OBJECTIVE Sexual liaisons between older men and younger women have been linked to greater risk of HIV acquisition. This study aims to (1) identify psychosocial and behavioral factors associated with age-discordant (partner ≥5 years) versus age-concordant partnerships (-1< partner <5) and (2) examine the association between partner age discordance and young South African women's sexual behavior....

--Partnerships between research scientists and land man­ agers can facilitate the application of research findings. Successful partnerships developed between Rocky Mountain Station scien­ tists and the Southwestern Region staff have been involved in addressing riparian-stream interactions. These successful partner­ ships involve several interpersonal and organizational consider­ ations. Example...

This paper evaluates the labor market effects of sick pay mandates in United States. Using National Compensation Survey and difference-in-differences models, we estimate their impact on coverage rates, leave use, costs, non-mandated fringe benefits. Sick increase significantly by 13 percentage points from a baseline level 66%. Newly covered employees take two additional days per year. We find l...

This paper presents the results of a working group on partnerships in preparation for the WHO Health for All Policy for the 21st Century. The working group aimed to clarify the nature of partnerships for health, proposed six categories of partnerships and outlined principles and criteria for partnerships. It concluded that partnership building was a key strategic component of health development...

We study an economy with private and public sectors in which workers invest in imperfectly observable skills that are important to the private sector but not to the public sector. Government regulation allows native majority workers to be employed in the public sector with positive probability while excluding the minority from it. We show that even when the public sector offers the highest wage...