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Alcohol consumption among adults in Vietnam: prevalence, patterns, and its determinants
Kumar, Santosh; Gundi, Mukta; Atre, Sagar; Luu Bich Ngoc; … - 2021
This study describes the prevalence and drinking patterns of alcohol consumption among adults (aged 15+ years) and explores the association between sociodemographic factors and alcohol consumption in Vietnam. A cross-sectional representative survey of 5,200 respondents from 12 provinces was...
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Mobility restrictions and alcohol use during lockdown : "a still and dry pandemic for the many"?
Celidoni, Martina; Costa-Font, Joan; Salmasi, Luca - 2023
Unexpected mobility disruptions during lockdown during the first wave of COVID-19 became 'tipping points' with the potential to alter pre-pandemic routines sensitive to socialisation. This paper investigates the impact of lockdown exposure on alcohol consumption. We document two findings using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014309623
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Prospect theory and tax evasion : a reconsideration of the Yitzhaki puzzle
Piolatto, Amedeo; Rablen, Matthew D. - 2013
The standard expected utility model of tax evasion predicts that evasion is decreasing in the marginal tax rate (the Yitzhaki puzzle). The existing literature disagrees on whether prospect theory overturns the puzzle. We disentangle four distinct elements of prospect theory and find loss...
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Gender-specific duration of parental leave and current earnings
Gerst, Benedikt; Grund, Christian - 2020
Although male employees are increasingly making use of parental leave, gender differences in both usage and duration of parental leave are still prevalent. In this contribution, we explore the role of gender for the relation between the incidence/duration of parental leave and earnings after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012210767
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Stigma and misconceptions in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic: a field experiment in India
Islam, Asad; Pakrashi, Debayan; Vlassopoulos, Michael; … - 2020
A hidden cost of the COVID-19 pandemic is the stigma associated with the disease for those infected and groups that are … address stigma and misconceptions. We find that the information brief decreases stigmatization of COVID-19 patients and …
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An Arab, an Asian, and a Black guy walk into a job interview : ethnic stigma in hiring after controlling for social class
Borm, Hannah Van; Lippens, Louis; Baert, Stijn - 2022
Over the last decades, researchers have found compelling evidence of hiring discrimination toward ethnic minorities based on field experiments using fictitious job applications. Despite increasing efforts to discover why ethnic minorities experience hiring penalties, the academic world has not...
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What does job applicants' body art signal to employers?
Baert, Stijn; Herregods, Jolien; Sterkens, Philippe - 2023
measures the stigma surrounding job candidates with tattoos and piercings using real recruiters. We find that job candidates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014311989
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Stigma and take-up of labor market assistance : evidence from two field experiments
Osman, Adam; Speer, Jamin D. - 2023
Aversion to "stigma" - disutility associated with a program or activity due to beliefs about how it is perceived - may … randomized field experiments, we show that stigma can affect consequential labor market decisions. Treatments designed to … alleviate stigma concerns about taking entry-level jobs - such as how those jobs are perceived by society - had small average …
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The lives of intersex people : socio-economic and health disparities in Mexico
Muñoz S., Ercio; Saavedra, Melanie; Sansone, Dario - 2024
This paper reports socio-economic and health outcomes for intersex people in Mexico using data collected between 2021 and 2022. This is the first study relying on a large nationally representative survey including information on sex variations to document substantial negative outcomes for...
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Can destigmatizing mental health increase willingness to seek help? : experimental evidence from Nepal
Lacey, Lindsey; Mishra, Nirajana; Mukherjee, Priya; … - 2024
We conducted a randomized control trial to study the impact of two information messages aimed at reducing the stigma … treatment. This effect is driven by participants with high personal and anticipated stigma, less severe symptoms of depression …
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