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Changing Paradigm of Indo-Japan Relations: Opportunities and Challenges
Rajamohan, P. G.; Rahut, Dil Bahadur; Jacob, Jabin T. - 2008
India's growing economic strength of recent years has seen it adapting its foreign policy to increase its global influence and status and to meet the challenges of the 21st century. In the past few years, New Delhi has expanded its strategic vision, most noticeably in Asia, and has broadened the...
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Childhood Health and Labor Market Outcomes in the Case of Type 1 Diabetes
Persson, Sofie; Dahlquist, Gisela; Gerdtham, Ulf-G.; … - 2014
This study investigates the impact of childhood health on labor market outcomes. We used type 1 diabetes as an … instrument of health because its cause is multifactorial and it is triggered by a complex combination of genetic and … health shock. Using data from the Swedish Childhood Diabetes Register and national registers on education, employment, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208710
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Universal preschool programs and long-term child outcomes: A systematic review
Dietrichson, Jens; Kristiansen, Ida Lykke; Nielsen, … - 2018
effects on test scores, and on measures related to health, well-being, and behavior. However, all estimates for outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012039300
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A multi-sensory tutoring program for students at-risk of reading difficulties: Evidence from a randomized field experiment
Bøg, Martin; Dietrichson, Jens; Aldenius, Anna - 2019
Although reading is a fundamental skill, many students leave school without being proficient readers. We examine a literacy program targeting students most at-risk of reading difficulties in kindergarten and first grade. The program includes multi-sensory learning methods, which focus on...
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Effect of Type 1 Diabetes on School Performance in a Dynamic World: New Analysis Exploring Swedish Register Data
Persson, Emma; Persson, Sofie; Gerdtham, Ulf-G.; Steen … - 2016
study indicate that other trends have not implied a reduction, over time, in the impact of T1DM on school performance. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208771
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The role of obedience and the rule of law during the pandemic
Çakmaklı, Cem; Demiralp, Selva; Yeşiltaş, Sevcan; … - 2021
Despite the mounting costs of the pandemic at the global scale, the country-specific costs were rather heterogenous. National performances varied depending on the restrictive measures adopted, institutional strength, as well as adherence to stringency measures. We illustrate that obedience and...
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Born to lead? The effect of birth order on non-cognitive abilities
Black, Sandra E.; Grönqvist, Erik; Öckert, Björn - 2016
We study the effect of birth order on personality traits among men using population data on enlistment records and occupations for Sweden. We find that earlier born men are more persistent, socially outgoing, willing to assume responsibility, and able to take initiative than later-borns. In...
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Specification and estimation of rating scale models: With an application to the determinants of life satisfaction
Studer, Raphael; Winkelmann, Rainer - 2011
This article proposes a new class of rating scale models, which merges advantages and overcomes shortcomings of the traditional linear and ordered latent regression models. Both parametric and semi-parametric estimation is considered. The insights of an empirical application to satisfaction data...
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Mitigating adverse social and health impacts of COVID-19 with applied arts
Metzger, Martina; Steinhauer, Hans Walter; Pédussel … - 2024
health and wellbeing, ease the burden of closed day-care and school facilities on families, and preserve attitudes of … experience. Research has shown that persistent shocks on income have a significant impact on happiness and hence on social and … health well-being, thus, we explore the importance of music in this context. Using discrete choice econometric estimation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015084729
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Macroeconomic determinants of exit from aid-dependence
Hailu, Degol; Shiferaw, Admasu - 2012
enduring decline over time in Official Development Assistance (ODA) as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The relevant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293266