Some argue that a high union wage premium and the industrial council system are important causes
of inflexibility in the South African labor market. We estimate union premia on the order of 20 percent for
African workers and 10 percent…

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This paper reports the results of surveys of specialists in labor economics and public
economics at 40 leading research universities in the United States. Respondents provided
opinions of policy proposals; quantitative best estimates and 95% confidence intervals for
economic parameters;…

This is my first edition of the Engineering Design Graphics Journal as the Director of Publications for the next three years. This feels like home to me, since I spent a good part of my corporate life in the publishing…

In this paper we provide theoretical and empirical analyses of an
asymmetric-information model of layoffs in which the current employer is
better informed about its workers’ abilities than prospective employers
are. The key feature of the model is that when…

As has been seen in previous issues, these current articles show a diversity of ideas and approaches to engineering design graphics.  Rodriguez's article demonstrates how 3-D computer graphics techniques can be applied to helping solve difficult real-world civil engineering problems. …

It was your volunteering that made my leadership easy and rewarding.  Thank you all.   As I end my short 12 month sting as Chair of the Engineering Design Graphics Division I want to thank the DIvision membership for your…

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I fell in love with engineering graphics in 1975 when I was exposed to it as part of an industrial arts course in junior high. I took four years of drafting in high school, and then went to North Carolina…