We show that a one-sector real business cycle model with mild increasing returns-toscale and variable capital utilization is able to produce qualitatively realistic business cycles driven solely by aggregate demand shocks. In particular, a positive government spending shock can lead to simultaneous increases in output, consumption, investment, employment, labor productivity and the real wage. O...

BACKGROUND Work participation is a common activity for young adolescents. Yet it may impact upon other aspects of their lives and their health. We sought to provide some of the first Canadian population-based estimates of 12 to 14 year olds' employment and work injury experiences, a group typically excluded from labour force statistics. METHODS Secondary data analysis of school-based surveys ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of timing of return to work, number of hours worked, and their interaction, on the likelihood of breastfeeding at 6 months and predominant breastfeeding at 16 weeks. METHODS A nationally representative sample of Australian mothers in paid employment in the 13 months before giving birth (n = 2300) were surveyed by telephone. Four multivariate logistic regressio...