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Showing 1 to 20 of 114 for “"Self-Selection"”.
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Information and self-selection in the PIPE market
… auditors. Much of this discount is due to self-selection, suggesting that higher quality PIPE issuers select high quality auditors.
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Self-selection and peer-effects in experimental labor markets
… employees. In my dissertation I explore this self-selection of more corruptible individuals into public sector. Using a laboratory experiment, I answer the question of whether or not labor market sorting in the preference between public and private sector can be explained in part by propensity …
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Three essays on unemployment, self-selection and wage differentials
… Chapter 1 discusses imperfect information, self-selection and the market for higher education. It explores how the steady trends in increased tuition costs, college enrollment and returns to education might be related to the quality of college graduates. The model shows that the signaling …
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Dietary self-selection by the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta: Self-selection from defined diets and the role of the maxillae in this process
Investigations into dietary self-selection by larvae of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, and the role of the maxillae in this process are presented.
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Unusual suspects: identifying active serious offenders by self-selection policing
… and complementary investigative method known as self-selection policing. This method seeks to identify minor offences indicative of more serious criminality, whereby the serious offender volunteers him or herself for warranted police attention by dint of committing a minor (often considered …
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Beliefs and self-selection in a dual labor markets: an experiment
En un experimento de mercado laboral dual, examinamos cómo la información y las creencias sobre las decisiones de los compañeros de equipo afectan la selección individual de contribución y productividad. Los participantes deben elegir un mercado laboral contributivo (Mercado C) o no contributivo …
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Health care self-selection in a multiple option corporate benefit program
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Whittaker College of Health Sciences and Technology, 1990.
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Dietary self-selection and feed restriction studies with growing and breeding turkeys
… performance. In the first experiment, dietary self-selection of energy and protein and feed restriction were studied in growing turkeys. Body weight of males and females was significantly reduced by feed restriction. Protein efficiency was significantly lower in self-selecting males and …
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Self-selection of animal by-product by poultry through utilization of choice feeding
"The emergence of animal welfare provisions by humane societies has limited management practices. One of these provisions is the animal's freedom to express normal behavior. Animal by-product feeding to livestock and poultry is a common management practice and it is stigmatized in the public eye …
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Behavioral and Physiological Aspects of Self-Selection by the Corn Earworm, Heliothis Zea
Larvae of the corn earworm, Heliothis zea (Boddie) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), prefer to feed on corn silks as early instars but change their feeding preference to corn kernels as they mature. Within the corn kernel, final instar larvae prefer to feed on germ but will always eat some of the …
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Dietary Self-Selection by the Corn Earworm, Heliothis Zea: Testing the Malaise Hypothesis
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1988.
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The effect of protein and energy self-selection on the reproductive performance of turkey hens
… conducted to determine the effect of dietary self-selection of protein and energy on the reproductive performance of Large White turkey hens. The first study examined the effect of self-selection on reproductive performance during a production cycle that started in July and ended in December. …
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The Effects of Job Previews on Self Selection Decisions and Initial Job Attraction (Job Analysis, Organizational Behavior)
The effects of realistic job information on self selection decisions were studied for applicants of professional job classifications at a State Civil Service Office. Applicants indicated their initial job attraction to each job classification and were then assigned to one of three applicant groups. …
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Accounting for self-selection bias in assessing impacts of agricultural innovations : the case of farmer support programs in the Eastern Cape
… matching techniques was used to account for self-selection bias. After accounting for self-selection bias the results revealed that FSP adopters were on average 205% more efficient relative to non-adopters. These results underscore the importance of accounting for self-selection bias in …
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Relationships Among Self-Efficacy, Implicit Associations, Motives and Exercise Behaviour
… purpose of this dissertation was to examine how self-efficacy, explicit exercise motives and implicit automatic associations with exercise influence exercise behaviour of sedentary adults. This dissertation is divided into three manuscripts. The first manuscript examined how self-selection …
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