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Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 4 (2013) 1, pp. 35-60

There is enough evidence to be confident that individuals are able and willing to provide a meaningful answer when asked to value on a finite scale their satisfaction with their own lives, a question that psychologists have long and often posed to respondents of large questionnaires. Without...

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Confounding and missing data in cost-effectiveness analysis : comparing different methods

Härkänen, Tommi; Maljanen, Timo; Lindfors, Olavi; … - In: Health economics review 3 (2013) 8, pp. 1-11

Introduction: Common approaches in cost-effectiveness analyses do not adjust for confounders. In nonrandomized studies this can result in biased results. Parametric models such as regression models are commonly applied to adjust for confounding, but there are several issues which need to be...

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Does the public sector discriminate against women? : occupational segregation prior to privatization in Egypt

Said, Mona - In: Advances in management & applied economics 1 (2011) 2, pp. 185-201

This paper utilizes a joint (ordered probit) occupational attainment and wage determination model to examine the … channels through which occupational segregation and pay discrimination affect the overall gender wage gap in different sectors … service reform as opposed to privatisation of public enterprises in Egypt. - wage differentials ; occupational segregation …

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Evaluation of behavior, skills and commitment, management

Moradi, F.; Jajarmizadeh, M.; Nikkar, M.; Abbasi, N. - In: Advances in management & applied economics 1 (2011) 2, pp. 169-183

In this study, the amount of skills, behavior and commitment of managers are investigated. For this study, which is descriptive in nature, the specialization model of Sorice, Ok Oh and Ditton. The statistical sample includes 420 staffs chosen from the four areas of education is the city of...

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El estado de salud de los uruguayos

Rossi, Ianina; Tellechea, Fernanda; Tramontin, Fiorella; … - In: Estudios de economía 34 (2007) 1, pp. 73-96

In this paper we analyze the links between health status (measured by selfreported illness occurrence) and individuals’ socioeconomic situation. Using the annual households surveys of Uruguay for the period 1991 to 2000, we compute probit models and find that men, unmarried, young people,...

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A cohort analysis of the income distribution in Chile

Sapelli, Claudio - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 223-242

In this paper we look at the income distribution by cohort in Chile. We construct a synthetic panel from cross section surveys and estimate the income distribution for cohorts born between 1902 and 1978. We then decompose the evolution of these distributions into age, year and cohort effects....

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The longer-term effects of human capital enrichment programs on poverty and inequality : oportunidades in Mexico

McKee, Douglas; Todd, Petra E. - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 67-100

Previous empirical research has shown that Mexico's Oportunidades program has succeeded in increasing schooling and improving health of disadvantaged children. This paper studies the program's potential longer-term consequences for the poverty and inequality of these children. It adapts methods...

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How much might human capital policies affect earnings inequalities and poverty?

Behrman, Jere R. - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 9-41

Economic inequality and poverty have persisted in Latin America despite important changes in political and policy regimes. This paper explores the relationship between various human capital programs aimed to reduced poverty and how improvements of those in poverty in the left tail of the earning...

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Ingenieure in Deutschland : keine Knappheit abzusehen

Brenke, Karl - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 11, pp. 3-8

Die Klagen über einen alsbald eintretenden Mangel an Ingenieuren in Deutschland ebben nicht ab. Jüngst hat der Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI) erklärt, dass wegen des hohen Durchschnittsalters der in Deutschland tätigen Ingenieure (50 bis 51 Jahre) ein enormer Ersatzbedarf entstehen werde....

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Uni, Fachhochschule oder Ausbildung : welche Fächer bringen die höchsten Löhne?

Glocker, Daniela; Storck, Johanna - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 13, pp. 3-8

Mit einem Universitätsabschluss können im Durchschnitt höhere Löhne erzielt werden als mit einem niedrigeren Abschluss. Auch das Risiko, arbeitslos zu sein, ist unter Akademikern geringer als für die Gesamtbevölkerung. Doch wie weit liegen die Löhne innerhalb eines Bildungsabschlusses...

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