steve O. Michael. Keywords: young mother's; college persistence; college experience; teen parent; minority college persistence; under-represented in college; persistence. Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-162).
Scaff, Camila. "Beyond WEIRD : an interdisciplinary approach to language acquisition." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019USPCC025.
Full textTo date, most of what we know in early development comes from research on children in Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic populations (WEIRD; Henrich, Heine, & Norenzayan, 2010). There is much less information about the early environment, learning mechanisms, and language acquisition benchmarks of children who grow up in non-WEIRD conditions. Throughout the dissertation, with different methodological approaches and datasets, I work with populations often underrepresented in developmental research: populations from diverse socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds and indigenous communities. I contributed to the study of whether linguistic input has a crucial impact on later lexical outcomes across three studies: a meta-analysis exploring the relationship between SES and early lexical development; an empirical study of the effects of SES, lingual status, and age on lexical processing and vocabulary in young French children; and finally, a study using daylong recordings to analyze the quantity and sources of language input afforded to children from a small-scale community in the lowlands Bolivia, the Tsimane’. In the final discussion, I present the benefits and limitations of cross-cultural research and the dangers of generalizing from only one kind of socio-ecological background
Kardimis, Théofanis. "La chambre criminelle de la Cour de cassation face à l’article 6 de la Convention européenne des droits de l’homme : étude juridictionnelle comparée (France-Grèce)." Thesis, Lyon, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LYSE3004.
Full textThe first party of the study is dedicated to the invocation of the right to a fair trial intra and extra muros and, on this basis, it focuses on the direct applicability of Article 6 and the subsidiarity of the Convention and of the European Court of Human Rights. Because of the fact that the right to a fair trial is a ‘‘judge-made law’’, the study also focuses on the invocability of the judgments of the European Court and more precisely on the direct invocability of the European Court’s judgment finding that there has been a violation of the Convention and on the request for an interpretation in accordance with the European Court’s decisions. The possibility of reviewing the criminal judgment made in violation of the Convention has generated a new right of access to the Court of cassation which particularly concerns the violations of the right to a fair trial and is probably the most important step for the respect of the right to a fair trial after enabling the right of individual petition. As for the weak conventional basis of the authority of res interpretata (“autorité de la chose interprétée”), this fact explains why an indirect dialogue between the ECHR and the Court of cassation is possible but doesn’t affect the applicant’s right to request an interpretation in accordance with the Court’s decisions and the duty of the Court of cassation to explain why it has decided to depart from the (non-binding) precedent.The second party of the study is bigger than the first one and is dedicated to the guarantees of the proper administration of justice (Article 6§1), the presumption of innocence (Article 6§2), the rights which find their conventional basis on the Article 6§1 but their logical explanation to the presumption of innocence and the rights of defence (Article 6§3). More precisely, the second party of the study is analyzing the right to an independent and impartial tribunal established by law, the right to a hearing within a reasonable time, the principle of equality of arms, the right to adversarial proceedings, the right of the defence to the last word, the right to a public hearing and a public pronouncement of the judgement, the judge’s duty to state the reasons for his decision, the presumption of innocence, in both its procedural and personal dimensions, the accused’s right to lie, his right to remain silent, his right against self-incrimination, his right to be informed of the nature and the cause of the accusation and the potential re-characterisation of the facts, his right to have adequate time and facilities for the preparation of the defence, including in particular the access to the case-file and the free and confidential communication with his lawyer, his right to appear in person at the trial, his right to defend either in person or through legal assistance, his right to be represented by his counsel, his right to free legal aid if he hasn’t sufficient means to pay for legal assistance but the interests of justice so require, his right to examine or have examined witnesses against him and to obtain the attendance and examination of witnesses on his behalf under the same conditions as witnesses against him and his right to the free assistance of an interpreter and to the translation of the key documents. The analysis is based on the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights and focuses on the position taken by the French and the Greek Court of Cassation (Areopagus) on each one of the above mentioned rights
Lucas, William, Edward Shroyer, Gerald Noel, and Brian Schwartz. "The Wrong Kind of Lean: Over-Commitment and Under-Represented Skills on Technology Teams." 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/7521.
Full textWozniak, Sandra M. "The Writer in Performance: A Study of Under-Represented College Freshman Writers and Their Writing." Thesis, 2019. https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-jbe3-cq27.
Full textByrd, David Arthur. "Starting with the End in Mind: A Case Study of Under-Represented, Teacher Education, Community College Transfers in a Predominantly White Institution." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-08-9831.
Full textHUEY-JEN, LIN, and 林惠真. "The Problem-solving Situations of Grade Five Pupils of Elementary School Toward Addition and Subtraction of Fraction Under Different Word Problem Represented Formats." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/64427001474212799323.
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Abstract The research was to explore the problem-solving performance of Grade Five pupils of elementary school at working out different word problem represented formats (word problems, line segment drawings problems, and picture problems), and discuss further the influence of word problem represented formats on students’ understanding the purposes of problems and drafting a plan. The research was done in two stages of paper-and-pencil test and interview. Among them, the part of the paper-and-pencil test took 518 Grade Five pupils of elementary schools in Taichung City and County to be the research objects, and adopted “the word problem represented formats test (A, B, and C test papers)” designed by myself to be the research tool to do the test, so as to understand the influence of different word problem represented formats on students’ problem-solving performance, and the word problem represented formats’ relationships with the operational steps, the mathematic ability, and the semantic structures respectively. Besides, I made an average of those pupils’ grades on Mathematics in the 1st and 2nd semesters when they were at Grade Four, took the class to be a unit to convert into T points, and divided the pupils into three groups of high, middle, and low mathematic abilities. I chose the pupils of a certain elementary school mainly, selected nine students for each group, totally 27 pupils to be the objects of interview; took “semi-structural interview” to be the research tool to do the qualitative analysis, and probed into the influence of word problem represented formats on students’ understanding the purposes of problems and drafting a plan. To induce the data analyses, the results of the research are as follows: I. For the problem-solving performance of Grade Five pupils of elementary school on different word problem represented formats, the obvious differences existed. Among them, the pupils’ problem-solving performance on “line segment drawings problems” was apparently better than that of “word problems” and “picture problems;” the pupils’ problem-solving performance on “picture problems” was evidently better than that of “word problems.” II. The word problem represented formats and the operational steps had interaction. III. The word problem represented formats and the mathematic ability had no interaction. IV. The word problem represented formats and the semantic structures had no interaction. V. At the part of understanding the purposes of problems: for word problems, most of the pupils could only repeat the subject, and for line segment drawings problems and picture problems, the mistaken explanations occurred. Comparing with word problems, line segment drawings problems and picture problems could help pupils of middle and low mathematic abilities to list the correct equation more. Based on the research results, I, the researcher proposed some suggestions for the mathematical teaching and future further research.