Removal of tariff restrictions from the relatively low-skill sectors; growth in foreign direct investment; and, decline of trade union strength of the unskilled workers are cited in the empirical literature as the prime factors responsible for the growing incidence of wage inequality in many of...

This is a theoretical paper to analyze possible bias against daughters in the provision of healthcare. Women once married become part of in-laws' families, leading to certain inter-family externalities in household decision making, which in turn result in gender bias in healthcare. We also find...

The pharmaceutical industry is unique because of a close connection between knowledge and final product. As the quintessential science-based industry, pharmaceuticals depend heavily on high level manpower and substantial R&D for innovation. Because these requirements are costly, the industry is...

The structural and magnetic properties of <InlineEquation ID="Equ4"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$\gamma$</EquationSource> </InlineEquation>-Fe<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>3</Subscript> nanoparticles dispersed on silica spheres prepared by sol-gel method were investigated. The properties of <InlineEquation ID="Equ5"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$\gamma$</EquationSource> </InlineEquation>-Fe<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>3</Subscript> nanoparticles without silica were compared with those on silica spheres. Both the nanoparticle assemblages were...</subscript></subscript></equationsource></inlineequation></subscript></subscript></equationsource></inlineequation>