In this paper, we consider three U.S. public policies that potentially influence the work decisions of mothers of infants—parental leave laws, exemptions from welfare work requirements, and child care subsidies for low-income families. We estimate the effects of these policies on the timing of work participation after birth, and on a range of outcomes in the subsequent four years, using a group...

Parental Leave – A Policy Evaluation of the Swedish “Daddy-Month” Reform Many countries are trying to incentivize fathers to increase their share in parental leave and in household work to improve female labor market opportunities. Our unique data set stems from a natural experiment in Sweden. The data comprises all children born before (control group) and after the reform (treatment group) in ...

We performed a comparative analysis between Roche Amplicor HIV-1 DNA test and CAPTAQ assay for the detection of HIV in 830 dried blood spot (DBS) pediatric samples collected in Mozambique. Our results demonstrated no statistical difference between these assays. The CAPTAQ assay approached nearly 100% repeatability/accuracy. The increased throughput of testing with minimal operator interference ...

1. EPIUnit Instituto de Saúde Pública. Universidade do Porto. Porto. Portugal. 2. Departamento de Epidemiologia Clínica, Medicina Preditiva e Saúde Pública. Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade do Porto. Porto. Portugal.  Autor correspondente: Mariana Amorim. [email protected] Recebido: 18 de Julho de 2014 Aceite: 15 de Dezembro de 2014 | Copyright © Ordem dos Médicos 2015 Mariana AMOR...

In 2007, Germany enacted a radical new parental leave benefit scheme that grants parents 67 percent of their previous income, and includes two “daddy months.” In this paper, we use data from the German Microcensus for the period 1999 to 2009 to explore how this reform has changed fathers’ use of parental leave. We find strong overall increase in parental leave usage among men. Two groups of men...

This paper examines the causal effects of a major change in the German parental leave benefit scheme on fertility. I use the unanticipated reform in 2007 to assess how a move from a means-tested to an earnings-related benefit affects higher-order births. By using the German Mikrozensus 2010, I find that the reform significantly affected the timing of higher-order births in the first three years...

Physiochemical analysis of fresh leaf, dried bark and roots Casuarina equisetifolia Swietenia macrophylla was carried out to find the pH, EC, total phenols, proteins carbohydrates. From study it found that pH highest in leaf both tree species. The EC recorded root C. S. respectively. As for phenol content Total showed leave And carbohydrates, macrophylla. results indicated carbohydrates exhibit...

Lies, damned lies and Brexit statistics. It's not been a good month for anyone espousing evidence-based policy and politics after the chair of the Commons health committee switched from Leave to Remain, citing misuse of data by the Leave campaign.