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Prevention strategies for sickness absence: sick individuals or sick populations?
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2019 Sickness absence mesmerizes many researchers, given the numerous publications on risk factors for sickness absence. A large variety of risk factors have been identified, including work-related risk factors such as physical work demands and psychosocial ...
Alex Burdorf
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Demand and Distance: Evidence on Cross-Border Shopping [PDF]
While many studies have documented deviations from the Law of One Price in international settings, evidence is scarce on the extent to which consumers take advantage of price differentials and engage in cross border shopping. We use data from 287 Swedish
Asplund, Marcus +2 more
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The role of linguistics in language teaching: the case of two, less widely taught languages - Finnish and Hungarian [PDF]
, 2011 This paper discusses the role of various linguistic sub-disciplines in teaching Finnish and Hungarian. We explain the status of Finnish and Hungarian at University College London and in the UK, and present the principle difficulties in learning and ...
Tarsoly, E., Valijärvi, R.
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Barnboken: Tidskrift för Barnlitteraturforskning, 2010 During and after the Second World War Sweden received around 70 000 Finnish war children. It was by far the biggest of all contingents of refugees during the war.
Ulf Boëthius
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Policy vs. Consumer Pressure: Innovation and Diffusion of Alternative Bleaching Technologies in the Pulp Industry [PDF]
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, concern over dioxin in both paper products and wastewater led to the development of techniques that reduced the use of chlorine in the pulp industry. Both regulatory and consumer pressure motivated this change.
David Popp +2 more
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The education of looked after children in Scotland : some comparisons with Scandinavian countries and Finland [PDF]
, 2012 The purpose of this research briefing is to present quantitative research studies and national government statistics that allow comparisons to be made between Scotland's performance in relation to the education of looked after children, and that of ...
Connelly, Graham, Matheson, Iain
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Using Markets to Measure Pre-War Threat Assessments: The Nordic Countries Facing World War II [PDF]
Nordic historians have asserted for a long time that in the Nordic countries only few people, if any, perceived increased threats of war prior to the World War II outbreak.
Frey, Bruno S., Waldenström, Daniel
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School Shootings and Student Performance [PDF]
In this paper, we study how high school students reacted to the shocking news of a school shooting. The shooting coincided with national high-school matriculation exams.
Poutvaara, Panu, Ropponen, Olli
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Revista Română pentru Studii Baltice şi Nordice, 2014 The current issue of Revista Română de Studii Baltice şi Nordice / The Romanian Journal for Baltic and Nordic Studies gathers in its first part the syllabi of the courses taught during the Romanian summer school of Nordic and Baltic studies entitled “A ...
Crina Leon
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Language-Group Differences in Very Early Retirement in Finland [PDF]
The purpose of this paper is to study very early retirement as an indicator for bad health, with focus on a comparison between the two language groups in Finland. Extensive longitudinal data are analysed with the help of random effects probit models.
Finnäs, Fjalar, Saarela, Jan
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