-----------------------------------------------------------------------------ABSTRACT------------------------------------------------------------------------Hadoop is a large scale distributed processing infrastructure designed to handle data intensive applications. In a commercial large scale cluster framework, a scheduler distributes user jobs evenly among the cluster resources. The proposed ...

Using job satisfaction data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, I examine whether people who move to predominantly male jobs are fully compensated through their wages for their new jobs’ disamenities. Estimates from the ordered probit models indicate that women are satisfied with their pay in predominantly male jobs, but dislike the job amenities. In contrast, men appreciate both th...

directed the Chair of Public Economics, for giving me the opportunity to pursue my research interests and for his encouragement and support throughout the project. Without his academic guidance, his soft, but determined pressure for results and his enthusiasm to prove that economic theory can make a difference to economic policymaking, this dissertation would never have been completed. Wehke – ...

Can a job be " Green " if it is not safe? Unfortunately, the current answer is yes. The United Nations Environment Program defines a green job as work in agricultural, manufacturing, research and development, administrative, and service activities that contribute substantially to preserving or restoring environmental quality 1). The US Bureau of Labor Statistics proposes to define green jobs as...

The labour market consequences of globalization in general, and offshoring in particular, have been hotly debated in recent public discussions and academia, in particular in industrialized countries. One of the reasons for this may be illustrated with reference to the World Investment Report 2004 (UNCTAD, 2004), which provides examples of recent offshoring cases in services industries in the Un...