Who gains from trade protection in Ghana: A household-level analysis? [PDF]
In this paper, we present one of the first direct microeconometric studies of the impact of trade protection on household income in Ghana. Tariff measures at the two-digit ISIC level are matched to Ghanaian household survey data for 1991/92 and 1998/99 ...
Ackah, Charles +2 more
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Aging, generational shifts, and energy consumption in urban China. [PDF]
Han X, Wei C, Cao GY.
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Did Implementing Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) of 1990 Improve Diet? [PDF]
Nutrition labeling, in the words of the then FDA commissioner, David Kessler, was to “help millions of Americans make more informed, healthier choices.” Although the NLEA primarily focused on standardizing the nutrition facts label, its implementation ...
Asirvatham, Jebaraj +2 more
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Net foreign assets, productivity and real exchange rates in constrained economies [PDF]
Empirical evidence suggests that real exchange rates (RER) behave differently in developed and developing countries. We develop an overlapping generations two-sector exogenous growth model in which RER determination may depend on the country's capacity ...
Christopoulos, Dimitris K. +2 more
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The Economics and Productivity of US Cow-Calf Production [PDF]
We explore US beef cow-calf production in 2018 and estimate net returns, returns to scale, and technical efficiency associated with backgrounding versus nonbackgrounding by size and production system.
Leibold, Kelvin L. +3 more
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Dependence evolution in the Spanish disabled population: a functional data analysis approach [PDF]
In a health context, dependence is defined as a lack of autonomy in performing the basic activities of daily living and requiring care giving or significant help from another person.
Albarrán Lozano, Irene +2 more
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Residential Property Prices in a Sub-Market of South Africa: Separating Real Growth from Attribute Growth [PDF]
This paper analyses the South African residential housing market using hedonic price theory. It builds and tests pooled OLS, fixed effects OLS, pseudo-panel and quantile regression models.
Dieter von Fintel, Michael Els
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Efecto de la aspersión de glifosato en la mortalidad por cáncer en la población rural colombiana [PDF]
La evidencia sobre la toxicidad del glifosato en el largo plazo es escasa, especialmente cuando se realiza a través de aspersión aérea, donde la distribución no es controlada.
Caro Gutiérrez, Haydi Magali
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Effect of price on the decision to experiment with cigarette smoking among Gambian children: a survival analysis using the Gambia 2017 Global Youth Tobacco Survey data. [PDF]
Dare C +5 more
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Denne masteroppgaven undersøker forholdet mellom støtte til helsesystemet og institusjonelle trekk ved helsesystemet. Det argumenteres her for at helsesystemet, som en viktig velferdsinstitsusjon, skiller seg fra velferdsregimene på flere sentrale punkter, og at støtte til denne institusjonen bør undersøkes for seg selv.
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