We study why free public health insurance in India exhibits persistently low utilisation despite high out of pocket health expenses. Using panel data from the Young Lives Survey and the rollout of the Arogyasri scheme in Andhra Pradesh, we distinguish the roles of informal financial and...

Background: In the current context of increasing competitiveness and complexity in markets, accurate demand forecasting has become a key element for efficient production planning. Methods: This study implements recurrent neural networks (RNNs) to predict raw material demand using historical...

The empirical migration literature often identifies the labor market effects of immigration using exogenous variation of migration concentration across sectors. However, this approach differences out macroeconomic effects which occur in all sectors. We apply macroeconomic time series methods to...

This paper studies the relationship between market concentration and aggregate productivity when firmlevel demand emerges from past marketing investments. Granular firms may invest in demand both to complement their productivity and to amplify market power-this second force can create persistent...

We study why free public health insurance in India exhibits persistently low utilisation despite high out of pocket health expenses. In the context of the Arogyasri program in Andhra Pradesh, we distinguish the roles of informal financial and information networks in shaping adoption....

The research aims to analyse the influence of selected factors on the demand for urban public transport in the Czech Republic. Urban public transport is important publicly provided service worldwide. In the Czech Republic this means public ownership of transport companies and massive subsidies...

Bisherige Studien gehen davon aus, dass kognitive Fähigkeiten spätestens ab dem 30. Lebensjahr nachlassen. Die Annahme beruht jedoch weitgehend auf Querschnittsdaten, die nicht zwischen Alters- und Kohorteneffekten unterscheiden können. Einzigartige deutsche Längsschnittdaten zu Kompetenzen...

Across many cultures, resting instead of working is viewed as a barrier to higher earnings. This belief is also reflected in many canonical economic models. Recent empirical evidence highlighting the productivity benefits of rest challenges this belief. Yet, existing work tends to ignore...

Life expectancy rates have increased substantially in Ireland in recent years, driven mainly by reductions in mortality rates at older ages. Accordingly, Ireland has seen large increases in its older population, and along with this increasing demand for health and social care services,...

The empirical migration literature often identifies the labor market effects of immi- gration using exogenous variation of migration concentration across sectors or regions. However, this approach differences out macroeconomic effects which occur in all sec- tors. In this paper we apply...

This paper studies the relationship between market concentration and aggregate productivity when firmlevel demand emerges from past marketing investments. Granular firms may invest in demand both to complement their productivity and to amplify market power-this second force can create persistent...

The empirical migration literature often identifies the labor market effects of immigration using exogenous variation of migration concentration across sectors. However, this approach differences out macroeconomic effects which occur in all sectors. We apply macroeconomic time series methods to...

Achieving a net-zero energy system in Europe by 2050 will likely require large-scale deployment of hydrogen and seasonal energy storage to manage variability in renewable supply and demand. This study addresses two key objectives: (1) to develop a modeling framework that integrates seasonal...

Natural gas is a crucial element of energy supply in Great Britain (GB). The vast majority of GB gas consumption occurs in three main sectors: industry, Local Distribution Zone (residential, commercial, and services), and power generation. While there are strong seasonal patterns of demand...

The long-expected wave of LNG supply is now almost upon us, and is expected to outstrip the rise in demand for LNG. Spot prices, in European and Asian markets, may respond to the overhang of supply by moving to more short-run pricing – as was seen in 2019 and 2020 – and, as a result, prices...

Mass shootings in the U.S. have been at the center of the public crisis debate for a long time. Combining information on mass shootings with background check reports from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, this study applies mass shootings as exogenous shocks and reveals that the demand for...

Broadcast TV is a well-known example of a two-sided platform where cross network effects on the viewer and advertising sides interact. Like many platforms, it is advertiser-financed. While the literature shows that viewers dislike advertising, we explore a unique data set and distinguish between...

This paper develops an econometric framework for identifying latent factors that provide real-time estimates of supply and demand conditions shaping goods- and services-related price pressures in the U.S. economy. The factors are estimated using category-specific personal consumption...

Forecasting natural gas demand is critical for enhancing energy efficiency, optimizing infrastructure planning, and supporting Tunisia's transition toward sustainable energy. As the fastest-growing fossil fuel and one of the cleanest among non-renewable energy sources, natural gas plays a...

The reorder point formula in the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) model traditionally assumes that demand during the lead-time follows a normal distribution. However, this assumption presents several challenges. First, alternative probability distributions may better capture demand patterns for...

This paper incorporates non-homothetic preferences and the product quality ladder assumption into a model of heterogeneous multi-product firms from the perspective of scale and quality to investigate the differential impact of domestic demand upgrading on firm resource reallocation and export...

Accurate forecasting of raw material demand is critical for effective decision-making in project management, particularly in the construction sector. Demand fluctuations in this industry can severely disrupt workflows and cause project delays. Reliable demand predictions help maintain...

Web surveys often suffer from low response rates when invitations are sent via email. We conducted an experiment testing the effects of a $5 Starbucks gift card incentive on response rates and survey results from an email-web survey of Gulf of Mexico recreational anglers. Half the sample was...