Labor and Employment in Brazilian Northeastern Agriculture: a look at the 2004-2014 period

Economic Backwardness and Catching Up: Brazilian Agriculture, 1964–2014

A look at signification of ‘then’ in the Holy Quran

‘Then’ as one of conjunctions, has many usages in Arabic language. Since one of its usages is in the religious texts and the Holy Quran so that its different usages effect on the style, meaning, and concepts, and also, due to the sensitivity and significance of the Holy Quran, understanding the exact meaning of this conjunction, i.e. ‘then’, and studying its various stat...

From the Editor-in-Chief: A Look at 2014

It's been one year since I accepted the position as JMBE Editor-in-Chief. During our first year, the JMBE staff and volunteers have worked incredibly hard to implement changes and embark on exciting new endeavors. In this letter , I will give our " year in review " and describe upcoming new events. Introducing our inaugural theme section. Our brainstorming during the March Editorial Board meeti...

critical period effects in foreign language learning:the influence of maturational state on the acquisition of reading,writing, and grammar in english as a foreign language

since the 1960s the age effects on learning both first and second language have been explored by many linguists and applied linguists (e.g lennerberg, 1967; schachter, 1996; long, 1990) and the existence of critical period for language acquisition was found to be a common ground of all these studies. in spite of some common findings, some issues about the impacts of age on acquiring a second or...

A Closer Look at the Employment Cost Index

L abor costs have recently come under scrutiny by policymakers, business economists, and financial market participants. The primary concern has been that tight labor markets might lead to faster compensation growth and, ultimately, to upward pressure on general inflation. The employment cost index (ECI) has received particularly close attention because many analysts consider it to be one of the...