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Regional estimates of multidimensional poverty in India

Dehury, Bidyadhar; Mohanty, Sanjay K. - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 9 (2015) 2015-36, pp. 1-35

This paper estimates and decomposes multidimensional poverty in 82 natural regions in India using unit data from the Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS), 2011-12. Multidimensional poverty is measured in the dimensions of health, education, living standard and household environment using eight...

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Differential influence of phytase supplementation on the balance of phosphorus and other elements in laying hens' feed

Sobolewska, Sylwia; Orda, Janusz; Budny-Walczak, Anna - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 15 (2015) 4, pp. 461-468

The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of microbial phytase addition to laying hen diet on the balance of phosphorus, calcium, manganese and zinc. Phytase supplementation caused a decrease in phosphorus excretion by 8% in the group with low-phytase diet and 21% in the group with...

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Continuidad académica universitaria en el AMBA, en contexto de emergencia económica y sanitaria: Estudio de caso, DHUCS, UNLAM

Gomez Rusca, Laura; Grifo, Marcelo; Victoria, María; … - In: Atlantic Review of Economics (ARoEc) 5 (2022) 1

This research analyzes the academic continuity applied from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (DHuCS) of the National University of La Matanza, due to the implementation of mandatory isolation in the context of the COVID - 19 pandemic. The virtualization of the subject History of...

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The Contribution of Managed Care to the Performance of Healthcare Systems - Evidence from Three Countries

Schoder, Johannes; Zweifel, Peter - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 144 (2008) 3, pp. 477-493

This paper applies the five standard economic performance criteria to gauge the contribu-tion of Managed Care (MC) to the performance of three healthcare systems, viz. Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. The criteria are (1) matching of consumer preferences, (2) technical efficiency, (3)...

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Managed Care: Low Reputation but Most Effective

Felder, Stefan - In: CESifo DICE Report 01 (2003) 3, pp. 15-19

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Early-life medical care and human capital accumulation

Daysal, N. Meltem - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)

Ample empirical evidence links adverse conditions during early childhood (the period from conception to age five) to worse health outcomes and lower academic achievement in adulthood. Can early-life medical care and public health interventions ameliorate these effects? Recent research suggests...

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Parental leave and maternal labor supply

Kunze, Astrid - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)

Numerous studies have investigated whether the provision and generosity of parental leave affects the employment and career prospects of women. Parental leave systems typically provide either short unpaid leave mandated by the firm, as in the US, or more generous and universal leave mandated by...

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Family structure and children’s educational attainment in transition economies

Mangiavacchi, Lucia - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)

began, but a lack of resources and policies to protect poor families hampered children’s access to education, especially for … non-compulsory school grades. Different phenomena associated with transition also negatively affected children’s education … focus on education and for monitoring of the schooling progress of children in special family circumstances. …

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Does the rotten child spoil his companion? Spatial peer effects among children in rural India

Helmers, Christian; Patnam, Manasa - In: Quantitative Economics 5 (2014) 1, pp. 67-121

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Viele Kinder von Geflüchteten besuchen eine Kita oder Grundschule: Nachholbedarf bei den unter Dreijährigen und der Sprachförderung von Schulkindern

Gambaro, Ludovica; Liebau, Elisabeth; Peter, Frauke H.; … - In: DIW Wochenbericht 84 (2017) 19, pp. 379-386

Der Besuch einer Kindertageseinrichtung (Kita) oder einer Grundschule stellt für Kinder mit Fluchthintergrund einen wichtigen Bestandteil der Integration und Teilhabe an der deutschen Gesellschaft dar. Im Kontext des Zuzugs von mehr als 890 000 Schutzsuchenden im Jahr 2015 untersucht dieser...

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