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Modelling transport energy demand: A socio-technical approach
Anable, Jillian; Brand, Christian; Tran, Martino; Eyre, Nick - In: Energy Policy 41 (2012) C, pp. 125-138
technical efficiency but also by lifestyles and socio-cultural factors, few attempts have been made to operationalise these …
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Capitals and capabilities: Linking structure and agency to reduce health inequalities
Abel, Thomas; Frohlich, Katherine L. - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 2, pp. 236-244
lifestyles to provide the explanation for the dualism between life chances (structure) and choice-based life conduct (agency …
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The future of mobility in cities: Challenges for urban modelling
Wegener, Michael - In: Transport Policy 29 (2013) C, pp. 275-282
Urban development in the last two centuries has been driven by an unprecedented growth in mobility made possible by abundant and cheap energy. Yet this trend will not continue forever. Despite technological innovation, finite fossil fuel reserves will in the long run lead to increasing costs of...
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Mediating role of education and lifestyles in the relationship betwee early-life conditions and health: evidence from the 1958 British cohort
Tubeuf, Tubeuf; Jusot, Florence; Bricard, Damien - Academic Unit of Health Economics, Leeds Institute of … - 2011
The paper focuses on the long-term effects of early-life conditions with comparison to lifestyles and current … of education and lifestyles in the relationship between early-life conditions and later health. Direct and indirect … effects of early-life conditions on adult health are explored using auxiliary linear regressions of education and lifestyles …
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Mediating role of education and lifestyles in the relationship between early-life conditions and health : evidence from the 1958 British cohort
Tubeuf, Sandy; Jusot, Florence; Bricard, Damien - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012
The paper focuses on the long-term effects of early-life conditions with comparison to lifestyles and educational … education and lifestyles in the relationship between early-life conditions and later health. Direct and indirect effects of … early-life conditions on adult health are explored using auxiliary linear regressions of education and lifestyles and panel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010708131
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Implications of Flexpatriates’ Lifestyles on HRM Practices
Mayerhofer, Helene; Mueller, Barbara; Schmidt, Angelika - In: management revue. Socio-economic Studies 21 (2010) 2, pp. 155-173
show various facets of flexpatriates’ lifestyles that are essential to understand their significant implications for HR …
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Ex-ante Moral Hazard and Primary Prevention, evidence from Portugal
Tavares, Aida Isabel; Barros, Pedro Pita - Departamento de Economia, Gestão e Engenharia … - 2011
adopt healthy lifestyles, such as taking up sports and not smoking, which are associated with primary prevention. Moreover …
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Can New Perspectives on Sustainability Drive Lifestyles?
Partidario, Maria R.; Vicente, Gustavo; Belchior, Constança - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 9, pp. 2849-2872
Understanding sustainability engages multiple views in a wide spectrum of technological, social and political positions. Over the last two decades it appears that an evolutionary process reflects a changing sustainability paradigm. At the basis of this changing paradigm remain strong principles...
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Behaviour Change in the UK Climate Debate: An Assessment of Responsibility, Agency and Political Dimensions
Fudge, Shane; Peters, Michael - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 6, pp. 789-808
This paper explores the politics around the role of agency in the UK climate change debate. Government interventions on the demand side of consumption have increasingly involved attempts to obtain greater traction with the values, attitudes and beliefs of citizens in relation to climate change...
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Health, Lifestyle and Growth
COPPOLA, Gianluigi - Centro di Economia del Lavoro e di Politica Economica … - 2010
In this paper I will try to explain why lifestyle may have a positive impact on economic growth. First of all, I consider health affecting consumer’s utility and then define a Health Production Function where health is the output and consumer good the input. In this approach a parameter named...
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