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In-utero Exposure to Violence and Child Health in Iraq
Sardoschau, Sulin - 2023
This paper examines the impact of exposure to violence during pregnancy on anthropometric and cognitive outcomes of children in the medium-run. I combine detailed household-level data on more than 36,000 children with geo-coded information on civilian casualties in the aftermath of the US...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014467838
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The causal effect of education on health behaviors: Evidence from Turkey
Tansel, Aysit; Karaoğlan, Hanife Deniz - 2016
This study provides causal effect of education on health behaviors in Turkey which is a middle income developing … study provides a baseline for further research on the various aspects of health behaviors in Turkey. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011882661
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Determinants of obesity in Turkey: A quantile regression analysis from a developing country
Karaoğlan, Hanife Deniz; Tansel, Aysit - 2017
This study investigates the factors that may influence the obesity in Turkey which is a developing country by … quantiles. This implies that females have higher tendency to be obese in Turkey. Our findings also imply that the positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011882663
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Health behaviors and education in Turkey
Tansel, Aysıt; Karaoglan, Deniz - 2014
in Turkey which is a developing country. The health behaviors considered are smoking, drinking, fruit and vegetable … consumption, exercise and body mass index (BMI). We find that in Turkey education is the most important factor that affects the … health problem in Turkey at all levels of education. Further, alcohol consumption and schooling are positively related and it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445848
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The Interplay of Organizational Demography and Institutional Change
Beck, Nikolaus; Meyer, Mark - 2005
Our paper analyzes the interplay of organizational demography with the propensity to adopt an innovative practice. In particular, we examine how the demographical composition of professional German football teams influenced the adoption of the chain-defense-system (?Viererkette?) as well as the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297263
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Buchbesprechung: Beckmann, V. (2000): Transaktionskosten und institutionelle Wahl in der Landwirtschaft: zwischen Markt, Hierarchie und Kooperation
Weingarten, Peter - 2000
Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird die Publikation von BECKMANN, V. (2000): Transaktionskosten und institutionelle Wahl in der Landwirtschaft : Zwischen Markt, Hierarchie und Kooperation besprochen.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299420
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Some recent advances in measurement error models and methods
Schneeweiss, Hans; Augustin, Thomas - 2005
A measurement error model is a regression model with (substantial) measurement errors in the variables. Disregarding these measurement errors in estimating the regression parameters results in asymptotically biased estimators. Several methods have been proposed to eliminate, or at least to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332971
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Estimations of generic drug entry in Brazil using count versus ordered models
Fiuza, Eduardo P. S.; Caballero, Barbara - 2015
Two major changes in Brazilian legislation during the 1990s reshaped the local pharmaceutical industry: the ratification of the TRIPS agreement including a provision for pipeline inventions in 1996, and a Generic Drug Act in 1999, which introduced bioequivalence tests and facilitated generic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012234198
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Inattention and switching costs as sources of inertia in medicare part D
Heiss, Florian; McFadden, Daniel; Winter, Joachim; … - 2019
Consumers' health plan choices are highly persistent even though optimal plans change over time. This paper separates two sources of inertia, inattention to plan choice and switching costs. We develop a panel data model with separate attention and choice stages, linked by heterogeneity in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012290352
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Female labor force participation in five selected MENA countries: An age-period-cohort analysis (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine and Tunisia)
Lassassi, Moundir; Tansel, Aysit - 2020
This paper considers the female labor force participation (FLFP) behavior over the past decade in five MENA countries namely, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine and Tunisia. Low FLFP rates in these countries, as it is in other MENA countries, are well documented. We conduct synthetic panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014327905