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Determinants of maternal healthcare utilization in Zimbabwe
Muchabaiwa, Lazarus; Mazambani, D.; Chigusiwa, L.; Bindu, S. - In: International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied … 5 (2012) 2, pp. 145-162
Zimbabwe and other developing countries struggle to achieve millennium development goals originally set for 2015. To … maternal healthcare services use in Zimbabwe. A logistic model for four different maternal healthcare services using data from … the 2005/6 Zimbabwe Demographic Health Survey was estimated. Secondary education increases the odds of use of maternal …
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Taxation, infrastructure investment, growth, and poverty reduction: A case study of Zimbabwe
Lofgren, Hans; Cicowiez, Martín - 2022
In recent decades, Zimbabwe's development record has been disappointing. In the last few years, a severe drought and …
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Biofuels and Economic Welfare: A cost-benefit analysis of Jatropha schemes in Zimbabwe
Mawire, Banarbas - 2008
. Interestingly, this analysis of Jatropha hedges and oil milling schemes in rural Zimbabwe shows that energy crops such as Jatropha …
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Vulnerability, poverty and coping in Zimbabwe
Bird, Kate; Prowse, Martin - 2008
This paper uses five life histories from three locations in Zimbabwe - one peri-urban, one urban and one rural to … Zimbabwe's recent economic and political turmoil. Together the cases suggest that, similar to Hoddinott's work on the … persistence of the 1993-94 rainfall shock in rural Zimbabwe, above and beyond increased mortality rates and morbidity levels …
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Intra-industry adjustment to import competition: theory and application to the German clothing industry
Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim - 2009
This paper uses an oligopoly model with heterogeneous firms to examine how an industry adjusts to rising import competition. The model predicts that in the short run the least efficient firms in the industry become inactive, surviving firms face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265261
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Intra-industry adjustment to import competition: theory and application to the German clothing industry
Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim - 2009
This paper uses an oligopoly model with heterogeneous firms to examine how an industry adjusts to rising import competition. The model predicts that in the short run the least efficient firms in the industry become inactive, surviving firms face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265924
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Intra-industry adjustment to import competition : theory and application to the German clothing industry
Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim - 2009
This paper uses an oligopoly model with heterogeneous firms to examine how an industry adjusts to rising import competition. The model predicts that in the short run the least efficient firms in the industry become inactive, surviving firms face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266034
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Greenwashing in the fashion industry: The flipside of the sustainability trend from the perspective of generation Z
Linckens, Sarah; Horn, Carmen; Perret, Jens K. - 2024
The sustainability trend of recent years is reflected in society's growing environmental awareness and the increasing promotion of green products and services in the market. The flip side is that most advertisements and green branding originate from companies that still have a negative impact on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015327124
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Labor market adjustments after a large import shock: evidence from the German clothing industry and the multi-fibre arrangement
Braakmann, Nils; Wagner, Joachim - 2009
This paper considers labor market adjustments following a large import shock in the German clothing industry caused by the phasing out of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement. Using the German shoe industry as a control group and administrative data, we study adjustments on the individual and firm level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269526
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Intra-industry adjustment to import competition: theory and application to the German clothing industry
Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim - 2009
This paper uses an oligopoly model with heterogeneous firms to examine how an industry adjusts to rising import competition. The model predicts that in the short run the least efficient firms in the industry become inactive, surviving firms face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271260