Empirical evidence from developed countries consistently shows that working wives remain responsible for most household duties. The aim of this paper is to study the unequal distribution of housework between working spouses in Spain. Housework time allocation is modelled through a bivariate negative binomial distribution, conditional on a set of observable characteristics, such as paid labor co...

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We have examined 138 cases of a disorder previously described in people of Portuguese origin and which has received many names. By computer analysis of 46 different items of a standardized neurological examination carried out in each patient, we have been able to delineate the main components of the clinical presentation, to conclude that the marked variability in clinical expressions does not ...

En este artículo se exploran algunas prácticas comunicativas de una agencia comunicación comunitaria en el pueblo Guelatao Juárez Oaxaca, México, llamada Becu (perro zapoteco). Estas están determinadas por diversos factores, entre ellos: los procesos históricos lucha territorio pueblos indígenas la región, teoría comunalidad elaborada dos antropólogos Sierra Norte Oaxaca y las necesidades trans...

In this paper we study two aspects of the decision-making process following the birth of a child: whether or not the mother works, and whether or not the couple provides the child with formal childcare. Focusing on Padova and its district (North-East Italy), we discuss differences in the strategies of Italian and foreign mothers, controlling for socio-economic status, opinions on women's roles,...

This study uses data from the Survey of Doctorate Recipients to evaluate gender differences in salaries and promotion for academics in the humanities. Differences in employment outcomes by gender are evaluated using three methods: the Oaxaca decomposition is used to examine salary differentials, and binary choice models and duration analysis are used to estimate the probability of promotion to ...

Machado-Joseph disease (MJD), also known as spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3), may be the most common dominantly inherited ataxia in the world. Here I will review historical, clinical, neuropathological, genetic, and pathogenic features of MJD, and finish with a brief discussion of present, and possible future, treatment for this currently incurable disorder. Like many other dominantly inher...