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Residential noise exposure and health : evidence from aviation noise and birth outcomes
Argys, Laura M.; Averett, Susan; Yang, Muzhe - 2019
’ home addresses to measure airport proximity, we find the risk of low birth weight babies increases by 17 percent among … mothers living near the airport in the direction of the runway. We utilize exogenous variation in noise exposure triggered by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012110475
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What drives the demand for temporary agency workers?
Jahn, Elke J.; Bentzen, Jan - 2010
general trend towards increased employment flexibility. Yet to this day, it remains an open question what drives the demand … employment. Using monthly data for Germany covering the period 1973-2008, we show that the continuous liberalization of this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009304318
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Musn't grumble : immigration, health and health service use in the UK and Germany
Wadsworth, Jonathan - 2012
immigrants. The UK and Germany have experienced significant increases in immigration in recent years and this study uses … individuals on arrival and over time. While immigrants to Germany, but not the UK, are more likely to self-report poor health than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009620940
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The excess demand for subsidized child care in Germany
Wrohlich, Katharina (contributor) - 2005
The extension of subsidized child care is currently on top of the political agenda in Germany. In this paper the excess … demand for subsidized child care slots is estimated using a partial observability model in the style of Abowd and Farber …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002658252
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Loafing or Learning? : The demand for informal education
Fahr, René (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001784316
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Demand side analysis of microlending markets in Germany
Kritikos, Alexander; Kneiding, Christoph; Germelmann, … - 2009
banking systems, however, there has been ongoing debate on the question of whether an uncovered demand for microlending … services exists. The present pilot study explores customer preferences for microlending products in Germany. Among the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003879327
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The economics of hospital trips and health care reform
Million, Andreas; Rotte, Ralph; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1998
help. This hypothesis is examined for the case of demand for hospital care which covers the largest part of public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011294521
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Wages and the demand for health : a life cycle analysis
Dustmann, Christian; Windmeijer, Frank - 2000
This paper presents a life cycle model for the demand for health, and derives empirical specifications that distinguish … between permanent and transitory wage responses. Using panel data, we estimate dynamic health and health input demand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336871
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Stuck in the slow lane : traffic composition and the measurement of labor productivity in the US trucking industry
Boyer, Kenneth Duncan (contributor);  … - 2007
"Mirroring the railroad industry of the 1940's and 1950's, the trucking industry today appears to be achieving impressive productivity gains. But it is easy to confuse true productivity advances in transportation industries with changes in ton-miles per unit of input that are due simply to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003446802
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Using happiness surveys to value intangibles : the case of airport noise
Praag, Bernard M. S. van (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001987297