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H E Peters

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PubMed1996

Economic incentives for financial and residential independence.

In this paper we examine the impact of the resource of children and of their parents on the children's transition to residential and financial independence. Previous studies of this transition focused primarily on the impact of family structure and parent-child relationships on the decision to leave home, but much less in known about the role of economic factors in the transition to independence. Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) for the period 1968-1988, we estimate discrete-hazard models of the probability of achieving residential and financial independence. We find that the child's wage opportunities and the parents' income are important determinants of establishing independence. The effect of parental income changes with the child's age. We also find some evidence that federal tax policy influences the decision to become independent, although the magnitude of this effect is quite small.

Activities of Daily Living↗
PubMed1993

Enforcing divorce settlements: evidence from child support compliance and award modifications.

This paper uses an implicit contracting framework to understand the dynamic nature of divorce settlements and to analyze the determinants of noncompliance with child support awards. In addition to the standard economic variables that affect the noncustodial parent's (NCP's) ability to pay child support, our approach focuses on factors that may affect the NCP's desire to pay, such as the ongoing relationship between the two parents and between the NCP and the children. We also examine the "state-contingent" nature of child support payments and explore the factors that lead to modifications in child support agreements. Using a longitudinal data set collected by the Stanford Child Custody Project, the empirical analysis provides documentation that compliance by noncustodial fathers can vary substantially from month to month. In addition, we find that even within a short period after divorce, a substantial minority of parents agree to make informal modifications to their divorce settlement in response to changes in economic circumstances and in custodial arrangements.

California↗
PubMed1978

Retained intrahepatic stones. Use of the U tube during repeated nonoperative stone extractions.

Of 355 patients undergoing nonoperative extraction procedures for retained bile duct stones, 61 patients had intrahepatic calculi. In seven of these patients with multiple intrahepatic stones and two of them with additional hepatic duct strictures.trahepatic stones, a U tube was placed. Insertion of a U tube is particularly useful if multiple sittings are required for intrahepatic stone removal. The U tube can be inserted postoperatively and permits ease of operation from two sides, particulary if stricture dilation is required before stone removal. With the use of the U tube, inadvertent removal has not occurred and patients are able to work and shower between extraction procedures. Indwelling U tubes are readily replaced over a guide wire. This technique was used with good success and for long periods of time in seven patients, all with multiple intrahepatic stones and two of them with additional hepatic duct strictures.

Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic↗
PubMed1975

Enzymatic dissolution of phytobezoars.

A review of phytobezoars is presented, emphasizing medical treatment using enzymatic dissolution for bezoar located in the gastric pouch. Clinical and in vitro studies show the efficacy of both papain and cellulase, and it is suggested that, since each acts on a different component of the bezoar, they be administered in combination. There were no complications with this treatment in the patients reported in this series.

Bezoars↗
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Omphalocele.

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Hernia, Umbilical↗