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Rechtsschutz für Mütter : eine ökonomische Analyse des Mutterschutzgesetzes und seiner Wirkungen auf die Beschäftigungssituation von Frauen (Legal protection for mothers * an econo...
Alewell, Dorothea; Pull, Kerstin - In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for … 38 (2005) 2/3, pp. 341-356
implications of these regulations on the labour market position of mothers and young women respectively. We identify three main …
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Firms’ Contribution to the Reconciliation between Work and Family
Evans, John M.; Callan, Samantha - In: CESifo DICE Report 1 (2003) 4, pp. 08-12
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008594369
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THE “COLUMBUS’ EGG” OF NORWEGIAN FAMILY POLICY
Lappegard, Trude - In: Demográfia English Edition 54 (2011) 5, pp. 79-88
Nordic countries have long traditions of promoting gender equality through family policy. The combination of gender equality and comprehensive family and parental provision have been referred to as the “Columbus’ egg” of Norwegian polices. The Nordic combination of high levels of female...
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Food Consumption and Nutritional Status in India: Emerging Trends and Perspectives
R, Radhakrishna - eSocialSciences - 2009
The paper reviews the trends over three decades in the consumption of cereals, calories and micronutrients and nutritional status based on anthropometric measures using the data sets of NSS, NNMB and NFHS. It provides an explanation for the slow growth of nutrient intake and slow reduction in...
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Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less Than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India
Jayachandran, Seema; Kuziemko, Ilyana - eSocialSciences - 2009
Medical research indicates that breastfeeding suppresses post-natal fertility. The implications for breastfeeding decisions are modelled and test has been done to predict model's predictions us- ing survey data from India.
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Final Report on the Functioning of Anganwadi Centres in Assam and Meghalya
eSocialSciences; Government of India Ministry of Women … - 2011
order to elicit views from stakeholders who are mainly mothers, pregnant women and lactating mothers and children and the … immunization services and health and nutrition education was minutely assessed. URL:[http://wcd.nic.in/]. …
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Reducing the Welfare Dependence of Unmarried Mothers: Health-Related Employment Barriers and Policy Responses
Kimmel, Jean - In: Eastern Economic Journal 23 (1997) 2, pp. 151-163
In this paper, I examine the importance of health insurance and health status to the employment decisions of single … mothers. Using results from an employment probit model, I simulate the likely employment effects of four changes to public and … private health insurance policy, including the elimination of Medicaid and mandated employer coverage for full time workers …
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WER GEHT NOCH AN DIE THEKE? ERGEBNISSE EINER VERBRAUCHERSTUDIE ZU SB-FLEISCH
Schulze, Birgit; Spiller, Achim - Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften … - 2007
The German meat market is facing considerable changes. Along with the boom of case-ready and discount stores, butchers and smaller retailers loose market shares, and private labels become widely accepted. The consumers' preferences are often neglected by these trends. This contribution discusses...
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Norwegian Income Tax Reforms
Christiansen, Vidar - In: CESifo DICE Report 2 (2004) 3, pp. 09-14
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An exploratory study of associations between social capital and selfassessed health in Norway
Iversen, Tor - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
The objective of this study is to estimate associations between social capital and health when other factors are … controlled for. Data from the survey of level-of-living conditions by Statistics Norway are merged with data from several other …-assessed health in the cross-sectional study and in the panel data study. While we find that religious activity at the community …
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