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Examination of Afghanistan's Development Traps
Regional Science Policy &Practice, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract We examine the factors behind Afghanistan's persistent underdevelopment. Drawing on various theories of development traps operating at the demographic, economic and institutional levels, we seek to assess whether and to what extent their functioning affects Afghanistan's development. To capture the functioning of development traps empirically,
Klemen Knez, Tina G. Lokar
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Age-Specific Mortality Forecasting in Kazakhstan: Alternative Approaches to the Lee-Carter Model. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public HealthKoichubekov B +3 more
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Is there a role for cannabidiol in obesity, metabolic syndrome and binge eating?
British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.Cannabidiol (CBD) is one of the most abundant phytocannabinoids isolated from the Cannabis sativa plant. CBD is a lipophilic, non‐intoxicating substance that differently from Δ9‐tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9‐THC) does not present the typical profile of a drug of abuse.
Luca Botticelli +7 more
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Therapeutic potential of natural products in cancer immunotherapy: Advances and challenges
British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.This review systematically outlines the mechanisms underlying tumour immunotherapy resistance and elucidates the role of natural products in enhancing therapeutic efficacy as immunomodulatory adjuvants. Abstract Immunotherapy has emerged as a clinically pivotal approach in cancer treatment, but its application remains limited to a small subset of ...
Rao Hu +6 more
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Contemporary Economic Policy, EarlyView.Abstract Climate shocks threaten rural livelihoods in Malawi, yet households adopt diverse coping strategies to mitigate welfare losses. Using three‐wave Living Standards Measurement Study–Integrated Surveys on Agriculture panel data (2013–2019) and household fixed‐effects models, this study examines how climate shocks affect food security and ...
Suyeon Ro, Jongwook Lee
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A Quantitative Comparison of the Lee-Carter Model under Different Types of Non-Gaussian Innovations
In the classical Lee-Carter model, the mortality indices that are assumed to be a random walk model with drift are normally distributed. However, for the long-term mortality data, the error terms of the Lee-Carter model and the mortality indices have ...
Chou-Wen Wang +2 more
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Placebo zones in discontinuity‐based designs: Estimation, inference, and implementation
Economic Inquiry, EarlyView.Abstract We propose a new model‐selection algorithm for regression discontinuity design and related estimators. The performance of candidate models is assessed within a “placebo zone” of the running variable. Candidate models can differ by bandwidth and other choice parameters.
Nathan Kettlewell, Peter Siminski
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Black Fugitivity in the Sporting Workplace: The Story of Eniola Aluko
Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Being a Black fugitive involves constant movement: to find and cultivate spaces of safety and hope. In this paper, I curate a sporting archive about the UK Black women's elite football player Eniola Aluko to read her as a Black fugitive. I demonstrate how she traversed a racist and anti‐Black sporting workplace—where she was unfairly demonized
Aarti Ratna
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Unwelcome Expectancy: How Pregnancy Shapes Employment Opportunities in Mexico
Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using the simulated client technique, this study examines pregnancy discrimination in hiring processes and shows how pregnancy hinders women's employment opportunities as a combined effect of gender biases and institutional incentives that discourage the hiring of pregnant women.
Sonia M. Frías
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How the co-integration analysis can help in mortality forecasting. [PDF]
series of age-specific log-mortality rates as a sum of an independent of time age-specific component and a bilinear term in which one of the component is a time-varying parameter reflecting general change in mortality and the second one is an age ...
Darkiewicz, Grzegorz, Hoedemakers, Tom
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