Preliminary note Fast and efficient position check is extremely important in the production cycle. It is hard for us to check every particular detail in series because of the short time period. So far, the mode of operation has been associated with statistical laws. Depending on the size of series, a random sample is taken in certain percentage, and afterwards the position and geometry are manu...

OBJECTIVES To examine the association between education level and food purchasing behaviour and the contribution of dietary knowledge to this relationship; and the association between household income and purchasing behaviour and the contribution made by subjective perceptions about the cost of healthy food. DESIGN AND SETTING The study was conducted in Brisbane City (Australia) in 2000. The ...

BACKGROUND Socio-economic position measures, such as education, occupational class and income, are well-known determinants of health. However, previous studies have not paid attention to mutual interrelationships between these socio-economic position measures and medically confirmed sickness absence. METHODS The study is a register-based study. The participants were municipal employees of the...

OBJECTIVES To examine socio-economic inequalities in cause-specific mortality by examining the independent effects of education, occupation and income in a population-based study of working-age Canadian adults. METHODS This is a secondary analysis of data from the 1991-2006 Canadian Census mortality and cancer follow-up study (n=2.7 million persons). For this analysis, the cohort was restrict...

The experimental literature and studies using survey data have established that people care a great deal about their relative economic position and not solely, as standard economic theory assumes, about their absolute economic position. Individuals are concerned about social comparisons. However, behavioral evidence in the field is rare. This paper provides an empirical analysis, testing the mo...

among the various efforts coping with the causes and roots of differences in economic development in iran and south korea, none has focused on the role of social capital. meanwhile, in recent years, we have been facing the development of a theory about the linkage of social capital and economic development and a great attention has been paid to it by international economic organizations. in thi...

The increased global exchange of merchandise, services, and capital is a key characteristic of the contemporary business environment. International firms position themselves to gain competitive advantage from opportunities offered in this larger and more open economic system. Similarly, governments reap rewards from firms that establish operations within their borders. There are strong argument...

The experimental literature and studies using survey data have established that people care a great deal about their relative economic position and not solely, as standard economic theory assumes, about their absolute economic position. Individuals are concerned about social comparisons. However, behavioral evidence in the field is rare. This paper provides an empirical analysis, testing the mo...

How Important Is Homeland Education for Refugees’ Economic Position in The Netherlands? We use data on refugees admitted to the Netherlands that include registration of education in their homeland by immigration officers. Such data are seldom available. We investigate the quality and reliability of the registrations and then use them to assess effects on refugees’ economic position during the f...