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The short- and long-run employment impact of COVID-19 through the effects of real and financial shocks on new firms.
Albert, Christoph; Caggese, Andrea; González, Beatriz - 2020
En este artículo usamos la evidencia empírica más reciente disponible para predecir el impacto del shock del Covid-19 en la tasa de entrada de empresas, en especial en la entrada de empresas de alto crecimiento, y en sus implicaciones en la creación de empleo a corto y a largo plazo. El...
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Weather, mobility and the evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic
Ghirelli, Corinna; González Piñero, Andrea; Herrera …
Estimamos el coeficiente de reproducción efectivo (Rt) de la pandemia de Covid-19, con datos de casos detectados en Estados Unidos, a nivel de condado, entre febrero y septiembre de 2020. Con esta información estimamos el efecto de la climatología y de la movilidad sobre el ritmo de...
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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
En este trabajo se construye, en primer lugar, un indicador a escala autonómica que trata de medir el volumen de medidas desplegadas en cada momento del tiempo para contener la pandemia. Para ello se analiza, mediante técnicas de análisis textual, la información contenida en las noticias de...
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The relationship between pandemic containment measures, mobility and economic activity
Ghirelli, Corinna; Gil Martín, María; Hurtado López, … - 2021
En este trabajo se construye, en primer lugar, un indicador a escala autonómica que trata de medir el volumen de medidas desplegadas en cada momento del tiempo para contener la pandemia. Para ello se analiza, mediante técnicas de análisis textual, la información contenida en las noticias de...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012525953
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Time is on my side: optimism in intertemporal choice
Berndsen, M.; Pligt, J. van der - 2001
The present research, using data from 163 undergraduates, examines the role of optimism on time preferences for both losses and gains. It is argued that optimism has asymmetric effects on time preferences for gains versus losses: one reason why decision makers prefer immediate gains is because...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009460055
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Demographic trends in Sub-Saharan Africa
van de Walle, Etienne; Kekovole, John - 1986
Lesotho; and has slightly declined in Ghana. The underlying factors with regard to the apparent increase hinge on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438868
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The need for a security/privacy model for the health sector in Ghana
Ami-Narh, James Tetteh; Williams, Patricia - 2007
affects the safety, quality, and efficiency of health care delivery in these countries. Ghana is faced with this precise set … of circumstances as it struggles to adopt policies to overcome these challenges. The Republic of Ghana is implementing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009440791
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The need for a security/privacy model for the health sector in Ghana
Ami-Narh, James Tetteh; Williams, Patricia A. - 2007
affects the safety, quality, and efficiency of health care delivery in these countries. Ghana is faced with this precise set … of circumstances as it struggles to adopt policies to overcome these challenges. The Republic of Ghana is implementing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009440804
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An Adoption Model for Mobile Banking in Ghana
Standing, Craig; Standing, Susan; Karjaluoto, H; … - 2009
more fully, we examine the reasons for the adoption and non-adoption of mobile banking in Ghana. Through a survey of 271 … people in Ghana, it has been found that social and cultural factors in the form of perceived credibility, facilitating …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009440844
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Production changes in Ghana cocoa farming households under market reforms
Teal, Francis; Vigneri, Marcella - 2004
The Ghana cocoa market has been extensively liberalised over the period since the mid 1980s. Three issues have been … occurred. In this paper we investigate these issues by estimating a production function for cocoa in Ghana drawing on two …
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