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A second chance? : labor market returns to adult education using school reforms
Bennett, Patrick; Blundell, Richard W.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2020
Roughly one third of a cohort drop out of high school across OECD countries, and developing effective tools to address prime-aged high school dropouts is a key policy question. We leverage high quality Norwegian register data, and for identification we exploit reforms enabling access to high...
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Macroeconomic and financial effects of oil price shocks : evidence for the Euro area
Morana, Claudio - 2016
The paper investigates the macroeconomic and financial effects of oil prices shocks in the euro area since its creation in 1999, with a special focus on the recent slump. The analysis is carried out episode by episode, within a time-varying parameter framework, consistent with the view that "not...
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Surveillance of chronic diseases : challenges and strategies for India
Mishra, Udaya S.; Irudaya Rajan, Sebastian; Joe, William; … - 2016
Programme for Prevention and Control of Diabetes, Cardiovascular diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS). However, surveillance activities …
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Determinants of contingent convertible bond coupon rates of banks : an empirical analysis
Sigmund, Michael; Zimmermann, Kevin - 2021
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Shaping gender-stereotypical beliefs : the roleof parents and peers
Carlana, Michela; Corno, Lucia - 2022
We use a lab-in-the-field experiment to explore the influence of parents and peers in shaping adolescents’ beliefs on …
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Central exams and adult skills : evidence from PIAAC
Leschnig, Lisa; Schwerdt, Guido; Zigova, Katarina - 2022
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Prevention of chronic diseases : reorienting primary health systems in India
Mehdi, Ali; Chaudhry, Divya; Tomar, Priyanka; Joshi, Pallavi - 2016
Individuals should be entitled to a "fair innings", and the primary role of health systems should be the prevention of … to make a health system transition and get engaged in the prevention of risk factors, morbidity and mortality related to … population. Their role is also the most critical because prevention of chronic diseases requires a sustained, long …
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Longterm decision making under the threat of earthquakes
Camacho, Carmen; Sun, Yu - 2017
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Interaction in prevention : a general theory and an application to COVID-19 pandemic
Battiston, Pietro; Menegatti, Mario - 2022
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Hedonic adaptation to living standards and the hidden cost of parental income
Boes, Stefan; Staub, Kevin E.; Winkelmann, Rainer - 2007
High parental income, while undeniably causing benefits for a child in terms of better access to education and more favorable labor market outcomes, may at the same time increase a child's income aspirations and thereby reduce financial satisfaction, ceteris paribus. In this paper, we...
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