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21“...In this paper, we explore one mechanism that may underlie the negative relationship between social capital and smoking: whether social capital strengthens the...”
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22“...In 2017 the Italian government established the Fund to Finance Basic Research Activities - FFABR - with the purpose of assigning a 3,000 euros research grant...”
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23“...We estimate the (causal) effects of low skill immigration on the performance of Italian manufacturing firms. We find that an increase of the local supply of...”
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24by Yevgeniy Goryakin Lorenzo Rocco Marc Suhrcke Bayard Roberts Martin McKee Published in The European journal of health economics (01.01.2014)“...This paper examines for the first time the consequences of ill health on labour supply for a sample of nine countries from the former Soviet Union (FSU), using...”
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25by Marquez, Patricio Suhrcke, Marc McKee, Martin Rocco, Lorenzo Published in Health Affairs (01.07.2007)“...In this paper we discuss the Russian adult health crisis and its implications. Although some hope that economic growth will trigger improvements in health, we...”
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26by d'Hombres, Béatrice Rocco, Lorenzo Suhrcke, Marc Haerpfer, Christian McKee, Martin Published in Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979) (01.01.2011)“...BackgroundPrevious research has identified the role of social capital in explaining variations in health in the countries of the former Soviet Union. This...”
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27“...Using Italian data on standardized test scores, we show that the substantial heterogeneity in how performance changes with the position of questions can alter...”
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29by Scheffler, Richard M Rocco, Lorenzo Averett, Susan L Published in Eastern economic journal (01.03.2014)“...Almost a decade has passed since Richard Scheffler convened the first workshop on social capital and health at the University of California at Berkeley that...”
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31“...Nondemocratic governments under the rule of weak institutions use repression against the opposition to remain in power. Repression both muffles the...”
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32by Folland, Sherman Rocco, Lorenzo Scheffler, Richard M“...Key Features:Consists of contributions from internationally renowned authorsProvides first-rate empirical analysisAccessible to non-economists...”
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33by Brunello, Giorgio Rocco, Lorenzo Ariga, Ken Iwahashi, Roki Published in Education economics (2012)“...Many European countries have delayed the time when school tracking starts in order to pursue equality of opportunity. What are the efficiency costs of...”
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34“...While there is a vast literature considering the labour market effects of immigration, less has been done to investigate how immigration affects the...”
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35by Rocco, Lorenzo Published in Health policy (Amsterdam) (2014)“...Abstract Along the pathway traced by few recent contribution that attempt to identify the causal effect of social capital on health, this paper analyzes...”
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36“...► We estimate the effect of immigrant students on the test scores of native students. ► Sorting between schools and between countries is taken into account. ►...”
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38by Brunello, Giorgio Rocco, Lorenzo Published in SERIEs : journal of the Spanish Economic Association (01.11.2017)“...We have shown that vocational education does not perform as well as academic education both in labour market outcomes and in the level of basic skills,...”
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40by Goryakin, Yevgeniy Rocco, Lorenzo Suhrcke, Marc Published in Economics and human biology (01.08.2017)“...•Urbanization positively related to diabetes, blood cholesterol and BMI.•However, urbanization and blood pressure may be negatively related.•This association...”