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Reproductive health equity: demystifying unmet need for family planning among young women in Uttar Pradesh

open access: yesContraception and Reproductive Medicine
Background The unmet need for contraception among adolescent women in India is a significant public health concern, contributing to unintended pregnancies and abortions.
Punit Mishra
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Determinants of discrimination in access to land ownership in Burkina Faso

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences
This article analyzes the determinants of discrimination in access to land ownership in Burkina Faso. It is based on a sample of 2747 farmers from the database of the National Program of Land Management, collected from July to August 2017, and the ...
Tibi Didier Zoungrana, Goni Zougouri
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Labour Market Racial Discrimination in South Africa Revisited [PDF]

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Discrimination is a significant issue in labour market economics across developed as well as developing countries. In this paper, we inquire the actual size of wage discrimination in the Republic of South Africa, accounting for large differences in ...
Joanna Tyrowicz, Maciej Szelewicki
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Alternative Measures of Homeownership Gaps Across Segregated Neighboorhoods [PDF]

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The dramatic rise in the U.S. homeownership rate from 64% in 1996 to almost 70% in 2005 has prompted increased attention to the relation between homeownership and demographic characteristics of households.
Anthony Yezer, Paul Carrillo
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DECOMPOSING THE GAP IN SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT BETWEEN FINLAND AND ROMANIA – SOME METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science, 2012
This paper analyzes the advantages and shortcomings of the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition. Using PISA data for Finland and Romania, we focus on the drawbacks of the detailed decomposition, when the explanatory variables are categorial. From the best of our
Botezat Alina
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Decomposition of non-linear models using simulated residuals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper proposes to decompose non-linear models deduced from a latent regression framework using the latent dependent outcome as dependent variable and the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition technique.
Wolff, François-Charles
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Functional disability and urban-rural differences in depressive symptoms among older adults in China

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics
Background Functional disability, including basic activities of daily living (BADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), is associated with depressive symptoms in older adults.
Hang Zhao   +3 more
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