Stephen Ryan
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3591697 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Stephen Ryan |
| PRENOMES | Stephen |
| SOBRENOME | Ryan |
| ASSINATURA | RYAN S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | National Bureau of Economic Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4489-4320 |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 24 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 133 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 24 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1990 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Delivering Education to the Underserved through a Public-Private Partnership Program in Pakistan
We evaluate a program that recruited local entrepreneurs to open and operate new schools in 200 underserved villages in Sindh, Pakistan. School operators received a per student subsidy to provide tuition-free primary education, and half the villages received a higher subsidy for females. The program increased enrollment by 32 percentage points and test scores by 0.63 standard deviations, with no difference across the two subsidy schemes. Estimati…
Improving the university library experience of students with intellectual disabilities
This article describes a project on library engagement in an Irish university, involving certificate students with intellectual disabilities and librarians. It provides an opportunity for this project team (named above) to showcase to a wider audience, the value of inclusive, action research in resolving real-life challenges. Contributions in the paper touch on the higher education setting for students with disabilities as well as project aims an…
Subsidy Design in Privately Provided Social Insurance
The efficiency of publicly-subsidized, privately-provisioned social insurance programs depends on the interaction between strategic insurers and the subsidy mechanism. We study this interaction in the context of Medicare's prescription drug coverage program. We find that the observed mechanism is successful in keeping "raise-the-subsidy" incentives relatively low, acts much like a flat voucher, and obtains a level of welfare close to the optimal …
The Transformation of Violent Intercommunal Conflict
In recent years there has been a remarkable growth of interest in the concept of conflict transformation and the closely related strategy of grass-roots peace building. Yet there exists no general critical analysis of the concept of conflict transformation in the context of violent inter-communal conflict and the different approaches that can be included in response to this category of dispute. This study offers a comprehensive survey and critica…
Market-Based Emissions Regulation and Industry Dynamics
We assess the static and dynamic implications of alternative market-based policies limiting greenhouse gas emissions in the US cement industry. Our results highlight two countervailing market distortions. First, emissions regulation exacerbates distortions associated with the exercise of market power in the domestic cement market. Second, emissions "leakage" in trade-exposed markets offsets domestic emissions reductions. Taken together, these for…
The Psychology of the Language Learner Revisited
Over the past decade, the focus of inquiry into the psychology of SLA has shifted from the analysis of various characteristics within individuals towards a greater consideration of individuals’ dynamic interactions with diverse contexts. This revisit of the bestselling The Psychology of the Language Learner reflects on these developments by challenging some of the assumptions upon which the original text was based, maintaining the familiar struct…
L2 motivation research 2005–2014
Imagined and Possible Selves
Facial disfigurement is treated like an infectious disease
Incentives Work
We use a randomized experiment and a structural model to test whether monitoring and financial incentives can reduce teacher absence and increase learning in India. In treatment schools, teachers' attendance was monitored daily using cameras, and their salaries were made a nonlinear function of attendance. Teacher absenteeism in the treatment group fell by 21 percentage points relative to the control group, and the children's test scores increase…
Introduction
This introductory article in the special issue on Peacebuilding, Reconciliation, and Transformation highlights some of the central themes within the emergent field of Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS). The article discusses how this transdisciplinary field contributes to our understanding of some of the key issues that confront the PACS field in terms of analysis, theory building, and praxis. The contributors to this special issue provide a broad…
Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland
This article explores the reasons for the slow progress being made in the Northern Ireland peace process. It examines complications that exist in dealing with the past, present, and future of the conflict between the two main communities whilst also arguing that it is hard to separate these time frames in practice. In terms of the present, some well known difficulties with the consociational approach are identified. Recent studies have also demon…
