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Anthropometry and socioeconomics in the couple: evidence from the PSID

Domeque, Climent Quintana; Oreffice, Sonia - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2010

We analyze empirically the marriage-market aspects of body size, weight, and height in the United States using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics on anthropometric characteristics of both spouses. We find evidence of positive sorting in spouses’ BMI, in their weight, and in their...

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Esperanzas de vida libres de discapacidad por sexo y comunidad autónoma: 2004-2006

Gisbert, Francisco José Goerlich; Pallejà, Rafael Pinilla - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2009

This paper presents Disability Free Life Expectancy (DFLE) at the national level for the years 2004, 2005 y 2006, and at the regional level (NUTS 2) by pooling the information of these three years from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) survey. This is the...

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ALTRUISM VS. EXCHANGE IN INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFERS: NEW EVIDENCE FROM CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE

Romeu, Andrés; Ortín, Ignacio Ortuño - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2003

We put in perspective two competing hypothesis on the nature of intergenerational transfers: altruism vs. exchange motivation. Unlike previous approaches, we concentrate on non-monetary transfers measured as the effort that parents need to make in order to prevent children?s fatal health...

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OPPORTUNITY ANALYSIS OF NEWBORN SCREENING PROGRAMS

Ternero, Juan D. Moreno; Blanco, Carmen Herrero - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2005

There exist congenital diseases that reduce newborns' potential opportunities. This reduction is sometimes alleviated if the congenital disease is early detected thanks to a newborn screening program. We propose an outcome measurement of newborn screening programs based on the opportunity gains...

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GENERALIZED COST-ANALYSIS OF SCREENING PROGRAMS

Blanco, Carmen Herrero; Ternero, Juan D. Moreno - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2004

Nowadays, there is a growing interest about including indirect costs of health care programs in economic evaluations. In this paper, we provide a generalized cost-analysis of screening programs and propose a technique to measure production gains associated with these programs. We apply this...

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- CREDIT RISK AND EFFICIENCY IN THE EUROPEAN BANKING SYSTEMS: A THREE-STAGE ANALYSIS

Monsálvez, José Manuel Pastor - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 1999

the efficiency and credit risk. The first of this aspects is based on the incentive to the banks to reduce cost in order … analyzed the effects of competition on the efficiency of banking systems without considering these aspects. The few studies … that attempt to obtainrisk adjusted efficiency measures do not consider that part of the risk is due to exogenous …

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SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF EFFICIENCY AND MALMQUIST PRODUCTIVITY INDICES: AN APPLICATION TO SPANISH SAVINGS BANKS

Ausina, Emili Tortosa - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2002

Hypothesis testing and statistical precision in the context of nonparametric efficiency and productivity measurement … noticeable in the case of banking efficiency studies, where the literature is immense. In this paper, we explore productivity … growth and productive efficiency for Spanish savings banks over the (initial) post-deregulation period 1992?1998 using Data …

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MACROECONOMTC PERFORMANCE OF SIXTEEN IBERO-AMERICAN COUNTRIES OVER THE PERIOD 1980-1991

Lovell, C.A. Knox; Pastor, Jesús T. - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 1995

The objective of this study is to analyze the macroeconomic performance of 16 Ibero- American countries over the period 1980- 199 1. Macroeconomic performance is defined as the ability of a country's macroeconomic managers to provide four welfare-enhancing economic services to their citizens: a...

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TITULIZACIÓN DE ACTIVOS: EFECTOS SOBRE EL VALOR DE LAS ENTIDADES BANCARIAS

Martínez, Fulgencio López; Yagüe, José; Solano, … - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2006

This paper examines the reaction of the Spanish continuous market to the announcement of securitisation operations by listed banks in the period 1993-2003. Results indicate the existence of positive and significant abnormal returns on the day immediately following the announcement date. The...

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- CONVERGENCE IN OECD COUNTRIES: TECHNICAL CHANGE, EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY

Villarroya, Joaquín Maudos; Monsálvez, José Manuel Pastor - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 1998

contribution to the growth of labor productivity of technical progress, of changes in efficiency, and of the accumulation of inputs …

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