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Weather, mobility and the evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic
Ghirelli, Corinna; González Piñero, Andrea; Herrera …
pandemic, with US daily infections data between February and September of 2020, at the county level. This is then used to … estimate the effect of weather and mobility on the spread of the pandemic. We find a strong and significant effect of the … increase of the time spent in parks that helps reduce the spread of the pandemic. The negative effect of increased general …
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Relación entre las medidas de contención de la pandemia, la movilidad y la actividad económica
Ghirelli, Corinna; Gil Martín, María; Hurtado López, … - 2021
regional-scale indicator that seeks to gauge the volume of measures implemented at each point in time to contain the pandemic …. Using textual analysis techniques, we analyse the information in press news. At the start of the pandemic, measures were … a perceptible change in this relationship over recent months. In the early stages of the pandemic, the reduction in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012525918
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The relationship between pandemic containment measures, mobility and economic activity
Ghirelli, Corinna; Gil Martín, María; Hurtado López, … - 2021
regional-scale indicator that seeks to gauge the volume of measures implemented at each point in time to contain the pandemic …. Using textual analysis techniques, we analyse the information in press news. At the start of the pandemic, measures were … a perceptible change in this relationship over recent months. In the early stages of the pandemic, the reduction in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012525953
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Do You Have A Survival Instinct? Leveraging genetic codes to achieve fit inhostile business environments
Lawton, T; Rajwani, T; Reinmoeller, P - 2011
It is too easy to blame market turbulence or unexpected events for a company'spoor performance. Yet this is frequently the response of managers tocircumstances and activities beyond their immediate control. As a consequence,managers and owners often fail to develop strategies for coping with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009484565
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Poverty and Vulnerability in Vietnam
Tran, Quang-Van - 2013
Since doi moi, Vietnam has made remarkable achievements in many frontiers. However, much effort needs to be done to further improve social and economic sectors, particularly in the context of increasing the number of uncertainties. In analyses using household surveys from Vietnam, this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010353207
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Shaken But Unruffled: Stories of Psychologically Distressed Public Secondary School Teachers
Olmedo, Armando Mazo; Gempes, Gloria Pacifico - 2016
Psychological distress is a global phenomenon that affects not only the psychological and physical well-being but also the profession of teachers around the world. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the experiences of psychologically distressed public secondary school...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011525100
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"Coping with Unemployment: Self-Concept Repair by Displaced Managers and Professionals"
Garrett-Peters, Raymond - 2005
Research on unemployment among managers and professionals has documented the experience of job loss as stressful not only because of economic strain, but because of the damage it does to valued identities and self-conceptions. Little research, however, has examined the processes through which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009431246
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A multidimensional analysis of adaptation in a developing country context
Barr, Abigail; Clark, David - 2007
Econometric analyses of European datasets suggest that income aspirations increase with current income. This finding is consistent with the adaptation hypothesis –the notion that individual aspirations adjust to reflect personal circumstances and living conditions. We add to these existing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441497
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Social Opportunities and Private Convenience of Choices at Farm Level: An Approach to the Links Between Farm Income and Sustainable GDP
Idda, Lorenzo; Sini, Maria Paola - 2006
This work proposes a method to identify and evaluate the links between the economic and environmental management of a farm, its income, and sustainable GDP. The approach is designed to link micro and macro economic aspects and is based on certain indicators, chosen from among those obtained from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446208