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Prenatal smoking and genetic risk: Examining the childhood origins of externalizing behavioral problems
Petkovsek, Melissa A.; Boutwell, Brian B.; Beaver, Kevin M. - In: Social Science & Medicine 111 (2014) C, pp. 17-24
An ever-growing body of research has begun to focus closely on the role of prenatal smoke exposure in the development … behavioral problems. We build on this prior research by examining the coalescence of prenatal smoke exposure and genetic risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010776659
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Collected customs duties: the level of taxation on imports applied by the US and the EU
Gallezot, Jacques; Aussilloux, Vincent - Département Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et … - 2008
.5% est équivalent pour l'UE et les USA en 2003. Néanmoins, il apparaît que les USA taxent plus les PMA et les pays en … développement que l'UE. Ainsi, en écartant les produits qui entrent en franchise de droits, la taxation appliquée par les USA est de …'importation du marché des USA, alors que ce sont plutôt les produits alimentaires et agricoles à l'importation du marché de l …
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They are even larger! More (on) puzzling labor market volatilities
Gartner, Hermann; Merkl, Christian; Rothe, Thomas - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2009
"This paper shows that the German labor market is more volatile than the US labor market at the business cycle frequency. Specifically, the volatility of the cyclical component of several labor market variables (e.g., the job-finding rate, the labor market tightness and vacancies) divided by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592399
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Compression of morbidity and the labor supply of older people
Romeu Gordo, Laura - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2006
"This paper tests whether there is evidence of compression of morbidity using data from the American Health and Retirement Study and analyzes the effects of this on the labor supply of older people. We find younger cohorts to suffer less from functional problems than older cohorts at given ages....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592405
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Inequality and the (self-)selection of international migrants : theory and novel evidence
Brücker, Herbert; Defoort, Cecily - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2007
"This paper analyses the (self-)selection of migrants between countries which have substantial differences in the inequality of earnings and income levels. In an extended version of the Roy-model we consider migration costs, which tend to grow less than proportional with the income level. As a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592435
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The acceptability of layoffs and pay cuts : comparing North America with Germany
Gerlach, Knut; Levine, David; Stephan, Gesine; Struck, Olaf - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2006
"Substantial evidence shows that North Americans are generally more accepting of the market than Europeans and attribute market outcomes to a larger degree to effort or skill. This article discusses the perceived fairness of layoffs and pay cuts in North America and Germany. We expect North...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592436
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The time trend in the matching function
Poeschel, Friedrich - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2012
"We revisit the puzzling finding that labour market performance appears to deteriorate, as suggested by negative time trends in empirical matching functions. We investigate whether these trends simply arise from omitted variable bias. Concretely, we consider the omission of job seekers beyond...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592463
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Immigrant status and cognitive functioning in late-life: An examination of gender variations in the healthy immigrant effect
Hill, Terrence D.; Angel, Jacqueline L.; Balistreri, … - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 12, pp. 2076-2084
Although some research suggests that the healthy immigrant effect extends to cognitive functioning, it is unclear … to assess variations in cognitive functioning trajectories by nativity status and age at migration to the U.S.A. among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010594272
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Neighborhood poverty, park use, and park-based physical activity in a Southern California city
Cohen, Deborah A.; Han, Bing; Derose, Kathryn Pitkin; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 12, pp. 2317-2325
park. Future research should test whether increasing park staffing and programming will lead to increased park use in high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010594280
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More than culture: Structural racism, intersectionality theory, and immigrant health
Viruell-Fuentes, Edna A.; Miranda, Patricia Y.; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 12, pp. 2099-2106
research on immigrant health. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010594281