Sickness Absence and Local Benefit Cultures In many countries, sickness absence financed by generous insurance benefits has become an important concern in the policy debate. It turns out that there are strong variations in absence behavior between local geographical areas, and it has been difficult to explain these variations by observable socioeconomic factors. In this paper we investigate whe...

The Political Economy of Conscription Though in decline recently, military conscription is still a widely used mode of staffing armies. Since not many valid economic, social or military arguments in favor of the draft can be put forward, the question emerges why societies choose to rely on it. In this survey we explain the political allure of military conscription by its specific intraand inter...

Introduction Hereditary Fructose Intolerance I~FI) began toO appear in ,the literature after Chambers and Pmj)t1 in H56 delscrilbed an aduLt with an idiosyncrasy to fruotose. Froesch, Prader and colleagues2, the following year, described, for .the 'first time the typical syndrome.o'f HP!. Since then, over one hundred patients have been described ['fOm around the world indicruting ,a wide distdb...

The ESX systems from Mycobacterium tuberculosis are responsible for the secretion of highly immunogenic proteins of key importance for bacterial survival and growth. The two prototypic proteins, ESAT-6 (EsxA from ESX-1) and TB10.4 (EsxH from ESX-3) share a lot of characteristics regarding genome organization, size, antigenic properties, and vaccine potential but the two molecules clearly have v...

Using a large national household survey, this analysis provides evidence on the differences in financial decision-making and outcomes between military veterans and nonveterans, as well as between different types of military veterans. I find that veterans have slightly better overall financial standing, more problems with spending, and slightly better savings outcomes relative to comparable non-...

Both theoretical and empirical techniques are used to put modern-day terrorism into perspective. This paper surveys past contributions, presents updated empirical findings, and suggests new directions for research. Because of strategic interactions among terrorists and targeted government, game theory and economic methods play an important role in identifying novel policy recommendations and be...

For a thousand years, income growth was associated with a rising military employment share. But this share peaked in the early 20th century, after which military employment shares fell with income growth. Rising military shares were driven by structural change out of agriculture, and the recent declines are driven by substitution from soldiers towards military goods. I document evidence for thi...