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The analysis of habitat use in radio-tagged animals is approached by comparing the portions of use vs the portions of availability observed for each habitat type. Since data are linearly dependent with singular variance-covariance matrices, standard multivariate statistical test cannot be...
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We hypothesize that selective donors will use types of aid over which they have more control when providing assistance to poorly governed countries. We use an original classification of project purpose codes in the AidData dataset to categorize aid flows from the period 2004 to 2010. Results...
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This survey reviews diverse academic production on compositional dynamic series analysis. Although time dimension of compositional series has been little investigated, this kind of data structure is widely available and utilized in social sciences research. This way, a review of the...
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Public schemes for sickness benefits and disability insurance are often criticized for the lack of incentive they … these schemes, several modes of privatization could be considered, including the provision of sickness benefits by employers … types of employer incentives seem to lower sickness rates, but they also come at the risk of increased under-reporting and …
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Presenteeism behavior, i.e. working despite illness, is a common phenomenon wordwide and can have severe consequences for employees and firms alike. In this study, we investigate the relation between the use of company performance appraisals and employees' presenteeism behavior. We use...
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individual-level population registers on labor market events outcomes, drug prescriptions and sickness absence, comparing … and lowers sickness absence. The results suggest that this is not due to improved employment prospects but rather to …
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Many workers admit that at times they show up for work even though they feel sick. This behavior, termed "presenteeism," is puzzling since most workers do not incur financial losses when staying home sick. The various reasons behind presenteeism are person-related (e.g. individuals' health or...
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