Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen Alia Military Hospital, Amman, Jordan. Received: 09/10/02; accepted: 26/02/03 ABSTRACT To compare labour and delivery outcomes in women undergoing induction and those having spontaneous onset for pregnancies past the estimated date of delivery, a prospective study of 395 singleton, uncomplicated pregnancies was performed. Labour was induced in 175...

Hundreds of millions of rural migrants have moved into Chinese cities since the early 1990s contributing greatly to economic growth, yet, they are often blamed for reducing urban ‘native’workers’ employment opportunities, suppressing their wages and increasing pressure on infrastructure and other public facilities. This paper examines the causal relationship between rural-urban migration and ur...

The central conclusion of this paper is that despite seemingly significant differences in the approach to labour market policy in Australia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand, labour market outcomes in the three countries have been very similar. It is concluded that ‘while the labour market outcomes in Australia have been inferior to those in the United Kingdom and New Zealand in recent years,...

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 individual displacement status for Bosnians and yet is not associated to economic p...

The IZA Policy Paper Series publishes work by IZA staff and network members with immediate relevance for policymakers. Any opinions and views on policy expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of IZA. The papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised versi...

In this article we address three issues relating to immigrants’ identity, measured as the feeling of belonging to particular ethnic groups. We study the formation of identity with home and host countries. We investigate how identity with either country relates to immigrants’ and their children’s labour market outcomes. Finally, we analyse the intergenerational transmission of identity. Our anal...

This paper examines the links between childhood conduct disorder problems and schooling and labour market outcomes net of genetic and environmental effects. The results show that individuals who experienced conduct disorder problems are more likely to leave school early, have poorer employment prospects and lower earnings. These findings are shown to be due to the genetic and environmental infl...

Pregnancy is a unique immunological state in which a balance of immune tolerance and suppression is needed to protect the fetus without compromising the mother. It has long been established that a bias from the T helper 1 cytokine profile towards the T helper 2 profile contributes towards successful pregnancy maintenance. The majority of publications that report on aberrant Th1:Th2 balance focu...

In this study the effects of various types of rehabilitation programmes on labour market outcomesare estimated. A main feature of this study is that it jointly evaluates multiple treatments by non-parametric matching estimators. The study is based on a large sample of persons in western Swe-den who are long-term sick and could participate in rehabilitation programmes. Our result...