OBJECTIVE To introduce the pathophysiological Tulip classification system for underlying cause and mechanism of perinatal mortality based on clinical and pathological findings for the purpose of counselling and prevention. DESIGN Descriptive. SETTING Tertiary referral teaching hospital. POPULATION Perinatally related deaths. METHODS A classification consisting of groups of cause and mec...

Charitable giving data from a new Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) philanthropy module are introduced. Relative distribution methods are used to compare the data to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) charitable deductions. Results indicate the new data are high quality. JEL Classification: C80, D64, H40.

ABBREVIATIONS. MEPS, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey; HCUP, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project; AHCPR, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; HC, Household Component; MPC, Medical Provider Component; IC, Insurance Component; ICD-9-CM, International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification; SID, State Inpatient Databases; NIS, Nationwide Inpatient Sample; AHA, A...

This paper analyzes price elasticities in the Austrian market for mobile telecommunications services using data on firm specific tariffs. Both static and a dynamic panel data approaches lead to consistent results which provide evidence for a relatively elastic demand. Furthermore, some basic facts on the Austrian mobile telephone sector are presented. JEL-Classification: C23, L13, L96.

This study presents results of the validation of an ultra-short survey measure of patience included in the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Survey responses predict intertemporal choice behavior in incentive-compatible decisions in a representative sample of the German adult population. JEL-classification: D01, D03, D91, C91

in recent years, economists have paid attention to the relationship between emotions and productivity. economists investigated the bi-directional effect of emotion and subjective well-being, such as happiness, on different economic variables, such as productivity, health, income, and so on. in this paper, we try to study the effect of income on labour force happiness in iran. for this purpose, ...

the study examines the relationship between the size of firms and their growth in iranian food and beverages industries. the study utilizes iranian industrial data, classified on the base of isic with 4-digit code. the study evaluates the validity of gibrat's law in the selected firms. the validity of the law has been examined by two methods. first, the panel analysis is applied and second...

human capital has important role on economic growth. this factor can increase labor and capital productivity. it can increase capacity of new technology and reduce criminal participation and improve voters’ political behavior and migration of people with high human capital to another region has effects on region and spatial spillover on other regions. the present study aimed to analyze the dire...

We modify a previously suggested GMM estimator in a spatial panel regression model by taking into account the difference between disturbances and regression residuals and derive its asymptotic properties. Simulation results and an empirical application to Indonesian rice data illustrate the improvement in finite samples. JEL Classification: C13, C21