A Fully Bayesian Approach to Adult Skeletal Age Estimation: Multivariate Latent Trait Modeling With Markov Chain Monte Carlo Sampling. [PDF]
Am J Biol AnthropolMüller-Scheeßel N, Fuchs K, Rinne C.
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Livestock often serves as self‐insurance against health shocks for rural households in developing countries. However, little is known about how public health insurance affects livestock production decisions. This paper fills the gap by examining the impact of China's New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NRCMS) on household‐level livestock ...
Ran Li
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Mitigating policy uncertainty: What financial markets reveal about firm‐level lobbying
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Elections can lead to substantial policy changes and, thus, are a significant source of risk. Firms can respond to such policy uncertainty by lobbying, but it is hard to quantify whether they do so and, if so, how much lobbying benefits them. We construct a new dataset and leverage investors’ expectations of variability in stock returns in the
Kristy Buzard +2 more
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Leisure activity patterns and health vulnerability among older adults in China: a nationwide analysis of urban-rural differences based on CHARLS data. [PDF]
BMC GeriatrYin F, Fan X, Chen J, Wu X.
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Unhappy Working with Men? Workplace Gender Diversity and Employee Job-Related Well-Being in Britain: A WERS2004 Based Analysis [PDF]
This paper attempts to establish empirically the link between workplace gender diversity and employee job-related well-being. Using nationally representative linked employer-employee data for Britain, I employ econometric techniques that account for ...
Haile, Getinet Astatike
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Is support for authoritarian rule contagious? Evidence from field and survey experiments
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract The increasing popularity of strongman rule in democratic societies underscores the need to explore how authoritarian regime preferences might spread socially. We assess the role of social influence on support for leaders with authoritarian inclinations through preregistered field and survey experiments in the Norwegian Armed Forces. The field
Sirianne Dahlum +4 more
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Attributes and levels in discrete choice experiments for pharmacy services: A systematic review to inform asthma intervention design. [PDF]
Explor Res Clin Soc PharmRosyida KA +3 more
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Estimating The Causal Effect of Income on Health: Evidence from Post Reunification East Germany [PDF]
In this paper we investigate if there was a causal effect of changes in current and 'permanent' income on the health of East Germans in the years following reunification. Reunification was completely unanticipated and therefore can be seen as a providing
Paul Frijters +2 more
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Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Smallholder market participation studies often focus narrowly on selling decisions, overlooking the institutional role of agricultural cooperatives, particularly in contexts like Rwanda, where cooperatives underpin agricultural policy. Consequently, empirical evidence on how cooperative membership shapes farmers’ commercialization across ...
John N. Ng'ombe +3 more
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Gender Pay Disclosure and Firm Performance: Quasi‐Experimental Evidence From the United Kingdom
British Journal of Industrial Relations, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates the impact of pay transparency on firm performance, measured as sales growth, in a large sample of UK‐registered companies between 2005 and 2023. We employ a difference‐in‐difference approach based on the pay transparency regulation enacted in 2017, which mandated all companies registered in the United Kingdom with at ...
Hildebrando Pahula, Charles Ambilichu
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