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The distribution of the gender wage gap
The US labour force participation debacle: learning from the contrast with Britain
[…] ill-equipped to deal with the looming ageing of the Baby Boom generation. An Oaxaca decomposition shows that the relative decline of US participation rates with respect to the UK is roughly equally attributable to characteristics, which have become less favourable over time, and the impact of those characteristics, which have become more adverse to participation.
Twin birth and maternal condition
Cutting through the app: how can mobile health apps meet their true potential?
[…] positive health behaviours such as a healthy diet and physical exercise. If these positive health behaviours are continued across large population groups, this could have a positive impact on non-communicable disease prevalence rates. 3) Best practice apps include Gray Matters, that has been shown to improve health behaviours that can reduce the risk of […]
A new measure of poverty for the UK: the final report of the Social Metrics Commission
[…] findings on the number and percentage of people living in poverty based on this approach are provided. In line with the Commission’s wider measurement framework, results are also provided for the depth and persistence of poverty as well as the wider factors that can impact on the lives of people in poverty (Lived Experience Indicators).
The twin instrument: fertility and human capital investment
Teacher workforce dynamics in England: nurturing, supporting and valuing teachers
Fuel subsidies and income redistribution in Ecuador
[…] all fuel subsidies would increase poverty and inequality due to the importance of domestic gas subsidy for low-income households. Eliminating only gasoline and diesel subsidies would not impact poverty and inequality, while allowing to reduce government expenditure. We further show that using part of the budget saved from the elimination of fuel subsidies to […]
Applications of paradata in survey design and analysis -PhD thesis-
[…] from an experiment designed by the author. This chapter seeks to further examine and develop standing theories of progress indicator effects on surveys by focusing on their impact on response quality while also expanding on the uses of web survey paradata and their applications for response quality assessment and respondent behaviour (including satisficing, as […]