Durland and McCurdy [Durland, J.M., McCurdy, T.H., 1994. Duration-dependent transitions in a Markov model of US GNP … growth. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 12, 279?288] investigated the issue of duration dependence in US business … Economic Statistics 12, 299?308]. In Durland and McCurdy?s model duration alone was used as an explanatory variable of the …

of personhood. Embryo adoption raises several questions surrounding the institution of marriage. Due to its untraditional … method of procreation, embryo adoption calls into question the role of procreation within marriage. In Chapter Two, I explore … the nature of the marriage relationship by offering Lisa Cahill’s definition of marriage which involves both a spiritual …

Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …

effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …

the one hand, lower reservation wages reduce unemployment duration, but on the other hand, agents have shorter spells of …

ofincidence and duration and find that most variables have the same effect on both.Unemployment is concentrated among relatively … well-educated first time job seekerswho come from the middle classes. Mean duration of unemployment is close to fouryears … unemployment are negatively related to household welfare. Since we cannot rejectthat the latter is endogenous, this suggests that …