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Good health is a crucial part of well-being but spending on health can be justified on economic grounds. The goal of … reducing poverty provides a different but equally powerful case for health investments. However, if policymakers are to … accelerate the substantial health gains of recent decades, especially for the poor in African countries such as Nigeria, the …
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GOOD HEALTH IS A CRUCIAL PART OF WELL-BEING BUT SPENDING ON HEALTH CAN BE JUSTIFIED ON ECONOMIC GROUNDS. THE GOAL OF … REDUCING POVERTY PROVIDES A DIFFERENT BUT EQUALLY POWERFUL CASE FOR HEALTH INVESTMENTS. HOWEVER, IF POLICYMAKERS ARE TO … ACCELERATE THE SUBSTANTIAL HEALTH GAINS OF RECENT DECADES, ESPECIALLY FOR THE POOR IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES SUCH AS NIGERIA, THE …
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-victims, ceteris paribus. Happiness is lower for nonvictimized respondents currently living in higher crime areas. However, we find a …
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results indicate that the commonly used measures of well-being - labour market situation, health, housing conditions and …
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results indicate that the commonly used measures of well-being - labour market situation, health, housing conditions and …
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Are certain groups of unemployed individuals hurt less by unemployment than others? This paper is an attempt to test the hypothesis that non- pecuniary costs of unemployment may vary between societies with different unemployment rates. Using cross-sectional data from the SALDRU93 survey, we show...
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On average, infant mortality rates are lower in more industrialized nations, yet health and mortality worsened during … employment raised living standards, housing quality, and reduced cooking with wood and coal, which helped reduce infant mortality …
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measured through human development and indicators of the state of health of urban ecosystems, public services, gender equality … labour markets) and between voluntary organizations and the state of health of urban ecosystems. Active political …, health care, welfare work, and the environment protection is analysed, revealing a scarce correlation both with social …
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measured through human development and indicators of the state of health of urban ecosystems, public services, gender equality … labour markets) and between voluntary organizations and the state of health of urban ecosystems. Active political …, health care, welfare work, and the environment protection is analysed, revealing a scarce correlation both with social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407721
Current evidence on the relationships between growth and inequality is predominantly based on cross-country data sets or panel data sets covering a small number of time periods. But these relationships, being fundamentally dynamic in nature, need to be considered over a much longer time horizon....
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