Global Apparel Value Chain in the Post‐MFA Era: Exploring Bangladesh's Competitive Edge
Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study revisits Bangladesh's competitive edge by examining patterns of global apparel trade during the post‐Multi‐Fibre Arrangement (MFA) era using a large bilateral panel of 27 leading apparel exporters trading with 163 destinations with coverage of 90% of the world apparel exports.
Abul Bashar Mohammed Fakhruzzaman
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Impact of Poverty on Health in Developing Countries. [PDF]
Public Health ChallYu X, Masron TA, Zhang D, Gondo TW.
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Price Indexes for Medical Care Goods and Services: An Overview of Measurement Issues [PDF]
We review in considerable detail the conceptual and measurement issues that underlie construction of medical care price indexes in the U.S., particularly the medical care consumer price indexes (MCPIs) and medical-related producer price indexes (MPPIs ...
Zvi Griliches +4 more
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Exploring Heterogeneity in Equivalence Scales and Minimum Income Protection
Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Korea's minimum income protection system has significantly expanded both its coverage and benefit levels. Moreover, the first‐ever universal benefit was introduced during the COVID‐19 pandemic. However, improving an equivalence scale has received relatively little attention.
Taiwon Ha
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The Impact of Economic Distress on Primary Headache Visits Under the Strain of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Study. [PDF]
J Clin MedYilmaz MC, Ozaydin O, Aydin K.
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Measuring American rents: a revisionist history. [PDF]
Until the end of 1977, the method used to measure changes in rent of primary residence in the U.S. consumer price index (CPI) tended to omit price changes when units changed tenants or were temporarily vacant.
Richard Voith +2 more
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Novel approaches for drug development against chronic primary pain: A systematic review
British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.Abstract Chronic primary pain (CPP) persisting for more than 3 months, associated with significant emotional distress without any known underlying cause, is an unmet medical need. Traditional or adjuvant analgesics do not provide satisfactory pain relief for a great proportion of these patients.
Valéria Tékus +5 more
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Competition and Collaboration in the AI Race: Country-LevelDirectional Evidence for Risk Monitoring and Policy. [PDF]
Risk AnalLiu P +6 more
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An Experimental Component Index for the CPI: From Annual Computer Data to Monthly Data on Other Goods [PDF]
Until recently the Consumer Price Index consisted solely of "matched model" component indexes. The latter are constructed by BLS personnel who visit stores and compare prices of goods with the same set of characteristics over successive periods.
Ariel Pakes, Timothy Erickson
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Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objectives Understudied populations such as those with intellectual disabilities (ID) face significant disease burden and oral health disparities. Systematic exclusion from oral health research contributes to resultant health inequalities, limits understanding of the determinants and implications of disease, and hinders the ability to improve ...
Katrina Byrne +4 more
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