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Pharmaceutical Innovation and the Longevity of Australians : A First Look
Lichtenberg, Frank R. - 2008
We examine the impact of pharmaceutical innovation on the longevity of Australians during the period 1995-2003. Due to … the government's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, Australia has much better data on drug utilization than most other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012771909
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Asset Prices, Credit Growth, Monetary and Other Policies : An Australian Case Study
Bloxham, Paul - 2011
this episode. In particular, it focuses on the efforts by the Reserve Bank of Australia to draw attention to the risks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128609
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Why Do Some People Want to Legalize Cannabis Use?
Williams, Jenny - 2011
Preferences and attitudes to illicit drug policy held by individuals are likely to be an important influence in the development of illicit drug policy. Among the key factors impacting on an individual's preferences over substance use policy are their beliefs about the costs and benefits of drug...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129209
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How Do Immigrants Spend Time? : The Process of Assimilation
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2010
Using 2004-2008 data from the American Time Use Survey, we show that sharp differences between the time use of immigrants and natives become noticeable when activities are distinguished by incidence and intensity. We develop a theory of the process of assimilation--what immigrants do with their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137316
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The Tax Unit and Household Production
Piggott, John - 2010
The conventional wisdom is that taxing individuals rather than households is superior from an efficiency point of view under progressive income taxation. This is because it leads to secondary workers, whose labour supply elasticity is high, being taxed at a lower marginal rate than primary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138141
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The Consumption Response to Seasonal Income : Evidence from Japanese Public Pension Benefits
Stephens, Melvin - 2010
Japanese public pension benefits, which were distributed quarterly through February 1990 and every other month since then, induce substantial but predictable income fluctuations. The relative magnitude of the payments combined with the delay between payments yields a stronger test of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138326
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Rental Adjustment & Valuation of Real Estate in Overbuilt Markets : Fundamental vs. Reported Office Market Values in Sydney Australia
Hendershott, Patric H. - 2010
Real estate markets are periodically plagued by excess supply, rent concessions and few arms-length transactions. During such periods, valuation is problematic. The model presented here requires the forecasts of future vacancy rates, and equilibrium and actual rental rates. Vacancy rate...
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The Impact of Therapeutic Procedure Innovation on Hospital Patient Longevity : Evidence from Western Australia, 2000-2007
Lichtenberg, Frank R. - 2012
We investigate the effect of therapeutic procedure innovation in general on the longevity of all hospital patients, i … private hospitals in Western Australia (WA) during the period 2000-2007. We can measure survival for a period as long as 8 … patient-level data indicate that therapeutic procedure innovation increased the life expectancy of WA hospital patients by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013114013
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Fathers and Youth's Delinquent Behavior
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2011
This paper analyzes the relationship between having one or more father figures and the likelihood that young people engage in delinquent criminal behavior. We pay particular attention to distinguishing the roles of residential and non-residential, biological fathers as well as stepfathers. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119602
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Housing Dynamics Over the Business Cycle
Kydland, Finn - 2012
Over the U.S. business cycle, fluctuations in residential investment are well known to systematically lead GDP. These dynamics are documented here to be specific to the U.S. and Canada. In other developed economies residential investment is broadly coincident with GDP. Nonresidential investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099826