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Parental Transfers, Student Achievement, and the Labor Supply of College Students [PDF]
College students may participate in market work to finance their college educations. Using data from the NLSY97, three hypotheses are tested. First, smaller parental transfers lead to more hours worked while in school.
Kalenkoski, Charlene Marie +1 more
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Women's Empowerment and Intra‐Household Bargaining Power
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We assess the effectiveness of the Abbreviated Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (A‐WEAI) in predicting intra‐household bargaining power. We conducted a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment with agricultural households, where spouses made decisions about money allocations.
Marina Nacka +2 more
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Tropical Medicine and Health, 2019 Background Myanmar has targeted elimination of malaria by 2030. In three targeted townships of Rakhine state of Myanmar, a project is being piloted to eliminate malaria by 2025. The comprehensive case investigation (CCI) and geotagging of cases by health
San Kyawt Khine +4 more
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Evaluating two freely available geocoding tools for geographical inconsistencies and geocoding errors [PDF]
Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards, 2017 Geocoding is highly prone to error for various reasons. This paper examines the geographical inconsistencies associated with geocoding errors seen when using two freely available geocoding tools, Google Sheets and ggmap. Two hundred restaurants, all recipients of California’s Center of Excellence award, were selected for the analysis.
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Natural Resources and Political Patronage in Africa: An Ethnicity Level Analysis
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We investigate the effect of resource discoveries on ethnicity‐level political patronage in Africa using a large geospatial dataset of 254 ethnic groups in 15 countries over the period 1960–2004. We find that the first (or single first) resource discovery in a virgin ethnic homeland increases the share of cabinet posts of that ethnicity.
Sambit Bhattacharyya, Nemera Mamo
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Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Mosquitoes of the genus Aedes, including but not limited to Aedes aegypti, are major vectors of arboviruses such as dengue, Zika and other related diseases. Their global expansion is driven by climate change, globalisation, urbanisation and human mobility.
Ana Izabel Passarella Teixeira +8 more
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Fat City: The Relationship Between Urban Sprawl and Obesity [PDF]
We study the relationship between urban sprawl and obesity. Using data that tracks individuals over time, we find no evidence that urban sprawl causes obesity.
Diego Puga +3 more
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Finding Stars: Mapping the Geography of the World's Scientific Elites
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.Short Abstract Scientific excellence is clustering ever more tightly in a few ‘superstar’ cities. Four—New York, Boston, London and the San Francisco Bay Area—now host 12% of the world's top scientists. In contrast, the Global South remains largely absent, with the notable exception of Beijing's dramatic rise.
Andrés Rodríguez‐Pose +2 more
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Progress in Spatial Demography
Demographic Research, 2013 BACKGROUND Demography is an inherently spatial science, yet the application of spatial data and methods to demographic research has tended to lag that of other disciplines.
Stephen A. Matthews, Daniel M. Parker
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Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice, EarlyView.Objective To compare characteristics of rural veterans using VA brick and mortar (B&M), VA video‐to‐home telehealth (VA VTH), or VA community care network (CCN) for mental healthcare. Methods Rural VA patients that received at least 2 days of mental healthcare in fiscal year 2023 were classified as B&M, VA VTH, or CCN patients based on where they ...
Luke Rozema +3 more
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