The objective of this paper is to analyse how immigrants' ethnic identity correlates with their labour market outcomes. More precisely, we estimate the role in employment, wages, under-employment (i.e., they would prefer work more hours but are not given opportunity), three measures job satisfaction, overeducation and wages. We further explore whether economic downturn has a differentiated impa...

This study investigates whether local economic conditions at entry into the labour market affect adult career outcomes. If the stage of the business cycle determines later outcomes, then there are long-term costs associated with entering the labour market in a recession. The focus is on the local unemployment rate (LUR) at entry at detailed regional level and its overall effects on earnings and...

Labour induction and augmentation with Prostaglandin and Oxytocin are well established as standard practice worldwide. They are safe when used judiciously, but may be associated with maternal and neonatal morbidities. Other safer alternatives have been studied including dates consumption during late pregnancy with various outcomes. The aim of this randomised controlled trial was to investigate ...

BACKGROUND Induction of labour is the process of initiating the labour by artificial means from 24 weeks of gestation. The main aim of this study is to find out the maternal and foetal outcomes after induction of labour with misoprostol and oxytocin beyond 37 weeks of gestation. METHODS This was a hospital-based observational study carried out at Paropakar Maternity and Women's Hospital, Nepa...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate how the implementation of universally acceptable standards affects rates for primary caesarean sections, without compromising maternal or foetal safety. METHODS A complete audit cycle of all the primary caesarean sections performed in the maternity unit of Aga Khan University was conducted from 1st January to 31st March during years 2003 and 2004. New labour management g...

Collective Labour Supply, Taxes, and Intrahousehold Allocation: An Empirical Approach1 Most empirical studies of the impact of labour income taxation on the labour supply behaviour of households use a unitary modelling approach. In this paper we empirically analyze income taxation and the choice of working hours by combining the collective approach for household behaviour and the discrete hours...

This study uses a longitudinal data source to study the effects of conflict-induced displacement on labour market outcomes for Bosnians in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina. To account for endogeneity in the displacement status, I exploit the fact that the level of violence in the pre-war residence likely affected the displacement decision for Bosnians and yet is not associated to economic perfor...

BACKGROUND Continuous support in labour has a significant impact on a range of clinical outcomes, though whether the quality and quantity of support behaviours affects the strength of this impact has not yet been established. To identify the quality and quantity of support, a reliable means of measurement is needed. To this end, a new computerised systematic observation tool, the 'SMILI' (Suppo...