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Converging to efficiency : the Ramón y Cajal Program experience [PDF]
, 2007 We analyze the evolution on the design of a policy measure promoted by the Spanish Government: the Ramón y Cajal Program. In the first calls of the Program, an eligibility requirement for a researcher was a preacceptance from at least one Spanish ...
Alonso-Borrego, César +2 more
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The hidden discount: Examining racial disparity in the use of suspended sentences
Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Extant research on criminal sentencing generally concludes that racial/ethnic disparity is concentrated in the “in–out” decision, and that racial differences in sentence lengths are small and inconsistent. However, sentence length analyses rarely focus on the fact that criminal sentences are often partially or fully suspended, creating ...
Kevin Petersen +3 more
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ReligionsThe Knanaya Christians, also referred to as Thekkumbhagar or Southists, represent a distinct endogamous group within the wider community of Saint Thomas Christians of southern India.
Sinu Rose
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Estrategias de reproducción social de la elite de la ciudad de León en la Edad Moderna
Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos, 2008 The objective of this work is to analyze the endogamy practices in the elite of the city of León during Modern Age. This elite was conformed by a few families that controlled most important positions of power, and managed most of the wealth of the ...
Alfredo Martín García +1 more
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“Welcome to France.” Can mandatory integration contracts foster immigrant integration?
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract European governments, struggling with incorporating diverse immigrant populations, introduced integration contracts. Through language training and compulsory civics courses, these contracts aim to induce new migrants to adopt the host society's culture, respect its values, and improve their labor market outcomes.
Mathilde Emeriau +3 more
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Información, Cultura y Sociedad, 2017 Al cumplirse los 50 años de la creación del Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliotecológicas (INIBI), como tema de este editorial, se ha elegido estudiar las conductas endogámicas en la Bibliotecología/Ciencia de la Información.
Alejandro E. Parada
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Economica, EarlyView.Abstract This paper examines the long‐term effects of ‘Apni Beti Apna Dhan’ (ABAD), a unique conditional cash transfer programme implemented in the north Indian state of Haryana from 1994 to 1998. The programme provided bonds to female beneficiaries at birth, redeemable on attaining 18 years of age, if they remained unmarried. In particular, we examine
Shreya Biswas, Upasak Das
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Assessing the influence of consanguinity on congenital heart disease
Annals of Pediatric Cardiology, 2011 Numerous articles have been published linking consanguineous marriage to an elevated prevalence of congenital heart disease, with ventricular septal defects and atrial septal defects the most commonly cited disorders.
Alan H Bittles
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Peasants into Muslims: Poverty and conversions to Islam in Ottoman Bosnia
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Whilst economic historians have invested substantial effort into understanding the economic consequences of religion, they have invested less effort into understanding the determinants of religious affiliation. The lack of knowledge about determinants of religious affiliation seems particularly striking in the case of Southeastern Europe ...
Leonard Kukić, Yasin Arslantas
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Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2009 O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o histórico do rebanho Nelore Puro de Origem no Sertão Nordestino por meio da determinação de sua estrutura populacional e da quantificação do progresso genético, fenotípico e ambiental ocorrido em características de
Carlos Henrique Mendes Malhado +3 more
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