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The author implements several inequality decomposition methods to measure the extent to which total household income … of total household inequality in Mexico is attributable to incomes derived from entrepreneurial activities, an income … inequality. Asymmetries in the allocation of education explain around 20 percent of overall household income disparities in …
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-2004. The authors group countries in two categories-low and high-income countries-and show that the Internet diffusion process … is well characterized by an S-shape curve for both groups. Low-income countries display a steeper diffusion curve that is … equivalent to a right shift of the diffusion curve for high-income countries. The estimated diffusion curves provide evidence of …
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A large share of the world's poor is self-employed. Accurate measurement of profits from microenterprises is therefore critical for studying poverty and inequality, measuring the returns to education, and evaluating the success of microfinance programs. But a myriad of problems plague the...
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This paper explores the structure of cross-border health purchasing between Austria and Hungary and determines the size of this phenomenon as well as the barriers to a further increase. Austrian patients may receive health care treatment in Hungary in three different ways. First, patients may...
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in the transition countries that joined the European Union in 2004 than in the other, lower-income transition economies. …
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OECD member states and other middle-income countries. The health financing system was fragmented, with four separate …
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differences in national income. However, significant variations exist in health's share of government spending even after … controlling for national income. This paper provides a global overview of health's share of government spending and summarizes key …
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Today?s adolescents and youth face substantial physical, social, legal, and economic barriers to meeting their SRH potential. Key factors underlying these issues are a lack of adolescent SRH (ASRH) policies and access to accessible, affordable, and appropriate health services. The impact that...
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elevated: stunting of children younger than 5, and anemia in women and children. Some factors can be interpreted as direct or … female anemia rates. Beyond factors that directly impact on the nutrition of women and children are other issues specific to …
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