Prime Time Crime
Kemal Kurspahic, Washington, DC, United States Institute of Peace, 2003, 288 pp, ISBN 1 929223 38 2, £10.95. (paper) There is a complex relationship between the media and violent conflict. On the o
Self and Identity in L2 Motivation in Japan
Ambivalence and commitment, liberation and challenge
This article has emerged from a large-scale, nationwide attitudinal study (n=2397) into the motivation of learners of English in Japan, which initially found that enjoyment of the learning experience seemed to be the major factor in the motivation of English learners. However, subsequent examination of the data revealed several incongruities in this initial analysis, which prompted further investigation of these issues using qualitative data. The…
Language Learning Motivation within the Context of Globalisation
This is a theoretical paper that attempts to re-conceptualize language learning motivation by taking into consideration the effects of globalisation on learners' sense of identity and how this impacts on the motivation to learn the unquestioned language of globalisation, English. I will argue that in EFL contexts it is learners' sense of membership of an imagined global community and of themselves as users of the language, as opposed to any desir…
Peace and conflict studies today
Peace and Conflict Studies (second edition). David P. Barash and Charles P. Webel Sage, 2002 HBK: ISBN: 0761925074 £50.00 pp. xiii + 571 (including: bibliographies & name and subject indexes). Searching for Peace: The Road to TRANSCEND (second edition) Johan Galtung, Carl G. Jacobson and Kai Frithjof Brand‐Jacobson Pluto Press, 2002. HBK: ISBN: 0745319297 £50.00 US$ 69.95. PBK: ISBN: 0745319289 £15.99 US$ 24.95. pp. xxiii + 338 (including: notes …
Teaching Peace and Conflict Studies in a Divided Society
United Nations peacekeeping
(2000). United Nations peacekeeping: A matter of principles? International Peacekeeping: Vol. 7, Peacekeeping and Conflict Resolution, pp. 27-47
Between Separation and Unity
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Peacebuilding strategies and intercommunal conflict
One of the major developments in ethnic conflict research is the idea of transformation through grass‐roots peacebuilding. Using Northern Ireland as the main case study, this article examines how this concept could be applied to societies emerging out of protracted, violent conflict. Yet it is not always clear what level the transformation work should address. Although the article analyses proposals that concentrate on the individual and stuctura…
Ethnic Conflict and International Relations
Conflict management and conflict resolution
In examining constructive responses to the problems caused by violent ethnic conflict a distinction is often made between the ‘management’ and ‘resolution’ approaches. Indeed, they are often defined so as to make them incompatible with each other. The basic assumptions upon which the differences between these two approaches are based are analysed, and the weaknesses of each are explored. Finally, the assumption of basic incompatibility is questio…
Ethnic conflict and the United Nations
The United Nations [UN] is an organization of states. As such it can be expected to represent the interests of its members and uphold a state-centric view of international politics. For this reason it has been suggested that the organization cannot respond positively to ethnic conflicts within states, or across state borders. However, since such ethnic conflicts can be a threat to international peace and security and to internationally accepted n…
L2 motivation research 2005–2014
Market-Based Emissions Regulation and Industry Dynamics
We assess the static and dynamic implications of alternative market-based policies limiting greenhouse gas emissions in the US cement industry. Our results highlight two countervailing market distortions. First, emissions regulation exacerbates distortions associated with the exercise of market power in the domestic cement market. Second, emissions "leakage" in trade-exposed markets offsets domestic emissions reductions. Taken together, these for…
Ethnic conflict and the United Nations
The United Nations [UN] is an organization of states. As such it can be expected to represent the interests of its members and uphold a state-centric view of international politics. For this reason it has been suggested that the organization cannot respond positively to ethnic conflicts within states, or across state borders. However, since such ethnic conflicts can be a threat to international peace and security and to internationally accepted n…
Peacebuilding strategies and intercommunal conflict
One of the major developments in ethnic conflict research is the idea of transformation through grass‐roots peacebuilding. Using Northern Ireland as the main case study, this article examines how this concept could be applied to societies emerging out of protracted, violent conflict. Yet it is not always clear what level the transformation work should address. Although the article analyses proposals that concentrate on the individual and stuctura…
Ambivalence and commitment, liberation and challenge
