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Does better information about hospital quality affect patients’ choice? Empirical findings from Germany

Wübker, Ansgar; Sauerland, Dirk; Wübker, Achim - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Background: Economic theory strongly suggests that better information about the quality of care affects patients’ choice of health service providers. However, we have little empirical evidence about the impact of information provided on provider’s choice in Germany. Problem: In Germany, we...

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An Evaluation of A Pronatal Subsidy Program in Korea: A Quasi-Experimental Approach

Cho, Yoonyoung - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This paper evaluates the overall effects of a pronatal subsidy program, the Basic Subsidy Program (BSP), in Korea. As the Total Fertility Rate(TFR) declines as low as 1.08 in 2005, several pronatal programs are urgently enlarged and newly introduced. One such program is the BSP for families with...

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Improving the Quality of Care in Developing Countries

John, Peabody; Tauiwalo, Mario; Robalino, David; Frenk, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

Although the quantity rather than quality of health services has been the focus historically in developing countries, ample evidence suggests that quality of care (or the lack of it) must be at the center of every discussion about better health. This paper discusses the cost effectiveness of...

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The Push-Pull Effects of the Information Technology Boom and Bust

Hotchkiss, Julie L.; Pitts, M. Melinda; Robertson, John C. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This article examines the inflow and outflow of workers to different industries in Georgia during the information technology (IT) boom of the 1990s and the subsequent bust. Workers in the software and computer services industry were much more likely to have been absent from the Georgia workforce...

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Job Separation Behavior of WOTC Workers: Results from a Unique Case Study

Gunderson, Jill Marie; Hotchkiss, Julie L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

This article makes use of a unique personnel data set to explore job separation behavior among workers who qualify for theWork Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC). Results indicate that WOTC workers do not exhibit overall higher turnover than similar non-WOTC workers. The tenures of the two groups...

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Earnings on the information technology roller coaster: insight from matched employer-employee data

Hotchkiss, Julie L.; Pitts, M. Melinda; Robertson, John - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

This article uses matched employer-employee data for the State of Georgia to examine workers' earnings experience through the information technology (IT) sector's employment boom of the mid-1990's and bust in the early 2000s. The results show that even after controlling for pre-boom individual...

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A matching decomposition of the rural-urban difference in malnutrition in Malawi

Mussa, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

This paper applies a nonparametric matching method to decompose the rural-urban malnutrition gap in Malawi. The results …

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Medición fisiológica integral de la pobreza crónica profunda y estrategias de políticas sociales para el desarrollo temprano

Lopez-Pablos, Rodrigo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

The methodology of the anthropometric indices of chronic poverty at early stages of human development is reviewed by including the possibility of using wealth or consumption as an alternative to income for the representation of an integral dimension of socioeconomic status as well as remarking...

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Hunger, Malnutrition and Millennium Development Goals: What Can Be Done?

Vipin chandran, K.P; Sandhya, P - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Malnutrition causes a great deal of human suffering, and it is a violation of a child’s human rights. Even today 46 per … malnutrition has been excessively slow. The care of young children cannot be left to the family alone – it is also a social … objectives in view; to examine the current trends and determinants of hunger and malnutrition among children in India, to examine …

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Child Nutrition in Rural India: Some Policy Priorities and Strategies

Vipin Chandran, K.P; Sandhya, P - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

The most neglected form of human deprivation is malnutrition particularly among preschool children. Millions of Indian … malnutrition among preschool children in India. There are a number of factors affects child nutrition either directly or indirectly … child care and system of health care. Problems of malnutrition among preschool children needs to be addressed through right …

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