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Education and the Shadow Economy: A Panel Cointegration Analysis

Kyklos, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of education on the shadow economy across 132 countries over the period 1991–2020. To this end, panel cointegration and panel error‐correction models are employed. The results of the panel cointegration tests indicate a stable long‐term relationship among the selected variables.
Salvatore Ciucci
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying Hydrological Drivers of Surface Water Extent in Endorheic and Exorheic Basins over the Mu Us Sandy Land

Remote Sensing
Surface water extent (SWE) is a key indicator of the regional water balance in dryland environments. However, the hydrological processes regulating SWE responses remain poorly constrained.
Guanhong Chen, Xingguo Mo, Suxia Liu, Shi Hu, Peter Bauer-Gottwein   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vocabulary and Processing Speed Explain Reading and Writing Disparities Between Linguistic Groups in Higher Education

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Selective admissions at universities in the United Kingdom aim to ensure a baseline language competence, yet, despite persistent achievement disparities across linguistic backgrounds, systematic comparisons of linguistic skills underpinning academic success remain rare.
Justyna Mackiewicz, Danijela Trenkic
wiley   +1 more source

Gendered Parenthood and Platform Work Across European Welfare Regimes

New Technology, Work and Employment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digital platform labour has been growing and meanwhile successfully established in many parts of the world. Yet participation in platform work not only varies markedly across countries but also by individual‐level factors such as gender and parenthood.
Timon Kai Drewes
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative diagnostic efficacy of two-dimensional shear wave and transient elastography in predicting the risk of esophagogastric varices and histological staging in patients with primary biliary cholangitis

BMC Gastroenterology
Background This study aimed to compare the diagnostic efficacy of Two-dimensional shear wave elastography (2D-SWE) with that of transient elastography (TE) in predicting the risk of esophagogastric varices and histological staging in patients with ...
Yuan Zhang, Fankun Meng, Xing Hu, Tieying Zhang, Xue Han, Jing Han, Huiyu Ge   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The value of quantitative and a new qualitative color pattern shear wave elastography for the differentiation of ACR TI-RADS 4 or 5 category thyroid nodules measuring ≤10 mm

Frontiers in Endocrinology
ObjectiveThis study aims to evaluate the diagnostic performance of quantitative shear wave elastography (SWE) and a new qualitative color pattern SWE for the differentiation of benign and malignant American College of Radiology Thyroid Imaging, Reporting,
Ai-jiao Yi, Wei-Wei Yang, Xin-Wu Cui, Christoph F. Dietrich, Bin Wang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Accounting for Cross‐Country Differences in Output Per Worker: A Sectoral CES Perspective

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The standard macroeconomic literature suggests that richer countries employ more productive technologies. Removing technological disparities between countries would hence narrow the substantial variation in output per worker across countries.
Jan Trenczek, Konstantin M. Wacker
wiley   +1 more source

Panel Sequential Group Estimation of Interactive Effects Models

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper proposes a novel procedure to identify latent groups in the slopes of panel data models with interactive effects. The method is straightforward to apply and relies only on closed‐form estimators when evaluating the objective function.
Ignace De Vos, Joakim Westerlund
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the Effectiveness of Workers' Selection Exams: The Case of the Bank of Italy

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT High‐stakes exams can be used to rank and select candidates for job openings, and the ability of those selected hinges on the design of the exam. I propose a method to model candidates' performance to assess how effective the exam is at selecting high‐ability candidates.
Santiago Pereda‐Fernández
wiley   +1 more source

Better VAT for Both Explicit and Implicit Financial Fees

Public Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.
Abstract Recently, several countries have initiated reforms on their VAT regimes to include financial services, following the emergence of various methods for taxing both implicit and explicit fees. This article provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of these reforms.
Guillermo Peña
wiley   +1 more source