This article has emerged from a large-scale, nationwide attitudinal study (n=2397) into the motivation of learners of English in Japan, which initially found that enjoyment of the learning experience seemed to be the major factor in the motivation of English learners. However, subsequent examination of the data revealed several incongruities in this initial analysis, which prompted further investigation of these issues using qualitative data. The…
Improving the university library experience of students with intellectual disabilities
This article describes a project on library engagement in an Irish university, involving certificate students with intellectual disabilities and librarians. It provides an opportunity for this project team (named above) to showcase to a wider audience, the value of inclusive, action research in resolving real-life challenges. Contributions in the paper touch on the higher education setting for students with disabilities as well as project aims an…
Subsidy Design in Privately Provided Social Insurance
The efficiency of publicly-subsidized, privately-provisioned social insurance programs depends on the interaction between strategic insurers and the subsidy mechanism. We study this interaction in the context of Medicare's prescription drug coverage program. We find that the observed mechanism is successful in keeping "raise-the-subsidy" incentives relatively low, acts much like a flat voucher, and obtains a level of welfare close to the optimal …
Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland
This article explores the reasons for the slow progress being made in the Northern Ireland peace process. It examines complications that exist in dealing with the past, present, and future of the conflict between the two main communities whilst also arguing that it is hard to separate these time frames in practice. In terms of the present, some well known difficulties with the consociational approach are identified. Recent studies have also demon…
United Nations peacekeeping
(2000). United Nations peacekeeping: A matter of principles? International Peacekeeping: Vol. 7, Peacekeeping and Conflict Resolution, pp. 27-47
Between Separation and Unity
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Conflict management and conflict resolution
In examining constructive responses to the problems caused by violent ethnic conflict a distinction is often made between the ‘management’ and ‘resolution’ approaches. Indeed, they are often defined so as to make them incompatible with each other. The basic assumptions upon which the differences between these two approaches are based are analysed, and the weaknesses of each are explored. Finally, the assumption of basic incompatibility is questio…
Ethnic conflict and the United Nations
The United Nations [UN] is an organization of states. As such it can be expected to represent the interests of its members and uphold a state-centric view of international politics. For this reason it has been suggested that the organization cannot respond positively to ethnic conflicts within states, or across state borders. However, since such ethnic conflicts can be a threat to international peace and security and to internationally accepted n…
Ethnic Conflict and International Relations
Peacebuilding strategies and intercommunal conflict
One of the major developments in ethnic conflict research is the idea of transformation through grass‐roots peacebuilding. Using Northern Ireland as the main case study, this article examines how this concept could be applied to societies emerging out of protracted, violent conflict. Yet it is not always clear what level the transformation work should address. Although the article analyses proposals that concentrate on the individual and stuctura…
Between Separation and Unity
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
United Nations peacekeeping
(2000). United Nations peacekeeping: A matter of principles? International Peacekeeping: Vol. 7, Peacekeeping and Conflict Resolution, pp. 27-47
Teaching Peace and Conflict Studies in a Divided Society
Peace and conflict studies today
Peace and Conflict Studies (second edition). David P. Barash and Charles P. Webel Sage, 2002 HBK: ISBN: 0761925074 £50.00 pp. xiii + 571 (including: bibliographies & name and subject indexes). Searching for Peace: The Road to TRANSCEND (second edition) Johan Galtung, Carl G. Jacobson and Kai Frithjof Brand‐Jacobson Pluto Press, 2002. HBK: ISBN: 0745319297 £50.00 US$ 69.95. PBK: ISBN: 0745319289 £15.99 US$ 24.95. pp. xxiii + 338 (including: notes …
Language Learning Motivation within the Context of Globalisation
This is a theoretical paper that attempts to re-conceptualize language learning motivation by taking into consideration the effects of globalisation on learners' sense of identity and how this impacts on the motivation to learn the unquestioned language of globalisation, English. I will argue that in EFL contexts it is learners' sense of membership of an imagined global community and of themselves as users of the language, as opposed to any desir…
Self and Identity in L2 Motivation in Japan
Ambivalence and commitment, liberation and challenge
