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An economist's research activity will be related to the area they specialize in.
Research in Economics (and in Business in general), consists of the methods used in the Social Sciences.
Presents, in a unified context, some recent advances in the field, covering the theory, the methodologies, and the applications of computational data analysis methods in economics and finance.
Disparities in health and health care across racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds in the United States are well documented. The reasons for these disparities are, however, not well understood. Current data available on race, ethnicity, SEP, and accumulation and language use are severely limited. The report examines data collection and reporting systems relating to the collection of data on race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic position and offers recommendations.
U.S. agencies with responsibilities for enforcing equal employment opportunity laws have long relied on detailed information that is obtained from employers on employment in job groups by gender and race/ethnicity for identifying the possibility of discriminatory practices. While here is no clearly articulated vision of how the data on wages could be used in the conduct of the enforcement responsibilities of the relevant agencies, this book suggests methods for doing so.
UN recommendations for best practices regarding statistical analysis.