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Seasonal migration and networks : evidence on Moldova's labour exodus.
Görlich, Dennis; Trebesch, Christoph - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2008
Seasonal migration is an ever more important phenomenon worldwide, but has received little attention in empirical research. This paper investigates the choice of seasonal versus longer-term migration on a household level. We use data from Moldova, a country that is witnessing a massive...
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Does the association between smoking and mortality differ by educational level?
Charafeddine, Rana; Van Oyen, Herman; Demarest, Stefaan - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 9, pp. 1402-1406
mortality and morbidity. For this purpose, we examined whether educational level modifies the association between smoking and … mortality. Information on smoking by age, gender and educational level was extracted from the Belgian Health Interview Surveys … of 1997 and 2001. The mortality follow up of the survey respondents was reported until December 2010. A Poisson …
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Geographical agglomeration: Ellison and Glaeser's index applied to the case of Belgian manufacturing industry
Bertinelli, Luisito; Decrop, Jehan - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 5, pp. 567-583
concentration of the manufacturing sector in Belgium. To assess the degree of concentration, individual plant data on wage and …
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Synthese: Rapport 2014 Sur La Nutrition Mondiale: Mesures et redevabilite en vue daccelerer les progres mondiaux en matiere de nutrition
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2014
Une alimentation équilibrée est le socle sur lequel reposent des vies saines, des moyens de subsistance solides et durables et des économies prospères. En l’absence de ce socle, leur construction s’appuie sur des sables mouvants. Les enfants souffrant d’un retard de croissance ne...
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Sinopse: Relatorio Sobre A Nutricao Mundial De 2014: Medidas e responsabilizacao para acelerar o progresso mundial da nutricao
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2014
A boa nutrição é fundamental para se construírem vidas saudáveis, meios de subsistência fortes e resilientes, e economias prósperas. Em sua ausência, a construção é feita em areia movediça. Crianças com atraso de crescimento não se desenvolvem adequadamente e, em especial,...
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Sinopsis: Informe De La Nutricion Mundial 2014: Fortalecer la accion y la responsabilidad para acelerar los progresos en nutricion en el mundo
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2014
Una buena nutrición es fundamental para promover vidas saludables, medios de subsistencia sólidos y resistentes, y economías prósperas. Sin ella, estos empeños se asientan sobre terreno inestable. Los niños con retraso de crecimiento no pueden crecer ni desarrollarse adecuadamente, y...
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Global Nutrition Report 2014: Actions and accountability to accelerate the world’s progress on nutrition
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); …
At the 2013 Nutrition for Growth Summit in London, 96 signatories (governments, civil society organizations, donors, United Nations’ agencies, and businesses) agreed to support the creation of an annual report on global nutrition that would be authored by an independent expert group, in...
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Synopsis: Global Nutrition Report 2014: Actions and accountability to accelerate the worlds progress on nutrition
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2014
intergenerational transmission of poverty. Malnutrition corrodes the body, the economy, and the future. Ambitions for sustainable …
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Echelles d'équivalence du temps de travail: évaluation de l'impôt sur le revenu en Belgique à la lumière de l'éthique de la responsabilité
Maniquet, François; Neumann, Dirk - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2014
Nous proposons une méthode pour évaluer la capacité des systèmes de taxation du revenu de diminuer la pauvreté, lorsque celle-ci est définie en cohérence avec une notion de niveau de vie issue de l’éthique de la responsabilité. Selon cette éthique, toutes les inégalités ne sont pas...
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Is employment of social risk groups the key to sustaining the European welfare regimes?
Josifidis, Kosta; Supic, Novica; Pucar, Emilija Beker; … - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 3 (2011) 6, pp. 623-640
level of employment of poverty risk groups is high and the level of unemployment is low, more people contribute to the …
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