What nudges will matter? An empirical study of female joblessness

The purpose of this empirical study is to use an interdisciplinary approach across labour economics, behavioural economics and social economics to explain female labour market statuses, in particular joblessness choices and conditions. We propose a new theoretical framework, based on Sen’s capability approach, new derived variables for the British Household Panel Survey and a new empirical methodology to estimate the probabilities of different labour market categories. Our results show that, in addition to the standard human capital variables, labour market statuses are markedly influenced by the interplay of environmental, social, psychological factors and personal views and values, such as disposition and conformity towards local social rules and to social relations’ (network) norms, degree of confidence and optimism, risk attitude, job and life satisfaction, preferences for the status quo and plans for the future. We find that the predicted probability of joblessness improves substantially when we move from the traditional into the multi- dimensional approach. Adding new variables to allow for more constraints and opportunities provides a richer and more refined view of factors affecting non employment and helps to recognize and explain better status of people within “similar” groups as well as to identify more accurately those people whose status in not in line with the “expected” (such as the employed against the odds and the voluntary” non- employed). We found that there are some clear idiosyncrasies across the different types of joblessness in particular when it comes to the category of carers, a unique feature of female joblessness. Our model predicts that being more embedded in a local community, having stronger values for family life and stronger ties with close “inactive” friends, facing potential income losses in changing labour market status (as measured by counterfactual labour income versus actual non labour income), are all factors that increase the odds of being a carer relative to being unemployed and that prompt carers to choose or preserve their status quo. Social environment matters in reinforcing personal attitude producing a sort of confirmation bias effect that suggests that social influence is more effective across similarly minded people. The results suggest that policies focused on areas where high levels of inactivity is present, working with large friendship groups within these areas could be used to motivate groups of individuals into work. Prospective financial losses (of receiving a labour income lower than non labour income if a carer became employed) increase the odds of being a carer while potential labour income gains would always decrease the odds of being carers versus any other category, particularly when the other categories are students and unemployed (i.e., those more potentially “attached” to the labour market). The results suggest a role for in work benefits such as the tax credits system, the national minimum wage and benefit reforms as policy options to help make work pay and provide incentives to work. Finally, designing active labour market policies that are more tailored to the characteristics of the individual job seeker could prove a fruitful avenue for policies such as the Work Programme

Massachusetts Health Reform in 2008: Who Are the Remaining Uninsured Adults?

Profiles residents still uninsured after the individual mandate was implemented: young, single, urban, male racial/ethnic minorities and non-citizens with limited English proficiency. Outlines lessons on outreach to those eligible for public coverage

Keynote Address: The Future of Cardiovascular Epidemiology: Current Trends?

This is the Research Retreat\u27s Keynote presentation by Vasan S. Ramachandran, MD, who is Principal Investigator and Co-Director, Echocardiography/Vascular Laboratory, Framingham Heart Study. Dr. Ramachandran is also Chief, Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology and Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Ramachandran discusses the future of cardiovascular epidemiology, including the roles of: cHealth (community), sHealth (social), mHealth (mobile), eHealth (electronic), and gHealth (genomic)

Dipole Array Excited by Slots in its Coaxial Feeder

A technical analysis of the coaxial dipole-array excited by periodically distributed slots in common coaxial feeder is presented. The lossy transmission-line theory is applied for determination of the current on all parts of the system. Calculated results support some properties of the system, especially the radiation pattern and the input impedance

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-ENABLED EDGE-CENTRIC SOLUTION FOR AUTOMATED ASSESSMENT OF SLEEP USING WEARABLES IN SMART HEALTH

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-ENABLED EDGE-CENTRIC SOLUTION FOR AUTOMATED ASSESSMENT OF SLEEP USING WEARABLES IN SMART HEALT

Eco friendly packages for freshness retention and shelf life extension of tuberose flower

