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This paper estimates the effects of the 1991 breakups of Czechoslovak state-owned enterprises (SOEs) on subsequent performance of the master enterprises and the spin-off units. The analysis is based on quarterly and annual data of Czechoslovak industrial enterprises. We estimate the performance...
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In this paper, a decomposition method for Tobit-models is derived, which allows the differences in a censored outcome variable between two groups to be decomposed into a part that is explained by differences in observed characteristics and a part attributable to differences in the estimated...
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This paper investigates gender differences in smoking behaviour using data from the German Socio-economic Panel (SOEP). We develop a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method for count data models which allows to isolate the part of the gender differential in the number of cigarettes daily smoked that...
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willingness to take risks is negatively related to age and being female, and positively related to height and parental education …
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likely to be married to a White person than Chinese women. We argue that differences in height distributions, combined with a …
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We propose a new theory of the demographic transition based on the evidence that body development during childhood is … transition, including the hump in both population growth and fertility, and replicate the observed rise in educational attainment …
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This paper provides estimates of the long-term effects on height and health of a large income shock experienced in … regional variation in the timing of this shock to identify its effects. We examine the effects on the adult height, health, and … life expectancy of children born in the years and regions affected by the Phylloxera. The shock decreased long run height …
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than African firstborns; the Indian height disadvantage emerges with the second child and then increases with birth order …. This pattern persists when we compare height between siblings, and also holds for health inputs such as vaccinations. Three … order gradient among Indian children and, consequently, the overall height deficit. First, the Indian firstborn height …
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growth in human physical height as an indicator of changes in the nutritional status of national populations, of the peoples …
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prevent credible secession threats by regions of the country. Severity of internal tension has been linked to degree of …
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