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Fast-Food Restaurant Advertising on Television and its Influence on Youth Body Composition
Grossman, Michael - 2013
We examine the effects of fast-food restaurant advertising on television on the body composition of adolescents as measured by percentage body fat (PBF) and to assess the sensitivity of these effects to using conventional measures of youth obesity based on body-mass index (BMI). We merge...
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Girls' and Boys' Performance in Competitions : What We Can Learn from a Korean Quiz Show
Booth, Alison L. - 2019
television quiz show. We find there is a gender gap in performance – in favour of boys – across episodes of the quiz show. To … of the game. We find that there are no gender gaps when stress is kept to a minimum – that is, in games without fastest …-finger buzzer, knock-outs or penalties.However, in games with these features, there are significant gender gaps. In addition, we …
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Earnings Gap, Cohort Effect and Economic Assimilation of Immigrants from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan in the United States
Lin, Carl - 2013
Using 1990, 2000 censuses and a 2010 survey, I examine the economic performance of ethnically Chinese immigrants from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (CHT) in the U.S. labor market. Since 1990, relative wages of CHT migrants have been escalating in contrast to other immigrants. I show these...
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'Teaching to Teach' Literacy
Machin, Stephen J. - 2016
Significant numbers of people have very low levels of literacy in many OECD countries and, because of this, face significant labour market penalties. Despite this, it remains unclear what teaching strategies are most useful for actually rectifying literacy deficiencies. The subject remains...
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Why are Pollution Damages Lower in Developed Countries? Insights from High-Income, High-Particulate Matter Hong Kong
Colmer, Jonathan; Lin, Dajun; Liu, Siying; Shimshack, Jay - 2021
Conventional wisdom suggests that marginal damages from particulate matter pollution are high in less-developed countries because they are highly polluted. Using administrative data on the universe of births and deaths, we explore birthweight and mortality effects of gestational particulate...
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One Country, Two Systems : Evidence on Retirement Patterns in China
Giles, John; Lei, Xiaoyan; Wang, Gewei; Wang, Stephen Yafeng - 2021
This paper documents the patterns and correlates of retirement in China using a nationally representative survey, the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). After documenting stark differences in retirement ages between urban and rural residents, the paper shows that China's...
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The Effect of Deceptive Advertising on Consumption of the Advertised Good and its Substitutes : The Case of Over-the-Counter Weight Loss Products
Cawley, John - 2013
This paper is the first to estimate the impact of exposure to deceptive advertising on consumption of the advertised product and its substitutes. We study the market for over-the-counter (OTC) weight-loss products, a market in which deceptive advertising is rampant and products are generally...
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Countering Public Opposition to Immigration : The Impact of Information Campaigns
Facchini, Giovanni - 2017
Popular sentiment toward immigration is often antagonistic, making the integration of migrants one of the most important yet daunting challenges facing societies in advanced economies. Can information campaigns decrease public opposition to immigration? This paper reports results from a...
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Post-Socialist International Migration : The Case of China-to-South Korea Ethnic Labour Migration
Kim, Anna Myunghee - 2010
This paper examines an atypical south-north labour migration that emerged in the post-socialist international migration system: China-to-South Korea ethnic labour migration. Over the past decade, South Korea has experienced an unprecedented increase in the arrival of foreign labour. The majority...
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The Productivity Effects of Profit Sharing, Employee Ownership, Stock Option and Team Incentive Plans : Evidence from Korean Panel Data
Kato, Takao - 2010
We report the first results for Korean firms on the incidence, diffusion, scope and effects of diverse employee financial participation schemes, such as Profit Sharing Plans (PSPs), Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), Stock Option Plans (SOPs) and Team Incentive Plans (TIPs). In do doing, we...
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