Utilization of Infertility Services: How Much Does Money Matter?

The article of record as published may be located at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00640.xObjective. To estimate the effects of financial access and other individual characteristics on the likelihood that a woman pursues infertility treatment and the choice of treatment type. Data Source/Study Setting. The 1995 National Survey of Family Growth. Study Design. Weuse a binomial logitmodel to estimate the effects of financial access and individual characteristics on the likelihood that a woman pursues infertility treatment. We then use a multinomial logit model to estimate the differential effects of these variables across treatment types. Data Collection/Extraction Method. This study analyzes the subset of 1,210 women whomeet the definition of infertile or subfecund fromthe 1995National Survey of Family Growth

Expansión de la educación superior y sus efectos en matriculación y migración: evidencia de Colombia

La dinámica económica y social de las principales ciudades ha resultado en un crecimiento heterogéneo de la cobertura educativa del país. Así, la oferta de educación superior se ha concentrado históricamente en las ciudades de Bogotá, Medellín, Cali y Barranquilla, lo que las ha convertido en polos de atracción de estudiantes, que se han visto forzados a migrar asumiendo los costos económicos de esta decisión y creando asignaciones ineficientes en el acceso a la educación superior. Este artículo examina el efecto exógeno del incremento de la oferta en educación superior sobre la probabilidad de matricularse y migrar, al controlar por habilidades como el desempeño académico, características socioeconómicas y la cercanía a la oferta educativa. Los resultados muestran un efecto significativo del incremento en la oferta sobre la probabilidad de matricularse y un efecto no significativo sobre la migración. En este sentido, las políticas de regionalización y expansión de la educación superior en Colombia no tienen un efecto claramente identificable en la permanencia de los estudiantes en sus lugares de origen, aun cuando esto pueda ser deseable por parte de la política educativa del país

Comparing the Lifestyles of Victims, Offenders, and Victim-Offenders: A Routine Activity Theory Assessment of Similarities and Differences for Criminal Incident Participants

Drawing on routine activity theory, this paper examines a sample of college students involved in criminal assault to assess whether victims, offenders, and those who are both victims and offenders show similarities on demographic, social activity, neighborhood, exposure, illegal activities, and alcohol and drug use variables. This research tests previous claims that criminal victims and offenders have numerous shared characteristics and behaviors. For all three groups a wide range of sophisticated measures of lifestyle are used to predict the likelihood of involvement in criminal incidents of assault. Victimization risks are primarily explained by indicators of individuals’ exposure to offenders. Likelihood of offending is most usefully explained by demographics and participation in other illegal behaviors. Being both a victim and offender of assault is explained by a more complex set of indicators, encompassing a wide range of factors. Based on these results it appears that, for the crime of assault, victims, offenders, and victim-offenders are three distinct groups, identifiable by varying lifestyle measures. Results provide moderate support for routine activity theory and strongly support the need for refined measures of lifestyle when assessing criminal incident involvement. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC