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The Dutch Hunger Winter (1944/45) is the most-studied famine in the literature on long-run effects of malnutrition in utero. Its temporal and spatial demarcations are clear, it was severe, it was not anticipated, and nutritional conditions in society were favorable and stable before and after...
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The Dutch Hunger Winter (1944/45) is the most-studied famine in the literature on long-run effects of malnutrition in utero. Its temporal and spatial demarcations are clear, it was severe, it was not anticipated, and nutritional conditions in society were favorable and stable before and after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646289
and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … level surveys performed by the Statistical Offices. Our micro-econometric analysis confirms previous findings of concave age-productivity … the ceteris paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand …
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and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … level surveys performed by the Statistical Offices. Our micro-econometric analysis confirms previous findings of concave age-productivity … the ceteris paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652531
The positive cross-country correlation between health and economic growth is well-established, but the underlying … causality between health and economic growth is empirically challenging. Second, the relation between health and economic growth … changes over the process of economic development. Third, different dimensions of health (mortality vs. morbidity, children …
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Several firm-related aspects of employee productivity are analyzed using GSOEP data. The basic premise is that, as a …
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We examine the relationship between wealth and health through prominent growth indicators and cognitive ability …
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Several firm-related aspects of employee productivity are analyzed using GSOEP data. The basic premise is that, as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761621
We have used longitudinal test data on various aspects of people’s cognitive abilities to analyze whether overeducated workers are more vulnerable to a decline in their cognitive abilities, and undereducated workers are less vulnerable. We found that a job-worker mismatch induces a cognitive...
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ageing of the workforce occurred more quickly in occupations that were initially more routine-intensive, as the share of …
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