from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes at http://bit.ly/2iChpAy on December 27, 2016 at 09:13PM This paper analyses wage dynamics in Italy in the last 25 years with a special focus on the recent recession. Despite the rather rigid Italian institutional setting, using linked employer-employee data we find that wage rigidities, albeit always present, have been subdued […]

from Quality of Life Research at http://bit.ly/2hMbncF on December 27, 2016 at 08:38PM Abstract Purpose Prior studies suggest that specialist care associates with improved health-related quality of life (HRQL) in asthmatic patients. However, there are limited studies focused on differences in HRQL among subspecialties. The aim of this study was to assess the differences in […]

from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes at http://bit.ly/2hrABiK on December 27, 2016 at 08:13PM This paper investigates international differences in wage inequality and skills and whether a compressed wage distribution is associated with high unemployment across core OECD countries. Wage dispersion and wage structure are widely debated among policymakers; compressed wage structure is often […]

from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes at http://bit.ly/2icrMZ2 on December 27, 2016 at 08:13PM This paper examines the earnings penalties and premiums associated with different types of employment in 73 countries. Workers are divided into four categories: non-professional own-account workers, employers and own-account professionals, informal wage employees, and formal wage employees. Approximately half of […]

from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes at http://bit.ly/2hruN8V on December 27, 2016 at 08:13PM The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this paper, I illustrate their long-term consequences on contemporaneous socio-economic outcomes, drawing from my own previous work on the topic and from […]

from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes at http://bit.ly/2icrLUY on December 27, 2016 at 08:13PM There are considerable differences in gender unemployment gaps across the EU. We use labor force survey data on 21 countries to perform a series of data decompositions and show that the cross-country variation in gender unemployment gaps is primarily driven […]

from The European Journal of Health Economics at http://bit.ly/2hL831c on December 27, 2016 at 01:55PM

from The European Journal of Health Economics at http://bit.ly/2hL831c on December 27, 2016 at 12:26PM

from Health Economics Review at http://bit.ly/2htJD0m on December 27, 2016 at 07:40AM We study the stability problem of mild solutions of impulsive stochastic differential equations driven by a fractional Brown motion with finite time-varying delay. The Hurst parameter H of the fractional Brown motion belongs to ( 1 2 , 1 ) . In terms […]

from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes at http://bit.ly/2htJD0m on December 27, 2016 at 07:11AM We study the stability problem of mild solutions of impulsive stochastic differential equations driven by a fractional Brown motion with finite time-varying delay. The Hurst parameter H of the fractional Brown motion belongs to ( 1 2 , 1 ) […]

from Health Economics Review at http://bit.ly/2imUFRY on December 27, 2016 at 05:39AM Background: Acute-onset neurodegenerative diseases in older patients are rare clinical cases, especially when the degeneration only affects specific regions of the nervous system. Several neurological disorders have been described in which the degeneration of brain parenchyma originates from and/or primarily affects the brain […]

from Health Economics Review at http://bit.ly/2id5Uii on December 27, 2016 at 05:39AM Background: Health behavior theories are useful to interpret adolescents’ dietary behaviors. Evidences show that theories are influenced by social and psychological determinants. So, the purpose of this study is to systematically review studies that tested social cognitive theories (non-integrated) that predict adolescents’ dietary […]

from Health Economics Review at http://bit.ly/2imVJVR on December 27, 2016 at 05:39AM Background: The increase in solid waste generated per capita in Africa has not been accompanied by a commensurate growth in the capacity and funding to manage it. It is reported that less than 30% of urban waste in developing countries is collected and […]

from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes at http://bit.ly/2imUFRY on December 27, 2016 at 05:11AM Background: Acute-onset neurodegenerative diseases in older patients are rare clinical cases, especially when the degeneration only affects specific regions of the nervous system. Several neurological disorders have been described in which the degeneration of brain parenchyma originates from and/or primarily […]

