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food security of millions of households. Total rice production losses exceeded 2 million tons—about 10 percent of annual …. Government food transfers to poor households also limited the impact of the flood on household access to food. This paper sheds …
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I model the hypothesis that preferences evolve and permanent differences in individual attitudes towards work emerge between two countries characterized initially by identical preferences as a result of a period in which only one of the two countries is subject to regulations constraining labor...
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The book presents a FOI model analysis of the OECD countries, and highlights some of their possible development paths.
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According to international comparisons the Hungarians are extremely dissatisfied with their lives. Meanwhile Austria, with many cultural and historical similarities to Hungary, is in the forefront of the satisfaction lists. We have identified some of the important causes of Hungarian...
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This study presents disparities in mortality rates of 38-41 European countries and attempts at giving explanations for these. Explanatory factors of premature (0-64 ages) and old age (above 65 years old) mortality rates are compared accordig to causespecific diseases and genders for 2009. In...
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According to international comparisons the Hungarians are extremely dissatisfied with their lives. Meanwhile Austria, with many cultural and historical similarities to Hungary, is in the forefront of the satisfaction lists. We have identified some of the important causes of Hungarian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010228437
This study presents disparities in mortality rates of 38-41 European countries and attempts at giving explanations for these. Explanatory factors of premature (0-64 ages) and old age (above 65 years old) mortality rates are compared accordig to causespecific diseases and genders for 2009. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012226783
This paper evaluates the forecasting performance of a continuous stochastic volatility model with two factors of volatility (SV2F) and compares it to those of GARCH and ARFIMA models. The empirical results show that the volatility forecasting ability of the SV2F model is better than that of the...
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The paper provides a review of basic elements of asymptotic theory. Topics include modes of convergence, laws of large numbers and central limit theorems.
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Many successful examples prove that universities can have a significant role in the enhancement of their regions. Modern economic development demands that due to increased committment to the needs of society and economy, the main traditional activities of universities (education and research)...
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