Together, these costly regulatory initiatives spell lower rates of innovation and slower dissemination of newer products.
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Countries like France, Germany and Italy display markedly lower rates of commercially successful innovation.
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Countries with much lower rates of poverty and segregation have better education results regardless of their education systems.
We have to live with less certainty and lower rates of economic growth.
Other nations in revolt had even lower rates of joblessness in 2010: Egypt (9.7%), Algeria (9.9%), and Jordan (13.4%).
Women in the fish-oil group had lower rates of pre-term births, particularly births earlier than 34 weeks of gestation.
Now that inflation is low, lenders can set much lower rates of interest.
Lower rates of return discourage investment, meaning fewer jobs and slower wage growth.
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When female workers become more confident, vendors see business returns like improved efficiency and productivity, and lower rates of absenteeism.
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Higher levels of debt mean that borrowers' finances can become over-stretched at much lower rates of interest than in the past.
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Immigration also matters, he says: studies have repeatedly shown that cities with large immigrant populations experience lower rates of violent crime.
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High quality commercial properties have appreciated by six percent in the past 12 months, with lower rates of gain for other buildings.
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Companies compensate for higher taxes and lower rates of return partly with lower wages and higher prices, which disproportionately impact the poor.
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They also find evidence that flexibility is associated with lower rates of unfilled vacancies and with lower persistence of unemployment over time.
Fortifying the food handed out by the PDS would be an economical and effective way to lower rates of anaemia and increase nutrition.
The Japanese have lower rates of prostate and breast cancer than the U.S., a fact attributed to their greater intake of soy and low-fat foods.
They had lower rates of hospital admission and emergency room usage.
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In America, too, real post-tax interest rates are not historically low, in part because mortgage-interest tax relief is worth less at lower rates of inflation.
They will be permitted to cut their tariffs on these goods by less, in exchange for letting in larger amounts at lower rates of duty.
For instance, older adults in high-income countries generally had lower rates of depression than their younger counterparts, while the trend was reversed in several poorer countries.
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"There is no doubt that stops are a vitally important reason" why New York has lower rates of major crimes than other big American cities, he said.
Lower rates of unemployment associated with a boost in manufacturing could stimulate the economy and trigger inflationary pressures, the eventual (and inevitable) consequences of increasing the money supply.
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The union said it believed BT was bringing highly skilled technicians from India to work in the UK at some substantially lower rates of pay than comparable British workers.
Doctors have known for a while that women who first give birth in their early 20s have lower rates of breast cancer later in life than women who delay childbearing.
Hispanic children had lower rates of disabilities than white or black children, which perhaps reflects language difficulties and other barriers to accessing health services rather than the true rate of disability.
There is also a clear link between child labour and school attendance - students aged between 12 and 14 years who work showed lower rates of attendance than those who do not work.
Farmigo is making the CSA (community supported agriculture) model more sustainable and scaleable, which is no easy feat considering the challenges- high subscription turnover and lower rates of new technology adoption on the farm.
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Within the rich world, where destitution is rare, countries where incomes are more evenly distributed have longer-lived citizens and lower rates of obesity, delinquency, depression and teenage pregnancy than richer countries where wealth is more concentrated.
Despite the fact that many other countries have similar requirements (and yes, much lower rates of murder and mayhem), gun groups in our country have raised alarmist concerns about the "logistical nightmare" of background checks for private sales.
Soy protein, a fixture of Asian diets, has been considered a possible alternative to hormone therapy for years, ever since researchers observed that women in Asia tend to have lower rates of bone loss and osteoporosis than their counterparts in the West.
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