-----------------------------------------------------------------------------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 – ...