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Associations of Food Stamp Participation with Obesity and Dietary Quality among Low-income Children
Leung, Cindy; Blumenthal, Susan; Hoffnagle, Elena; … - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010628235
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Accounting for Product Substitution in the Analysis of Food Taxes Targeting Obesity
Miao, Zhen; Beghin, John C.; Jensen, Helen H. - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2012
We extend the existing literature on food taxes targeting obesity. We systematically incorporatethe implicit substitution between added sugars and solid fats into a comprehensive food demandsystem and evaluate the effect of taxes on sugars and fats. The approach conditions how foodand obesity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764162
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Taxing Sweets: Sweetener Input Tax or Final Consumption Tax?
Miao, Zhen; Beghin, John C.; Jensen, Helen H. - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2011
In order to reduce obesity and associated costs, policymakers are considering various policies, including taxes, to change consumers’ high-calorie consumption habits. We investigate two tax policies aimed at reducing added sweetener consumption. Both a consumption tax on sweet goods and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008871958
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Taxing Sweets: Sweetener Input Tax or Final Consumption Tax?
Miao, Zhen; Beghin, John C.; Jensen, Helen H. - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2010
In order to reduce obesity and associated costs, policymakers are considering various policies, including taxes, to change consumers’ high-calorie consumption habits. We investigate two tax policies aimed at reducing added sweetener consumption. Both a consumption tax on sweet goods and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008455333
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Dynamique des entreprises : l'entree et la sortie d'entreprises dans les provinces canadiennes, 2000 a 2009
Liu, Huju; Wang, Weimin; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2013
Le present document decrit les tendances de l'entree et de la sortie d'entreprises dans les provinces canadiennes, le lien entre ces tendances et les differences de structure industrielle, et la reaction de l'entree et de la sortie d'entreprises aux changements qui se produisent dans...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011003187
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Firm Dynamics: Firm Entry and Exit in the Canadian Provinces, 2000 to 2009
Liu, Huju; Wang, Weimin; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2013
This paper describes the patterns of firm entry and exit across provinces in Canada, the relationship of these patterns … to differences in industrial structure and the response of firm entry and exit to changes in the economic environment …. Firm entry and exit play an important role in shaping industrial structure and dynamics. Although entry and exit are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011003194
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La distribution des taux de croissance de l?emploi au Canada : le role des entreprises a forte croissance et a reduction rapide des effectifs
Dixon, Jay; Rollin, Anne-Marie - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2014
La presente etude s?appuie sur des donnees provenant de la base de donnees du Programme d?analyse longitudinale de l?emploi de Statistique Canada pour examiner la distribution des taux de croissance de l?emploi au Canada de 2000 a 2009, en se concentrant surtout sur les entreprises situees dans...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011003196
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The Distribution of Employment Growth Rates in Canada: The Role of High-Growth and Rapidly Shrinking Firms
Dixon, Jay; Rollin, Anne-Marie - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2014
This paper uses data from Statistics Canada's Longitudinal Employment Analysis Program database to study the distribution of annual employment growth rates in Canada over the 2000-to-2009 period, with a special emphasis on firms in the tails of the distribution, referred to here as High-Growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011003216
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Concurrence internationale et performance industrielle : allocation optimale, production optimale et turbulence
Caves, Richard; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1997
Les echanges commerciaux produisent generalement des effets favorables sur la performance des industries manufacturieres nationales pour ce qui est de l'allocation optimale et de la production optimale. Ce document examine la theorie et les observations recentes sur ces relations et nous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005322033
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La part des nouveaux emplois crees au Canada par les petites entreprises est-elle disproportionnee? Reevaluation des faits
Picot, Garnett; Dupuy, Richard; Baldwin, John R. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 1994
L'observation statistique selon laquelle les petites entreprises ont cree la majorite des nouveaux emplois au cours des annees 1980 a eu une incidence enorme sur la politique officielle. Les gouvernements desireux de favoriser la croissance de l'emploi se sont tournes vers le secteur des petites...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005322047