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Truncated sum-of-squares estimation of fractional time series models with generalized power law trend
(Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 2022)
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We consider truncated (or conditional) sum-of-squares estimation of a parametric fractional time series model with an additive deterministic structure. The latter consists of both a drift term and a generalized power law ...
Wars, depression, and fascism: income inequality in Italy, 1900-1950
(2021)
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This paper documents new yearly estimates of income inequality in Italy
from 1900 to 1950. By constructing dynamic social tables, we obtain the first
comprehensive assessment of all major components of ...
Provincial health inequalities in Spain since 1860
(2021)
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Using annual mortality rates at the provincial level for men and women, we construct a Gini index to estimate changes in regional health inequalities since 1860 in Spain. We find a long steady decline in health inequality ...
A lesson from history? The 1918 influenza pandemic and the rise of Italian fascism: a cross-city quantitative and historical text qualitative analysis
(2021)
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Objectives: Evidence linking past experiences of worsening health and support for radical political views has generated concerns about the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The influenza pandemic that began in 1918 ...
Stereotypes and tournament self-selection: a theoretical and experimental approach
(Elsevier, 2020)
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We present a theoretical model in which agents have imperfect self-knowledge about their abilities and have to self-select into either a high-paying or a low-paying tournament. The model shows that negative (positive) ...
The measurement of the value of a language
(Elsevier, 2022)
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We address the problem of assessing the value of a language. We consider a stylized model of multilingual societies in which we introduce axioms formalizing the principles of impartiality, monotonicity, invariance and ...
Physical activity disparities across Europe: clustering European regions by health-related physical activity levels
(Oxford University Press, 2022)
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In the context of stagnating global levels of physical activity (PA), this study examines the geographical segmentation of PA at the regional level (196 regions) in Europe. Cluster analysis and multinomial logistic regression ...
Measuring the economic impact of covid-19 on the uk’s leisure and sport during the 2020 lockdown
(MDPI, 2021)
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This research evaluates the effect of the SARS-CoV2 pandemic on sport Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and consumer expenditure in the leisure sector in the United Kingdom (UK). The leisure sector is divided into leisure at ...
Changes in inequality in use of maternal health care services: evidence from skilled birth attendance in mauritania for the period 2007-2015
(MDPI, 2022)
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Skilled birth attendance is critical to reduce infant and maternal mortality. Health development plans and strategies, especially in developing countries, consider equity in access to maternal health care services as a ...
Effect of the great crisis on sectoral female employment in Europe: a structural decomposition analysis
(MDPI, 2020)
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Sectoral gender segregation in labor markets is a fact. This paper examines the female distribution of employment by sectors in the EU 28, thereby contributing to the literature on the effects of the recession and subsequent ...