In: Memory & Cognition, 2015, vol. 43, no. 3, p. 340-356
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In: Small Business Economics, 2015, vol. 45, no. 4, p. 841-873
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(Working Papers SES ; 503 (revised))
In India, as in many developing countries, female sterilization is the main contraceptive method: 37% of women older than 25 are sterilized. However, no economic study assesses the eect of sterilization, providing guidance on ecient reproductive health policies. We analyze the consequences of sterilization for maternal health, considering the endogeneity of the decision. We exploit that...
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In: BMC immunology, 2014, vol. 15, p. 14
Background: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short non-coding RNAs involved in the posttranscriptional regulation of a wide range of biological processes. By binding to complementary sequences on target messenger RNAs, they trigger translational repression and degradation of the target, eventually resulting in reduced protein output. MiRNA-dependent regulation of protein translation is a very widespread...
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In: Metacognition and Learning, 2014, vol. 9, no. 1, p. 1-23
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(Working Papers SES ; 503)
In India, as in many developing countries, female sterilization is the main contraceptive method: 37% of women older than 25 are sterilized. However, no economic study assesses the effect of sterilization, providing guidance on efficient reproductive health policies. We analyze the consequences of sterilization for maternal health, considering the endogeneity of the decision. We exploit that...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2018 ; 2018ECO013.
Many events can have a catastrophic effect on an economic environment, such as natural disasters, wars, migrations, pandemic diseases, etc. This thesis focuses on three of them: catastrophic agglomeration of firms as a response to tax differentials, immigration phenomena described as catastrophic by the natives and catastrophic earthquakes with destructive consequences for both physical and...
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In: BMC Pediatrics, 2016, vol. 16, no. 85, p. 1-16
Background: Children’s psychological and physiological health can be summarized as the child’s thinking, feeling, behaving, eating, growing, and moving. Children’s psychological and physiological health conditions are influenced by today’s life challenges: Thus, stress exposure and lack of physical activity represent important health challenges in older children. However,...
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In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2008, vol. 62, no. 5, p. 821-829
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In: Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 2010, vol. 10, no. 3, p. 243-258
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