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Background In many OECD countries, the gender differences in physicians’ pay favour male doctors. Due to the feminisation of the doctor profession, it is essential to measure this income gap in the French context of Fee-for-service payment (FFS) and then to precisely identify its determinants....
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find out whether various socio-economic, ideational and institutional community factors had an impact on cancer survival in … in a municipality where the average education was relatively high. The impact of economic resources was less pronounced … Democratic Party had an advantage, which suggests a beneficial impact of affiliation with religious communities or support for …
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groups in the neighbourhood, serve as instruments for mental health. The results show a signifi cant adverse impact of the …
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The share of couples where the wife out-earns the husband is increasing in many countries. In this paper, I investigate how this income dynamic affects mental health. Using data on all Swedish couples who married in 2001, I show that mental health is positively associated with own and spousal...
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Analyzing data on 2,225 men and 2,401 women from the National Comorbidity Survey, the authors examine the impact of …
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Owning to the success of the Grameen Bank and other microfinance institutions in recent years, microfinance institutions’ role as a potential policy tool in poverty alleviation has received considerable attention. Empirical evidence from existing research shows some positive results in...
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consumption in over the period 1990-2100. To evaluate the impact of CO2 emission on relative variables, this study verifies that … proves bi-directional causality between CO2 emission and electric power consumption (modeling the impact of CO2 emission on …
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differential impact of NERICA adoption on the yield and farmers’ household annual income using data from 342 rice farmers from … significant impact on farmers’ yield and per capita annual households’ income. The impacts of NERICA adoption are not homogeneous … across farmer gender and geographical area. The impact on rice yield is higher for female farmers potential adopters while …
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