Job Search Strategies and Outcomes for Academic Economists: A Middle-Market View

The job market for academic economists is examined with data from a sample of applicants for a position at a middle-tier university. Search methods and outcomes are reported, and regression results for an accepted salary equation are presented. A recursive system of equations is also estimated to examine the effects of gender, degree quality and networking on the outcomes of the various stages in the job search process.Job Search

Challenges in Escaping Middle-Income Trap in Selected Asian Countries

Middle Income Trap (MIT) refers to a phenomenon in which middle –income countries fail to transition to high-income level and experience sustained growth slowdowns or long-term economic stagnation. Using panel data from 1980-2017 for 10 Asian countries, the current study examines the economic and institutional factors affecting the level of GNI per capita. A Fixed Effects Model is selected for the estimation purpose. The findings suggest that high tech exports and tertiary school enrollment exert statistically significant effect on the level of GNI per capita. Very few studies have analyzed the effect of financial liberalization in the context of MIT. The study finds that financial liberalisation , measured by M2/GDP has a strong and robust effect on growth. Similarly, life expectancy-an overall health indicator-is a significant variable in explaining the level of GNI Per Capita. The study finds that government effectiveness indicator has a positive and strong effect on the level of GNI Per Capita. The research provides an additional evidence on the existing debate, using the most recent data

Determinants of Mobile Phone Penetration Rates in Latin America and the Caribbean

Using panel data analysis for Latin American and the Caribbean for 2001-2015, this paper studies the factors influencing the mobile phone subscription rates and its growth. The results suggest that GDP per capita, urbanization rate, total population, population growth rate and population density are significant drivers of mobile phone penetration rates. For the growth of mobile phone subscriptions, significant factors include GDP per capita and its growth rate, population and population density, and overall penetration level. The results confirm the S-shaped trajectory and place Latin America and the Caribbean countries farther along the diffusion curve where mobile phone subscriptions are increasing at a diminishing rate

Undefined hypercoaguable state associated with massive right ventricular thrombus and embolism in a previously healthy 17-year-old male.

A right ventricular thrombus (RVT) is an unusual finding on echocardiography. We describe a healthy young male patient who developed RVT with subsequent pulmonary embolism (PE), the etiology of which remains uncertain

Send COMPARATIVE PHARMACOKINETICS OF 3'-AZIDO-3'-DEOXYTHYMIDINE (AZT) AND 3'- AZIDO2',3'-DIDEOXYURIDINE (AZddU) IN MICE

ABSTRACT: The pharmacokinetlcs of 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT) and 3'