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Essays on business cycle analysis and demography
Sarferaz, Samad - 2010
Diese Arbeit besteht aus vier Essays, die empirische und methodische Beiträge zur Messung von Konjunkturzyklen und deren Zusammenhänge zu demographischen Variablen liefern. Der erste Essay analysiert unter Zuhilfenahme eines Bayesianischen Dynamischen Faktormodelles die Volatilität des...
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Network effects, compatibility, and adoption of standards
Grajek, Michał - 2005
standard and international trade. The estimation results allow us to formulate some interesting policy conclusions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467122
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Asymmetrische Effekte der Geldpolitik auf die Industrie in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland - eine Untersuchung auf Branchenebene
Hock, Thorsten - 2003
Die Arbeit setzt sich mit Unterschieden des geldpolitischen Transmissionsprozesses im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe der Bundesrepublik Deutschland auseinander. Dazu wird der Sektor nach der Systematik der BACH-Datenbank der europäischen Kommission in 10 Branchen eingeteilt. An eine kurze Betrachtung...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009433722
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Our policy is to treat men and women equally: The status of women in the finance industry
French, Erica L.; Strachan, Glenda - 2006
This paper investigates data from reports submitted by finance and insurance organisations employing more than 100 persons to the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency, to identify their approach undertaken in implementing equal employment opportunity. This industry is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437926
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Marriage and Money: Variations Across the Earnings Distribution
Western, M. C.; Hewitt, B. A.; Baxter, J. H. - 2005
on men's and women's earnings. We extend earlier earnings research and investigate whether the effect of marriage is … constant for men and women at different points on the conditional earnings distribution by using robust and quantile regression … techniques. We find no assoication between marriage and wages for women, but for men a large and significant premium exists with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447869
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Epidemiological modelling (including economic modelling) and its role in preventive drug therapy
Liew, D.; McNeil, J. J.; Peeters, A.; Lim, S. S.; Vos, T. - 2002
In contrast to curative therapies, preventive therapies are administered to largely healthy individuals over long periods. The risk-benefit and cost-benefit ratios are more likely to be unfavourable, making treatment decisions difficult. Drug trials provide insufficient information for treatment...
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Dominated by Women: Managed by Men? The career development process of retail managers
Broadbridge, A. - 2007
Purpose: The aim of the paper is to explore some issues regarding the career development of men and women retail … dominated by male norms and values and this has implications for the way in which men and women managers experience their jobs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465876
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Changes in male labor supply and wages
Devereux, Paul J. - 2003
In the 1980s, both wages and labor supply of poorly educated men fell substantially relative to those of educated men … hours and wages. The small implied labor supply elasticities suggest that very little of the labor supply changes of men …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475681
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Removing the "relative" uncertainty within the Australian donor insemination network
Sawyer, Neroli - 2009
In Australia there is no federal legislation limiting the use of donor sperm. However, it is important to place limits on the multiple use of sperm donors to reduce the risk of inadvertent half-sibling mating between the offspring of anonymous donors and to control for the consequences of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009484627
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Pure Entertainment or Social Harmony? Understanding Private Returns to Social Spending on Household Ceremonies in China
Chen, Xi - 2011
Recent social spending inflation in China has led to its growth rate far exceeding that of income and other consumption. In this paper, we estimate private returns to social spending, such as higher social status and larger social network that serve as certain functions. In almost all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443729