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Development and Gender Inequality ; Development and Gender Inequality
Lamanna, Francesca - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010353250
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Embryo Adoption: Implications of Personhood, Marriage, and Parenthood
McMillen, Brooke - 2008
One’s personal claims regarding personhood will influence his moral belief regarding embryo adoption. In Chapter One, I consider the personhood of the human embryo. If the human embryo is a person, we are morally obligated to permit the practice of embryo adoption as an ethical means to save...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009474989
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An Economic Evaluation of Teratology Information Services
Hancock, Rebecca L - 2010
the safety of drugs and other exposures during pregnancy and lactation. Currently TIS consultations are free, but funding … consultation regarding anti-depressant use during pregnancy provides a positive net benefit compared to a family doctor (FD … pregnancy. Services were described by five service attributes and one cost attribute, which were generated in focus groups …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009455245
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Economic issues associated with the operation and evaluation of telemedicine
Mistry, H - 2011
total patient costs. However, when patient costs are added to the total costs of pregnancy, they did not substantially … costs during pregnancy.Given that the majority of missed cardiac anomalies were amongst low risk women, a decision …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009481415
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Production Offshoring and the Skill Composition of Italian Manufacturing Firms: A Counterfactual Analysis
Antonietti, Roberto; Antonioli, Davide - 2007
This work explores the effects of cross-border relocation of production on the skill composition of Italian manufacturing firms. Its aim is to assess if the firms’ strategy to offshore production activities towards cheap labor countries determines a bias in the relative employment of skilled...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443179
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Can Information Costs Affect Consumer Choice?—Nutritional Labels in a Supermarket Experiment—
Kiesel, Kristin; Villas-Boas, Sofia B. - 2010
This paper investigates whether information costs under currently regulated nutritional labeling prevent consumers from making healthier food choices. We implement five nutritional shelf label treatmentsin a market-level experiment. These labels reduce information costs by highlighting and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445865
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Essays on Firm Ownership, Performance and Value.
Petkova, Neviana I. - 2009
This dissertation studies the relationship between firm ownership and firm performanceas measured by firm productivity and profitability. Given the vast dispersion in owner andfirm characteristics, changes in ownership have the potential to translate into differences infirm performance. Chapter...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477182
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Backing the incumbent in difficult times : the electoral impact of wildfires
Ramos, Roberto; Sanz Alonso, Carlos - 2018
¿Cómo reaccionan los votantes ante shocks que están (en su mayor parte) fuera del control de los políticos? Este artículo aborda esta cuestión a través del estudio de las consecuencias electorales de los incendios forestales en España en el período 1983-2011. A través de una estrategia...
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The long-term causal effects of winning an ERC grant
Ghirelli, Corinna; Havari, Enkelejda; Meroni, Elena; …
El objetivo de este documento es investigar los efectos causales a largo plazo de la concesión de una beca del Consejo Europeo de Investigación (ERC, por sus siglas en inglés) en la productividad de los investigadores, en la excelencia de su trabajo y en su capacidad para obtener nuevas becas...
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Financial Literacy and Women: Overcoming the Barriers
Donohue, Melissa A - 2011
at an extraordinary pace. These trends make a imperative that we better understand the evolving nature of gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468237