African American children are more likely to be poor and live in households that are ‘‘asset poor,’’ with no or very little net worth. Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and its Child Development Supplement, this article explores whether living in a household with net worth above the sample median seems to promote educational success and the development of human capital over time, irrespe...

The substitution between products is a common phenomenon in supply chain management when customers find their favorite product unavailable. Product substitution can improve the availability of different products and thus improve the customer service level, especially when the high-end product substitutes for the low-end product. In this paper, we construct profit model of downward substitution ...

This paper evaluates a strategy that would target sales of internal combustion vehicles driven at high annual mileage for displacement by electric the time initial sale. Using 2017 National Household Travel Survey data, we observe top 20% light duty kilometers traveled generate 46% greenhouse gas emissions. Displacing sale engine vehicle in quintile with an reduce emissions and certain criteria...

The dynamics of household and regional economy Banni grasslands in India were studied based on primary data collected from 280 households across 13 villages. Each had one occupation and, average, two secondary occupations. Pastoralism charcoal production employed 58 28% as occupations, respectively, whereas leather work, services tourism 4% each. Further, pastoralism 60 48% households, Highest ...

Background: Household income and other socioeconomic position (SEP) indicators are among the most salient social determinants of children’s emotions and behaviors. Some research has shown that income and other SEP indicators may have certain sex-specific effects on the structures and functions of particular brain regions. Objectives: To investigate sex differences in the association of househ...

Objective: To describe the adult population perception of cigarette advertising at point of sale, according their tobacco-use status and socio-demographic characteristics such as sex, age, race/color, region, household location and schooling. Materials and methods: A multivariable analysis was carried out using data from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey in 2008 and the National Health Survey i...

background: to study the pattern of acute chemical and pharmaceutical poisoning in ahmadabad, gujarat, india. methods: this was a prospective study of patients with chemical and pharmaceutical poisoning who were admitted to the emergency department of civil hospital ahmadabad, from 1st october 2006 to 30th september 2007. socio-demographic details, intention of poisoning, type of poison, durati...

Fuelwood collection is often cited as the most important cause of deforestation in developing countries. Use fuelwood cooking a leading indoor air pollution. Using household data from India, we show that households located farther away forest spend more time collecting. Distant are likely to sell and buy less. That is, lower access forests increases sale. This counter-intuitive behavior trigger...