This article has emerged from a large-scale, nationwide attitudinal study (n=2397) into the motivation of learners of English in Japan, which initially found that enjoyment of the learning experience seemed to be the major factor in the motivation of English learners. However, subsequent examination of the data revealed several incongruities in this initial analysis, which prompted further investigation of these issues using qualitative data. The…
Introduction
This introductory article in the special issue on Peacebuilding, Reconciliation, and Transformation highlights some of the central themes within the emergent field of Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS). The article discusses how this transdisciplinary field contributes to our understanding of some of the key issues that confront the PACS field in terms of analysis, theory building, and praxis. The contributors to this special issue provide a broad…
Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland
This article explores the reasons for the slow progress being made in the Northern Ireland peace process. It examines complications that exist in dealing with the past, present, and future of the conflict between the two main communities whilst also arguing that it is hard to separate these time frames in practice. In terms of the present, some well known difficulties with the consociational approach are identified. Recent studies have also demon…
Prime Time Crime
Kemal Kurspahic, Washington, DC, United States Institute of Peace, 2003, 288 pp, ISBN 1 929223 38 2, £10.95. (paper) There is a complex relationship between the media and violent conflict. On the o
Facial disfigurement is treated like an infectious disease
Incentives Work
We use a randomized experiment and a structural model to test whether monitoring and financial incentives can reduce teacher absence and increase learning in India. In treatment schools, teachers' attendance was monitored daily using cameras, and their salaries were made a nonlinear function of attendance. Teacher absenteeism in the treatment group fell by 21 percentage points relative to the control group, and the children's test scores increase…
Imagined and Possible Selves
The Psychology of the Language Learner Revisited
Over the past decade, the focus of inquiry into the psychology of SLA has shifted from the analysis of various characteristics within individuals towards a greater consideration of individuals’ dynamic interactions with diverse contexts. This revisit of the bestselling The Psychology of the Language Learner reflects on these developments by challenging some of the assumptions upon which the original text was based, maintaining the familiar struct…
L2 motivation research 2005–2014
The Transformation of Violent Intercommunal Conflict
In recent years there has been a remarkable growth of interest in the concept of conflict transformation and the closely related strategy of grass-roots peace building. Yet there exists no general critical analysis of the concept of conflict transformation in the context of violent inter-communal conflict and the different approaches that can be included in response to this category of dispute. This study offers a comprehensive survey and critica…
Market-Based Emissions Regulation and Industry Dynamics
We assess the static and dynamic implications of alternative market-based policies limiting greenhouse gas emissions in the US cement industry. Our results highlight two countervailing market distortions. First, emissions regulation exacerbates distortions associated with the exercise of market power in the domestic cement market. Second, emissions "leakage" in trade-exposed markets offsets domestic emissions reductions. Taken together, these for…
Subsidy Design in Privately Provided Social Insurance
The efficiency of publicly-subsidized, privately-provisioned social insurance programs depends on the interaction between strategic insurers and the subsidy mechanism. We study this interaction in the context of Medicare's prescription drug coverage program. We find that the observed mechanism is successful in keeping "raise-the-subsidy" incentives relatively low, acts much like a flat voucher, and obtains a level of welfare close to the optimal …
Improving the university library experience of students with intellectual disabilities
This article describes a project on library engagement in an Irish university, involving certificate students with intellectual disabilities and librarians. It provides an opportunity for this project team (named above) to showcase to a wider audience, the value of inclusive, action research in resolving real-life challenges. Contributions in the paper touch on the higher education setting for students with disabilities as well as project aims an…
Delivering Education to the Underserved through a Public-Private Partnership Program in Pakistan
We evaluate a program that recruited local entrepreneurs to open and operate new schools in 200 underserved villages in Sindh, Pakistan. School operators received a per student subsidy to provide tuition-free primary education, and half the villages received a higher subsidy for females. The program increased enrollment by 32 percentage points and test scores by 0.63 standard deviations, with no difference across the two subsidy schemes. Estimati…
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