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The transition to Post-industrial BMI values among US children
Komlos, John; Breitfelder, Ariane; Sunder, Marco - 2008
Background: The trend in the BMI values of US children has not been estimated very convincingly because of the absence …. Methods: We use five regression models to estimate the BMI trends of non-Hispanic US-born black and white children and …
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Accelerated Technological Progress - An Explanation for Wage Dispersion and a Possible Solution to the Productivity Paradox
Nikutowski, Oliver - 2007
Due to scarcity considerations an increase in the supply of college graduates should reduce the premium for this kind of qualification. Therefore it seems quite contradictory that a tremendous educational expansion in the USA is accompanied by rising wage dispersion (overall and between...
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