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Spatial modeling of all-cause mortality
Lhachimi, Stefan K. - 2008
Der Tod macht alle Menschen gleich, dennoch sind nicht alle gleichmäßig betroffen. Unterschiede in der Sterblichkeit …. Eine Analyse der allgemeinen Sterblichkeit von Deutschen Bürgern im Alter von 20 bis 49 im Jahre 2004 wurde durchgeführt … die Sterblichkeit in Deutschland stärker einem Nord\Ost-Sued\West-Trend als einem einem Ost-West-Trend. Das Pro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467103
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Sample registration of vital events with verbal autopsy: a renewed commitment to measuring and monitoring vital statistics
Setel, P. W.; Sankoh, O.; Rao, C. P. V.; Velkoff, V. A.; … - 2005
Registration of births, recording deaths by age, sex and cause, and calculating mortality levels and differentials are … cause-specific mortality data that are more complete and continuous than those currently available. The tools and methods … research and development monitoring. If the global community wishes to have mortality measurements 5 or 10 years hence, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447936
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From the Informal to the Formal Sector: Micro-enterprises in a developing economy – research in progress
Dalglish, Carol L. - 2007
Small and micro-enterprises play a significant part in most economies. However, in developing countries these enterprises have tended to be looked at from a development, or poverty alleviation perspective, rather than as potentially growing businesses. This paper explores the possibility of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437548
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Welfare and Distribution Effects of Water Pricing Policies
Ruijs, Arjan - 2007
In this paper, distribution and welfare effects of changes in block price systems are evaluated. A method is discussed to determine, for a Marshallian demand function, equivalent variation in case of a block price system. The method is applied to analyze welfare and distribution effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443177
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SOME ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE HUNGARIAN BIOFUEL PROGRAMS
Lakner, Zoltan; Szabo-Burcsi, Dora; Mago, Laszlo - 2010
The use of renewable materials in energy production is gaining in importance all over the world. The production of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443738
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Welfare economics of conventional vs. alternative agriculture
Schamel, Guenter - 2003
We develop a agricultural model assuming that conventional production is causing environmental externalities while more benign alternative production methods generate non-market amenity benefits and obtain a price premium in the marketplace. We analyze policies targeting external benefits and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446322
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How wrong can you be? Implications of incorrect utility function specification for welfare measurement in choice experiments
Torres, Cati; Hanley, Nick; Riera, Antoni - 2010
Despite the vital role of the utility function in welfare measurement, the implications of working with incorrect utility specifications have been largely neglected in the choice experiments literature. This paper addresses the importance of specification with a special emphasis on the effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465863
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Teaching Hausman and Willig Using Mathematica
Bogard, Matt - 2007
Analyzing consumer welfare from observable data, or empirical demand functions has been a very controversial issue in economics. One metric often used is deadweight loss from a tax or price increase. A classic debate in economic history regarding the appropriate methodology for measuring...
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Earthquake fatalities : the interaction of nature and political economy
Anbarci, Nejat; Escaleras, Monica; Register, Charles A. - 2005
To say that the level of fatalities resulting from an earthquake is inversely related to a country's per capita level of income is hardly novel. What makes our approach novel is that we relate fatalities to both per capita income and the level of inequality that exists within a country through...
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Non-economic well-being achievement in Pacific Asia
McGillivray, Mark - 2006
It is well known that income per capita and most widely reported non-economic well-being achievement measures are highly correlated among countries. Yet many countries exhibit higher achievement in the latter than predicted by the former. The reverse is true for many other countries. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483925