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Parity of transversals of Latin squares
We introduce a notion of parity for transversals, and use it to show that in
Latin squares of order , the number of transversals is a multiple of
4. We also demonstrate a number of relationships (mostly congruences modulo 4)
involving , where is the number of diagonals of a given
Latin square that contain exactly different symbols.
Let denote the matrix obtained by deleting row and column
from a parent matrix . Define to be the number of transversals
in , for some fixed Latin square . We show that for all and . Also, if has odd order then the
number of transversals of equals mod 2. We conjecture that for all .
In the course of our investigations we prove several results that could be of
interest in other contexts. For example, we show that the number of perfect
matchings in a -regular bipartite graph on vertices is divisible by
when is odd and . We also show that for all , when is an integer matrix of odd
order with all row and columns sums equal to
Connections between conjectures of Alon-Tarsi, Hadamard-Howe, and integrals over the special unitary group
We show the Alon-Tarsi conjecture on Latin squares is equivalent to a very
special case of a conjecture made independently by Hadamard and Howe, and to
the non-vanishing of some interesting integrals over SU(n). Our investigations
were motivated by geometric complexity theory.Comment: 7 page
Intersection between class and gender and its effect on the quality of employment in Chile
IndexaciĂłn: Web of Science; Scopus.En este artĂculo se analiza el efecto de la intersecciĂłn entre clase y gĂ©nero sobre la calidad
del empleo en Chile. La medida de posiciĂłn de clase utilizada estĂĄ basada en la propuesta de
Erik O. Wright y la calidad del empleo en una medida multidimensional, que incluye un Ăndice
de condiciones objetivas de empleo y dos Ăndices de condiciones subjetivas (motivaciĂłn en
el trabajo y percepciĂłn del control sobre el proceso de trabajo). Los resultados demuestran
que la clase y el género determinan diferencias significativas en la calidad objetiva y subjetiva
del empleo. Sin embargo, los datos también indican que el género (particularmente, el
hecho de ser mujer) no actĂșa necesariamente como âamplificadorâ de las desigualdades
de clase observadas en el mercado laboral. A partir de esto, al final del artĂculo se plantean
algunas reflexiones sobre cómo opera la intersección entre clase y género en el mercado
laboral chileno.This study explores the impact of the intersection between class and gender on the quality
of employment in Chile. The method used to measure social class position is based on the
work of Erik O. Wright, while, for the quality of employment, a multidimensional measurement
was used, including one index for objective working conditions and two indices for subjective
ones (motivation on the job and the perception of control over work processes). The results
demonstrate that class and gender give rise to signifcant differences in objective and
subjective job quality. However, the data also indicate that gender (more specifcally, the fact
of being female) does not necessarily amplify the class-based inequalities observed in the
labour market. Drawing on these fndings, a number of thoughts about how the class/gender
intersection operates in the Chilean labour market are shared in the fnal section of this studyhttp://hdl.handle.net/11362/4079
Crime and Social media
Purpose-The study complements the scant macroeconomic literature on the development outcomes of social media by examining the relationship between Facebook penetration and violent crime levels in a cross-section of 148 countries for the year 2012.
Design/methodology/approach-The empirical evidence is based on Ordinary Least Squares (OLS), Tobit and Quantile regressions. In order to respond to policy concerns on the limited evidence on the consequences of social media in developing countries, the dataset is disaggregated into regions and income levels. The decomposition by income levels included: low income, lower middle income, upper middle income and high income. The corresponding regions include: Europe and Central Asia, East Asia and the Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.
Findings-From OLS and Tobit regressions, there is a negative relationship between Facebook penetration and crime. However, Quantile regressions reveal that the established negative relationship is noticeable exclusively in the 90th crime decile. Further, when the dataset is decomposed into regions and income levels, the negative relationship is evident in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) while a positive relationship is confirmed for sub-Saharan Africa. Policy implications are discussed.
Originality/value- Studies on the development outcomes of social media are sparse because of a lack of reliable macroeconomic data on social media. This study primarily complemented three existing studies that have leveraged on a newly available dataset on Facebook
Proceedings of the Conference on Emerging Economic Issues in a Globalizing World
This paper tests the endogenous relationship between FDI and economic growth using a panel dataset for 23 OECD countries for the period 1975-2004. Following the literature, we treat economic growth and FDI as endogenous variables, and estimate a two-equation simultaneous equation system with the generalized methods of moments (GMM) for the OECD case. We find that FDI and growth are important determinants of for each other. We also find that export growth rate is statistically significant determinant of FDI and economic growth. Our results indicate that there is an endogenous relationship between FDI and economic growth.FDI, growth
Social Mobility in Latin America: A Review of Existing Evidence
This paper reviews evidence on social mobility in Latin America. Several studies have used data sets that collect intergenerational socio economic information. The data, though limited, suggest that social mobility is low in the region, even when compared with low social mobility developed countries like the United States and United Kingdom, with high levels of immobility at the lower and upper tails of the income distribution. While Latin America has improved education mobility in recent decades, which may have translated into higher mobility for younger cohorts, the region still presents, except for Chile, lower education mobility than in developed countries. The paper also reviews studies on the main determinants of the regionâs low levels of social mobility, including social exclusion, low access to higher education, and labor market discrimination.Social mobility, Latin America, Inequality, Social Exclusion, Education
Explaining export regional involvement through marketing strategy : the case of Spanish companies exporting to Latin America
The equivalence between the absence of arbitrage and the existence of an equivalent martingale measure fails when an infinite number of trading dates is considered. By enlarging the set of states of nature and the probability measure through a projective system of topological spaces and Radon measures, we characterize the absence of arbitrage when the time set is countable
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