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Peer effects in sexual initiation: Separating social norms and partner supply
Richards, Seth O - 2010
Sexual activity among adolescents is associated with risks such as pregnancy and STDs, and there is substantial policy interest in how peers influence the timing of sexual initiation. This paper measures separate effects for two social mechanisms--peer-group norms and partner availability--using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438555
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Demographic processes in China and Vietnam: Three essays
Merli, M Giovanna - 1996
This dissertation includes three separate papers that share an emphasis on the significance of socio-political and historical factors on the quality of demographic data in China and Vietnam. The first two papers investigate the interaction between data collection and family planning policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009439081
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The integrative functions of post-industrial U.S. labor market for marriage formation: Three essays
Yang, Lijun - 2010
The deteriorating labor market position of young men has arguably played an important role in later and less frequent marriage since the 1970s. This dissertation examines the relationship between men's socioeconomic characteristics and marriage formation and the labor market causes of marriage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009439188
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Institutional ideology and industry-level action: A macro analysis of corporate legitimation in the United States petroleum industry
Prasad, Anshuman - 1994
, the study employed methods of grounded theory analysis. In addition to investigating the ideological characteristics of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467813
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From rice fields to red light districts: an economic examination of factors motivating employment in Thailand’s sex industry
Wittman, Cori - 2011
Master of Agribusiness
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009464110
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The Flat Tax: An Examination of the Baltic States
Greenberg, Deena - 2009
The idea of a flat tax, a tax levied at a single rate, has become an increasingly discussed and implemented fiscal strategy across Europe and the rest of the world. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania adopted flat tax systems in 1994 and 1995, making them the first modern countries to adopt flat...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438702
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A TALE OF TWO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: TUNISIA AND MOROCCO
Friedman, Steven J - 2010
Morocco and Tunisia have both achieved robust economic growth over the last 30 years by utilizing prudent economic planning and implementation. The World Bank heralds both countries as prime examples of how market-friendly capitalist systems can be implemented over a short period of time with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009439124
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Automatic model selection: a new instrument for social science
Hendry, David F.; Krolzig, Hans-Martin - 2004
The properties of automatic model selection are discussed, focusing on PcGets. We explain the background concepts and why automatic methods can perform well. Criticisms of model selection procedures are noted and rebutted. The algorithm is sketched, distinguishing between costs of search and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441474
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Three essays on bank balance sheets and disruptions in the supply of intermediated credit
Kandrac, John Paul - 2011
xi, 101 p. : col. ill.
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Production under uncertainty and choice under uncertainty in the emergence of generalized expected utility theory
Quiggin, J - 2001
analysis of production under uncertainty. Interest in the foundations of the theory of choice under uncertainty was stimulated … by applications of expected utility theory such as the Sandmo model of production under uncertainty. This interest led to … the development of generalized models including rank-dependent expected utility theory. In turn, the development of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447884