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Transitory shocks and long-term human capital accumulation: the impact of conflict on physical health in Peru [PDF]

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The recent literature on human capital highlights the importance of investments during the first few years after birth as a determinant of economic outcomes later in life, including labour productivity.
Sanchez, Alan
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Libros [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Contiene: Título: El Trabajo Social Internacional. Elementos de comparación. Directores: Jean-Pierre Deslauriers e Yves Hurtubise. Editorial: Lumen-Humanitas, Buenos Aires. Año: 2007. 350 págs.
Alternativas. Cuadernos de Trabajo Social
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The generations of cultural ecosystem services research

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Understanding the cultural dimensions of human–nature relationships and integrating them into decision‐making is a central goal of conservation social science. One prominent avenue for this work is the characterization and analysis of cultural ecosystem services (CES) (i.e., nonmaterial aspects of the benefits derived from human–nature ...
Rachelle K. Gould   +3 more
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Peru: Drivers of De-dollarization [PDF]

open access: yes
Peru has successfully pursued a market-driven financial de-dollarization during the last decade. Dollarization of credit and deposit of commercial banks—across all sectors and maturities—has declined, with larger declines for commercial credit and time ...
Garcia-Escribano, Mercedes
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Exploring gaps, biases, and research priorities in the evidence for reptile conservation actions

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract With over 21% of reptile species threatened with extinction, there is an urgent need to ensure conservation actions to protect and restore populations are informed by relevant, reliable evidence. We examined the geographic and taxonomic distribution of 707 studies that tested the effects of actions to conserve reptiles synthesized in ...
Oliver Speight   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estimating Information Rigidity using Firms’ Survey Data [PDF]

open access: yes
The slope of the sticky information Phillips curve proposed by Mankiw and Reis (2002) is based on the degree of information rigidity on the part of firms. Carroll (2003) uses an epidemiology model of expectations and finds evidence for the U.S.
Carrera, César
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Using lessons from criminal justice research to improve conservation law enforcement research and practice

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Urgency to save species from extinction has prompted increased investment in law enforcement in protected areas. To date, such law enforcement has largely focused on increasing costs and reducing opportunities for offending. However, these resource‐intensive approaches are not always effective and can contribute to conflict between people and ...
Freya A. V. St. John   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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