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Fear of floating and fear of pegging: An empirical anaysis of de facto exchange rate regimes in developing countries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This paper uses a panel probit model with simultaneous equations to explain the joint determination of de facto and de jure exchange rate regimes in developing countries since 1980.
von Hagen, Jürgen, Zhou, Jizhong
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Can prisons move people into better jobs? A look at correctional vocational training programs and sectoral employment outcomes

open access: yesCriminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Three‐quarters of US prisons offer vocational training programs, which aim to place trainees in middle‐skills jobs in specific occupational sectors post‐release. These middle‐skills jobs may more effectively reduce recidivism than the jobs that normally characterize the labor market experience of the formerly incarcerated, yet whether ...
Britte van Tiem
wiley   +1 more source

An Analysis of the Determinants of Job Satisfaction when Individuals’ Baseline Satisfaction Levels May Differ [PDF]

open access: yes
A growing literature seeks to explain differences in individuals’ self-reported satisfaction with their jobs. Most of the accumulated evidence so far has, however, been based on cross-sectional data and when panel data have been used, individual ...
Anna Cristina D’Addio   +2 more
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Szubjektív jóllét és anyagi helyzet: A kvantilis regresszió és az általánosított ordered probit modell eredményeinek összehasonlítása a standard elemzési módszerekkel [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In this study we examine the association between subjective well-being and material welfare using the data of 3600 individuals from the TÁRKI Household Monitor for the year 2007.
Hajdu, Gábor, Hajdu, Tamás
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Resource Availability and Habitat Quality Drive Time‐Lag Effects in High‐Altitude Ungulate Distribution

open access: yesIntegrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Our analysis revealed that while climate strongly influenced species distributions, habitat change drove most observed delays in distribution responses. In terms of community ecology, dispersed communities exhibited shorter time lags than concentrated groups. Analyses of lag duration revealed a 5–6‐year distribution lag effect in high‐altitude ungulate
Lu Wang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Consumer Acceptance in the Food Innovation Process: Young Consumer Perception of Functional Foods in Italy

open access: yesInternational Journal on Food System Dynamics, 2010
This paper analysed the factors influencing the acceptance of functional foods (FFs) of three distinct groups of young Italian consumers. We implemented an ordered probit model based on data collected in a field survey carried out in southern Italy in ...
Teresa Del Giudice, Stefano Pascucci
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Parental divorce and generalized trust [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper examines the effect of parental divorce during childhood on generalized trust later on in life using Australian HILDA panel data. The dependent variable is composed of answers to the statement: Generally speaking, most people can be trusted ...
Viitanen, Tarja K.
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Active Yet Cautious: How Middle States Navigate Status in the Universal Periodic Review

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how states positioned in the middle of the international status hierarchy behave in the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR). While the UPR was established as a cooperative mechanism to move away from confrontational naming and shaming, in practice it has become a reputational arena where states strategically ...
Chun‐Young Park
wiley   +1 more source

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