Showing 1 - 10 of 232
, protein, alcohol and cigarette consumption, and on diversity of diet. The results from a dynamic empirical model suggest that … garden plot have a significant impact on the changes in consumption behavior in Russia. Regarding the macroeconomic variables …, economic growth has a significant impact on changes in fat and protein consumption and on alcohol use, while unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444757
Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991, Russia experienced a series of economic shocks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444152
in the re-employment hazard in Russia, with a period of positive duration dependence in the first 7 months, followed by a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444186
This paper examined the male-female differentials in hourly earnings in Russia from 1996 to 2002. The gender wage gap …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477471
is self-reportedjob risk of low back pain, the most recurring health risk faced by farmers. The job-relatedrisky activity ….e., individualdifferences in other health-related activities are influential determinants of the observedwage-risk tradeoff.Keywords: …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442744
underestimate the influence of their health-related choices, such as smoking, on their longevity. This finding can partially explain … effects of their genes and health-related choices on their longevity, then the average smoking rate for the age group analyzed … their smoking choices. I find that US elderly tend to over-emphasize the importance of their genetic makeup but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475465
responded by dramatically increasing their consumption of meat, other livestock products, and fruits and by decreasing … consumption of grain-based foods. Economic prosperity, a growing openness to international markets, and domestic policy reforms … preferences. The objective of this paper is to uncover evidence of structural change in food consumption among urban residents in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443092
More than one billion adults are overweight worldwide, and more than 300 million of them clinically obese, raising the risk of many serious diseases. Only 3.6 percent of Japanese have a body mass index (BMI) over 30, which is the international standard for obesity, whereas 32.0 percent of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444491
extended period: decline of domestic savings due to deflation, therefore faltering investments, stagnating domestic consumption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446470
consumers by the categories of extrinsic factors influencing their consumption decisions. We explore the theory of Abraham …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009464018