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Maternal prenatal substance use and behavior problems among children in the U.S.
Sen, Bisakha; Swaminathan, Shailender - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Prenatal exposure to smoking and alcohol-use is found to be correlated with various adverse consequences for children … Longitudinal Survey (CNLSY). Specifically, we investigate whether prenatal cigarette use and alcohol-use affect children’s behavior … are used to minimize bias from confounding factors. Our results suggest that the relationship between prenatal smoking and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008490101
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Economic Reform in Russia in 1992: The Government Battles Labor Collectives
Polterovich, Victor - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1993
The economic "battle" that took place in Russia in 1992 consisted of the struggle between the liberally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008633355
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Civic Culture and Economic Transition in Russia
Polterovich, Victor - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000
In this paper we try to describe the main feature of Russian civic culture that could influence the outcome of the reform, initiated in 1992, and discuss channels through which the influence was realized. We begin with consideration of paternalism and what we call “habitual deviationism”,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543534
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Institutional Reform Strategies: China and Russia
Polterovich, Victor - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
used to compare reforms in Russia and China. It is shown that China had no significant advantages with respect to initial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457191
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Smoking behavior in Vietnam: demographic and socioeconomic determinants
cuong, nguyen - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Smoking is a leading cause for diseases and death. Information on factors affecting the smoking status is useful for … policies on smoking reduction, especially in developing countries. This paper examines to what extent individuals …’ characteristics can affect the smoking status using a household survey in Vietnam. It is found that gender and age are the most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647446
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March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear accident impacts on Japanese agri-food sector
Bachev, Hrabrin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
The paper presents findings of a large study on socio-economic impacts of the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster on the Japanese agriculture and food sector. It contains fourteen parts: introduction with the framework of analysis; a brief description of events and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011124294
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Expert assessment on agri-food implications of March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan
Bachev, Hrabrin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident on agriculture, food industries, and food consumption in different regions of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011144090
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Job satisfaction in Italy: individual characteristics and social relations
Fiorillo, Damiano; Nappo, Nunzia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
-perceived health. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009025264
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Exploration of economic systems in the transition period
Albu, Lucian-Liviu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1993
The collapse of former communist regime in Central and Eastern Europe opened the transition period from centrally planned to market oriented economies. Thus, the exploration of economic systems in the special situation of transition has become an interesting research topic. The exposition plan...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837302
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Can Lipset’s theory travel through time and space? the destination Nicaragua, 1972-1998. A time series test of the social requisites of democracy.
Michalak, Katja - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The epigraph is emblematic of an orthodox theoretical view that ‘only in a wealthy society could a situation exist in which the mass of the population could intelligently participate in politics’ and that this relationship is universal and applicable cross time and space. Comparing ancient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009148013