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Applying the theory of information worlds within a health care practise in Finland

Känsäkoski, Helena; Huotari, Maija-Leena - In: Journal of Documentation 72 (2016) 2, pp. 321-341

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to increase understanding about value creation to families in childhood obesity care in multiprofessional collaboration in an integrated care pathway (ICP). Design/methodology/approach – The qualitative case study involves the ICPs of two Finnish...

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Mothers’ attitudes towards toys as fast food premiums

Pettigrew, Simone; Roberts, Michele - In: Young Consumers 7 (2006) 4, pp. 60-67

Purpose – To explore mothers’ attitudes to fast food companies’ use of toy premiums as a marketing technique. Design/methodology/approach – Two focus groups and 12 individual interviews were conducted with 21 mothers of young children. Findings – The mothers considered toy premiums to...

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Socioeconomic inequalities in child obesity and overweight in Portugal

Quintal, Carlota; Oliveira, Joana - In: International Journal of Social Economics 44 (2017) 10, pp. 1377-1389

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the association between socioeconomic status and child overweight/obesity in Portugal and to evaluate income-related inequalities in its distribution. Design/methodology/approach Data come from the last Portuguese National Health Survey (2005/2006)...

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Socioeconomic inequalities of child malnutrition in Bangladesh

Pulok, Mohammad Habibullah; Sabah, Md Nasim-Us; … - In: International Journal of Social Economics 43 (2016) 12, pp. 1439-1459

socioeconomic inequality of child malnutrition in Bangladesh. Finally, the decomposition method is used to explain socioeconomic … the rural children, although it remained stagnant among the urban children. Decomposition analysis highlights that … decomposition method to explain the socioeconomic inequality of child malnutrition in Bangladesh. This paper presents an enriched …

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A Distributional Analysis of the Gender Earnings Gap in Urban China

Millimet, Daniel L; Wang, Le - In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 5 (2006) 1

Abstract We compare several income distributions in urban China in the late 1980s and mid-1990s using tests for stochastic dominance in order to decompose gender differentials. Examination of the entire distribution gives insight into the uniformity of such differentials across the distribution....

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A Distributional Analysis of the Gender Earnings Gap in Urban China

Millimet, Daniel L; Wang, Le - In: Contributions in Economic Analysis & Policy 5 (2006) 1

We compare several income distributions in urban China in the late 1980s and mid-1990s using tests for stochastic dominance in order to decompose gender differentials. Examination of the entire distribution gives insight into the uniformity of such differentials across the distribution....

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Zerlegung kumulierter Energieaufwendungen als Instrument der umweltorientierten Verflechtungsanalyse / Decomposition of Total Energy Requirements as a Tool for an Environmentally O...

Weber, Christoph - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 217 (1998) 3, pp. 273-291

requirements an approach is presented, which allows a decomposition of total energy requirements by production layers and (final … requirements but to reduce substantially the complexity of the decomposition. …

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Produktdiversifizierung: Konvergenz zwischen ost- und westdeutschen Unternehmen / Product Diversification: Have East-German Enterprises Caught-Up with the West?

Görzig, Bernd; Gornig, Martin; Werwatz, Axel - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 227 (2007) 2, pp. 168-186

a nonparametric decomposition that yields estimates of the structural and regional components of the West-East gap. We …

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Fields of Training, Plant Characteristics and the Gender Wage Gap in Entry Wages Among Skilled Workers – Evidence from German Administrative Data

Braakmann, Nils - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 230 (2010) 1, pp. 27-41

, results from standard decomposition techniques show that up to 92% of an initial 14% earnings disadvantage for women in the …

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Reassessing the Pay Gap for Temps in Germany

Jahn, Elke J. - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 230 (2010) 2, pp. 208-233

Germany is indeed large and increased during the past decade. Decomposition reveals that the widening gap mainly is driven by …

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