Tuberose is one among the important commercial flower crops popular for its pleasant fragrance in domestic as well as export market. Packaging material plays an important role in retention of freshness of tuberose flowers. At present, tuberose flowers are packaged in bulk in wet gunny bags and sold in whole sale market. For retail market, polyethylene covers are largely used for packaging of tuberose flowers which is not eco friendly. Hence, an attempt is made to standardise alternate eco friendly packages which will retain freshness and extend the shelf life of tuberose flowers. Experiments were conducted by packaging loose tuberose flowers (cv. Local Single) in areca nut sheath cup, banana leaf cup and peepal leaf cup. The samples were stored in both ambient (Temp 25-26°C, RH 52%) and low temperature (Temp 10p C, RH 86%). Periodical observations on colour index, freshness index and fragrance index were done using standard procedures. Studies revealed that arecanut sheath cup was found suitable for retail packaging of tuberose with higher freshness (82.26%), fragrance (71.21%), had shelf life upto 2 days in ambient storage condition when compared to flowers packaged in banana sheath cup and peepal cup which had less freshness and fragrance index in similar storage condition. In low temperature storage also tuberose flower packaged in areca nut sheath cup had higher freshness index (87.84), colour index (79.63) and fragrance index (71.21), as compared to flowers packaged in banana sheath cup and peepal leaf cup and shelf life of 7 days

Single resolution mechanism : the impact on european banks’ risk

Mestrado em FinançasAssim que a falência do Lehman Brothers abalou os mercados financeiros mundiais, emergiu na Europa uma onda de injeção de capital em bancos, levando a que todos os responsáveis políticos desse lado do Atlântico soubessem, de forma imediata, que algo teria de mudar. Contudo, apenas cinco anos depois, a União Europeia deu o pontapé de saída para o Mecanismo Único de Resolução (SRM, na sigla anglo-saxónica). A 21 de maio de 2014, os então 26 Estados Membros chegaram a acordo para a criação do Fundo Único de Resolução (SRF, na sigla anglo-saxónica), a fundação daquela que é, atualmente, a rede de segurança da economia europeia perante os bancos. No entanto, terá esta medida sido bem sucedida? Isso é algo que só o tempo poderá responder. Por agora, este estudo procura compreender se o Mecanismo Único de Resolução teve um impacto imediato no risco sistémico dos bancos europeus. Como poderemos demonstrar mais à frente, com base em dados de mercado recolhidos nos períodos antes e depois do acordo, o risco sistémico dos bancos europeus, medido pelo beta, melhorou substancialmente, quando comparado com a média dos restantes sectores. Ao mesmo tempo, revelamos que houve uma redução da volatilidade dos bancos, ao passo que nas restantes empresas acabou mesmo por deteriorar-se. Finalmente, procuramos fazer uma análise regional comparando as empresas dos países "Centrais", "Nórdicos" e "Periféricos" da União Europeia, concluíndo que o primeiro grupo tirou maior partido deste processo, com base o beta.As soon as the Lehman Brothers' file for bankruptcy rocked global financial markets, a wave of State capital injections into banks emerged in Europe, and every lawmaker on that side of the Atlantic knew straight away that something had to change. However, it was only five years later that the European Union set the first stone for the Single Resolution Mechanism (SRM). On May 21st, 2014, the then 26 Member States agreed on the creation of the Single Resolution Fund (SRF), the foundation of what is now the European economy's safety-net before the banks. Yet, has this proven to be successful? That is something only time will be able to answer. For now, this study aims to understand if the Single Resolution Mechanism had an immediate impact on the European banks' risk. As we will be able to demonstrate further on, based on market data from before and after this agreement, the European Union banks' risk, measured by beta, was significantly reduced when compared to the average of every other sector. At the same time, we show that volatility also improved on banks, while actually increased among the other companies. Finally, we attempt a region analysis by comparing companies from the "Core", "Nordic", and "Peripheral" countries in the European Union, concluding the first group was able to take more advantage from this process based on their beta.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Child/Youth Homelessness: housing affordability, early intervention, and preventive care in Australia

The purpose of this paper is to explore the child/youth homelessness including its preventive care.This paper explores the housing support program implemented across Australia in brief at first, and then profile child/youth homelessness and housing policy. Based on that, it discusses early intervention and preventive methods followed by the conclusion