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Children in Immigrant Families in Switzerland: On a path between discrimination and integration

Wanner, Philippe; Fibbi, Rosita - 2009

Special Series on Children in Immigrant Families in Affluent Societies Public debate on immigration tends to be polarized in Switzerland around issues relating to admission policy. However, many children in well-settled immigrant families also appear to experience social exclusion. This needs to...

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The Situation among Children of Migrant Origin in Germany

Nauck, Bernhard; Clauss, Susanne - 2009

Special Series on the Situation of Children in Immigrant Families in Affluent Societies Germany may be described as a country of immigrants. Resident foreign citizens alone number around 6.7 million. The share of children who are living with parents who are recent immigrants is quite large. More...

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Child Well-being in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: A multidimensional approach

Marnie, Sheila; Menchini, Leonardo; Tiberti, Luca - 2009

-country comparison. The dimensions included in the analysis are income, health, education, housing and deprivation of parental up …

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Competition in two-sided markets with common network externalities

Cremer, Helmuth; Bardey, David; Lozachmeur, Jean-Marie - UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO - 2009

of one group and from a decrease in the size of the other. We explain why common externalityis relevant for the health …

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Endogenous longevity, biological deterioration and economic growth

Sanso, Marcos; Aísa, Rosa M. - Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universidad de Zaragoza - 2005

health goods sector, and individual decisions on health and longevity in a dynamic general equilibrium set-up. In this … biological deterioration, that is to say, the continuous loss of health goods effectiveness in maintaining a given level of … health as individuals age, provides the reason for an additional, and new, engine of growth. …

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The Lasting Impact of Mothersâ€™ Fetal Malnutrition on Their Offspring: Evidence from the China Great Leap Forward Famine

Kim, Seonghoon; Deng, Quheng; Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Shi - Ohio State University, Department of Economics - 2010

We find that second-generation effects of in utero and early childhood malnutrition on the school participation of the offspring of mothers who experienced the China Great Leap Forward Famine.. The direct impact on entrance to senior high school is also negative, but smaller in magnitude than...

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How did the 2003 Prescription Drug Re-importation Bill Pass the House?

Tower, Edward; Grabowski, Henry; Gokcekus, Omer; Adams, Mike - Duke University, Department of Economics - 2005

This paper examines the major interest groups in the debate over allowing the wholesale re-importation of prescription drugs through the Pharmaceutical Market Access Act. By making use of the logit model, we see the effects that each of these groups has had on the voting behavior of the 108 th...

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Employee absence: an impediment to organisational health in local government

McHugh, Marie - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 14 (2001) 1, pp. 43-58

underlying state of health of the organisation. Employee absence is considered to represent one indicator of organisational … health, and is frequently cited as being a costly problem for organisations. Based on the findings of a study into employee …

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Organisations in the public sector: stakeholders, context and PHARMAC

Wynn‐Williams, K.L.H. - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 25 (2012) 5, pp. 346-356

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how the public sector entity within New Zealand's public health … measures. This may reduce the inherent tensions between administrators and clinicians in the public health sector of New …

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Managing the Stress of Change in the Public Sector

McHugh, Marie; Brennan, Shirley - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 7 (1994) 5, pp. 29-41

Outlines some of the dramatic changes which have had an impact on public sector organizations in the United Kingdom, and the likely effects for employees. Argues that enhanced demands which have accompanied these changes create a cumulative spiral of pressures for organization members, rendering...

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