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The MacArthur Foundation in Mexico: Report on Activities [PDF]
, 2007 Contains president's message, foundation information, information on focus areas and programs in Mexico, grantee profiles, lists of recent grants, and lists of board members and staff.
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Materiales de Construccion, 2012 The present study evaluated the addition of a 3% nopal cactus mucilage solution to cement pastes, in its effects on setting times, flow, hydration, and microstructure, as well as on capillary water absorption and chloride diffusion in concrete. Hydration
S. Ramírez-Arellanes +3 more
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Journal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective This study examines how parental housework time and labor market participation during early childhood are associated with adolescents' housework participation. Background Prior research shows that parental time use is associated with adolescents' housework in gendered ways.
Kefan Xue, Boyan Zheng
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The German spatial poverty divide: poorly endowed or bad luck? [PDF]
We study inter-temporal changes in poverty for Germany from year 1978 to 2003, and we employ the bootstrap method to test for statistical significance of results. All results are decomposed by household type and region. Poverty estimates are particularly
Bönke, Timm, Schröder, Carsten
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Economic integration and mature portfolios [PDF]
, 2008 This paper documents and studies sources of international differences in participation and holdings in stocks, private businesses, and homes among households aged 50+ in the US, England, and eleven continental European countries, using new ...
Christelis, Dimitris +2 more
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Decomposing the gap in childhood undernutrition between poor and non–poor in urban India, 2005–06 [PDF]
, 2013 Despite the growing evidence from other developing countries, intra-urban inequality in childhood undernutrition is poorly researched in India. Additionally, the factors contributing to the poor/non-poor gap in childhood undernutrition have not been ...
Kumar, A., Singh, Aditya
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The Evolving Role of 21st Century Municipal Financial Advisors
Public Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We describe the evolution of the market for municipal financial advice since the year 2000 and present new empirical facts. Using SEC municipal advisor filings, we show that the number of operating advisors has decreased over time. We document that withdrawals—either exits, reorganizations, or mergers—are concentrated among smaller firms and ...
Daniel G. Garrett, Baridhi Malakar
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The role of education in development of an indigenous Mexican community : indigenous perspectives : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Development Studies at Massey University [PDF]
, 2001 This thesis is concerned with the role of formal education in development for indigenous peoples. To shed light on the complex relationship between education and development, it presents an in-depth exploration of the experiences, concerns and ...
Mosley, Anna
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A new species of Chrysina Kirby (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from Oaxaca, Mexico [PDF]
, 2012 Chrysina arellanoi new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) is described from the southernmost part of the Sierra Madre del Sur in Oaxaca, MexicoSe describe la especie nueva Chrysina arellanoi (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) de la parte ...
Sierra, José Monzón
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Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Skills formation is a pressing issue for middle‐income countries given the pace of technological change. In Latin America, scholars point to the hierarchical type of capitalism and its segmentalist skills formation system as the main roadblocks to exiting the middle‐income trap.
Aldo Madariaga, Mariana Rangel‐Padilla
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