from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes at http://bit.ly/2id5Uii on December 27, 2016 at 05:11AM Background: Health behavior theories are useful to interpret adolescents’ dietary behaviors. Evidences show that theories are influenced by social and psychological determinants. So, the purpose of this study is to systematically review studies that tested social cognitive theories (non-integrated) that […]

from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes at http://bit.ly/2imVJVR on December 27, 2016 at 05:11AM Background: The increase in solid waste generated per capita in Africa has not been accompanied by a commensurate growth in the capacity and funding to manage it. It is reported that less than 30% of urban waste in developing countries […]

from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes at http://bit.ly/2iq281F on December 27, 2016 at 05:11AM Background: Recruitment to randomised controlled trials with children is challenging. It is imperative to understand the factors that boost or hinder recruitment of children to clinical trials. We conducted a survey of facilitators and barriers to recruitment to the MAGNETIC […]

from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes at http://bit.ly/2hSLkUb on December 27, 2016 at 05:11AM Background: Molecular characterization has the potential to advance the management of pediatric cancer and high-risk hematologic disease. The clinical integration of genome sequencing into standard clinical practice has been limited and the potential utility of genome sequencing to identify clinically […]

from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes at http://bit.ly/2iq50eK on December 27, 2016 at 05:11AM Background: Most cases of colorectal cancer (CRC) are initiated by inactivation mutations in the APC gene, which is a negative regulator of the Wnt-β-catenin pathway. Patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) inherit a germline mutation in one APC allele, and […]

from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes at http://bit.ly/2hSNS4w on December 27, 2016 at 05:11AM Background: We have previously reported that γ- and δ-tocotrienols (γ- and δ-T3) induce gene expression and apoptosis in human breast cancer cells (MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7). This effect is mediated, at least in part, by a specific binding and activation of […]

from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes at http://bit.ly/2ipS4pk on December 27, 2016 at 05:11AM Background: Although serotonin (5-HT 3 ) receptor antagonists are effective in reducing nausea and vomiting, they may be associated with increased cardiac risk. Our objective was to examine the comparative safety and effectiveness of 5-HT 3 receptor antagonists (e.g., dolasetron, […]

from Health Economics at http://bit.ly/2iyZ1IZ on December 27, 2016 at 02:37AM Summary This paper examines the relationship between rising health insurance costs and employee compensation. I estimate the extent to which total compensation decreases with a rise in health insurance costs and decompose these changes in compensation into adjustments in wages, non-health fringe benefits, and […]

from Health Economics Review at http://bit.ly/2i2hyw7 on December 27, 2016 at 01:38AM Recently, the innovation management literature has witnessed a rising interest in the so-called frugal innovation. The term was initially discussed in the context of emerging markets, giving non-affluent customers opportunities to consume affordable products and services suited to their needs. However, the meaning […]

from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes at http://bit.ly/2i2hyw7 on December 27, 2016 at 01:10AM Recently, the innovation management literature has witnessed a rising interest in the so-called frugal innovation. The term was initially discussed in the context of emerging markets, giving non-affluent customers opportunities to consume affordable products and services suited to their needs. […]

from Quality of Life Research at http://bit.ly/2i2gsAE on December 27, 2016 at 12:26AM Abstract Purpose To identify and quantify the main concepts included in published studies focusing on individuals with schizophrenia using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Methods Searches (limited to those published from 2008 to 2012) were performed in MEDLINE, […]

from Health Economics Review at http://bit.ly/2hihG6C on December 26, 2016 at 08:37PM The theory of fresco as the standard painting technique in Roman wall paintings, formulated in the mid-1960s by Paolo Mora and Laura Mora and Paul Philippot, has enjoyed general acceptance among specialists to the present day. However, the fresco theory is based on […]

from Health and Quality of Life Outcomes at http://bit.ly/2hihG6C on December 26, 2016 at 08:09PM The theory of fresco as the standard painting technique in Roman wall paintings, formulated in the mid-1960s by Paolo Mora and Laura Mora and Paul Philippot, has enjoyed general acceptance among specialists to the present day. However, the fresco theory […]