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Recycling of waste and downgrading of secondary resources in a classical type of production model

Hosoda, Eiji B - In: Journal of economic structures : JES; the official … 1 (2012), pp. 1-232

This paper analyses recycling of waste and downgrading of secondary resources using a classical type of production model represented by a Sraffian model. Residuals emitted as waste by households and secondary resources obtained by recycling of waste are negatively or positively priced, depending...

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Develando econométricamente los impactos sobre la concentración atmosférica de material particulado de un proyecto de remodelación del transporte urbano : el caso del Transantiago en Chile

Figueroa, Eugenio; Gómez-Lobo, Andrés; Jorquera, Pablo; … - In: Estudios de economía 40 (2013) 1, pp. 53-79

generates health benefits estimated to be close to US$ 200 million a year in our medium scenario, 12% of which correspond to … lower public sector health expenditure. If the data for the first year of operation of the system (when it was not yet in …

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Subsidios a hogares para inducir adopción de tecnologías de combustión de leña más eficiente y menos contaminantes : simulación para el caso de Temuco y Padre Las Casas

Gómez, Walter; Yep, Sue; Chávez, Carlos - In: Estudios de economía 40 (2013) 1, pp. 21-52

We study the effect of a household subsidy to induce the adoption of more efficient and less polluting wood combustion technologies. We compare, through numerical simulations, several subsidy designs with respect to the impact on aggregate emissions, costs, and cost-effectiveness indicators. Two...

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Country specific environmental Kuznets curves : a random coefficient approach applied to high-income countries

Figueroa B., Eugenio; Pastén C., Roberto - In: Estudios de economía 36 (2009) 1, pp. 5-32

Cross-country estimations of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) to empirically analyze the relationship between income and pollution have generally assumed a common structure for all countries. Since this latter feature is not supported by economic theory, this paper uses the Random...

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Payments for ecological restoration and internal migration in China : the sloping land conversion program in Ningxia

Démurger, Sylvie; Wan, Haiyuan - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-22

This paper analyzes the impact of the Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP) on rural labor migration in China. We use recent survey data from Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and a difference-in-difference approach to assess the impact of the policy on labor migration decision. We find a...

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The impact of exchange rate changes on disaggregated agricultural output in Nigeria : a two-stage-least-squares approach

Yaqub, Jameelah Omolara - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 6 (2013) 1, pp. 75-89

Agriculture was the mainstay of the Nigerian economy prior to independence and immediately after. Agriculture however, has suffered persistent decline since the 1970s with the exchange rate policy being implicated in the misfortune of this sector. Earlier studies on the effect of exchange rate...

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A growing dilemma of tourism diffusion and sustainability : wows and woes for Bangladesh eco-tourism

Shoeb-Ur-Rahman, Muhammad; Shahid, Rogeya Binte - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 3 (2012) 1, pp. 57-69

Tourism is one of the emerging and fastest growing industries in the world today. It is well said that every twelve tourists creates a new job. Current study discusses the diffusive nature of tourism that demands an inclusion of the concept “sustainability” which in turn creates the...

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Das deutsche Pflegesystem ist im EU-Vergleich unterdurchschnittlich finanziert

Schulz, Erika - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 13, pp. 10-16

In Europa steigt die Zahl der Hochbetagten drastisch an. Viele von ihnen sind längerfristig in den Aktivitäten des täglichen Lebens eingeschränkt und auf Pflege durch Familienangehörige oder professionelle Dienste angewiesen. Wie wird die Pflege in Europa organisiert und finanziert? In...

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Pflegemarkt : drohendem Arbeitskräftemangel kann entgegengewirkt werden

Schulz, Erika - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 51/52, pp. 3-17

calculations suggest through changed attitudes to health, medical advances, and increased rehabilitation and prevention measures …

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Bildung der Mütter kommt der Gesundheit ihrer Kinder zugute

Kemptner, Daniel; Marcus, Jan - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 5, pp. 3-12

. Soziale Unterschiede zeigen sich bereits bei der Gesundheit von Neugeborenen: Mütter mit höherer Bildung bringen seltener …). At least some of these health-related differences can be causally attributed to the mother's education. Social … differences are already reflected in the health of newborn babies: mothers with a higher level of education are less likely to …

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