En este estudio estimamos el efecto causal de la contaminación atmosférica sobre la incidencia de bajas laborales por enfermedad en un panel representativo de asalariados afiliados a la Seguridad Social en España. Usando más de 100 millones de observaciones semanales de individuos en el...

Summary of Banco de España Working Paper no. 2041

On 1 February 2010 the new Adoption Act 2009 commenced in Queensland replacing the antiquated Adoption of Children Act 1964. The new Act makes a number of major changes to adoption practices in Queensland supporting contemporary, child-focused and efficient adoption reflecting current community...

The Complexities of Intercountry Adoption between Ethiopia and AustraliaThe Ethiopia- Australia Intercountry Adoption program has recently been in the spotlight following allegations of corruption within this program leading to its temporary suspension. The suspension was duly lifted by the...

The Complexities of Intercountry Adoption between Ethiopia and AustraliaThe Ethiopia- Australia Intercountry Adoption program has recently been in the spotlight following allegations of corruption within this program leading to its temporary suspension. The suspension was duly lifted by the...

The Complexities of Intercountry Adoption between Ethiopia and AustraliaThe Ethiopia- Australia Intercountry Adoption program has recently been in the spotlight following allegations of corruption within this program leading to its temporary suspension. The suspension was duly lifted by the...

The Senate Inquiry into the Commonwealth?s contribution to former forced adoption policies and practices closed on the 31 March 2011. At the time of writing over 170 submissions had been lodged from private individuals or organisations (many of them registered readers of this journal). The...

Im Fahrzeugbau und im Verkehrswesen hat die praktische Umsetzung von Ubiquitous Computing Technologien einen hohen Grad erreicht. Unter diesem Begriff ist die Ausstattung unterschiedlicher Gegenst?nde mit Prozessoren und Sensoren zu verstehen, welche in der Lage sind, Daten ?ber ihren eigenen...

Medicare has recently experienced the largest expansion of benefits since its in- ception: the inclusion of prescription drug coverage under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003. The policy debate has mainly focused on estimating the cost of implementing the...

Over the last two decades, bank credit has evolved from the traditional relationship banking model to an originate-to-distribute model where banks can originate loans, earn their fee, and then sell them off to investors who desire such exposures. We show that the borrowers whose loans are sold...