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Chapter 23 Strong reciprocity and the welfare state
Fong, Christina M.; Bowles, Samuel; Gintis, Herbert - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 1439-1464). 2006
We explore the contribution of reciprocity and other non selfish motives to the political viability of the modern welfare state. In the advanced economies, a substantial fraction of total income is regularly transferred from the better off to the less well off, with the approval of the...
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Fairly sharing the social impact of the crisis in Greece
Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki; Matsaganis, Manos; … - 2014
Poverty and income inequality have worsened since the onset of the crisis. While the design of fiscal measures has mitigated the burden sharing of fiscal adjustment, as the recession has deepened unemployment has risen, earnings have declined and social tensions have increased. Getting people...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231393
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Fairly Sharing the Social Impact of the Crisis in Greece
Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki; Matsaganis, Manos; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
Poverty and income inequality have worsened since the onset of the crisis. While the design of fiscal measures has mitigated the burden sharing of fiscal adjustment, as the recession has deepened unemployment has risen, earnings have declined and social tensions have increased. Getting people...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277003
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Fairness and externalities
Velez, Rodrigo A. - In: Theoretical economics : TE ; journal of the Econometric … 11 (2016) 1, pp. 381-410
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Efficiency and equity in healthcare : an analysis of resource allocation decisions in a long-term home care setting
Zhang, Ruonan; Fry, Michael J.; Krishnan, Harish - In: INFOR : information systems and operational research 53 (2015) 3, pp. 97-112
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Towards universal social protection : lessons from the Universal Health Coverage Initiative
Rim, Ji-Yeun; Tassot, Caroline - 2019
to universalism in health coverage and takes a close look at equity issues. It concludes with some key takeaways from UHC … mechanically transposed to the USP agenda, a number of lessons can be drawn. Moreover, the benefits in terms of coverage and equity …
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Chapter 34 Equity in health care finance and delivery
Wagstaff, Adam; van Doorslaer, Eddy - In: Handbook of health economics : volume 1, part B, (pp. 1803-1862). 2000
The paper surveys the economics literature on equity in health care financing and delivery. The focus is, for the most … discussion of the concept and definition of equity. The empirical sections cover the literature on equity in health care … financing (progressivity and horizontal equity of health care financing arrangements), equity in health care delivery …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014024171
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Measurement of inequity in health care with heterogeneous response of use to need
Van de Poel, Ellen; Van Doorslaer, Eddy; O’Donnell, Owen - In: Journal of Health Economics 31 (2012) 4, pp. 676-689
We propose a method of measuring and decomposing inequity in health care utilisation that allows for heterogeneity in the use–need relationship. This makes explicit inequity that derives from unequal treatment response to variation in need, as well as that due to differential effects of...
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Precision medicine and distributive justice : wicked problems for democratic deliberation
Fleck, Leonard M. - 2022
"Wicked ethical problems have been generated by precision medicine due to both the wiliness of cancer and the fragmentation of health care financing in the United States. The wiliness of cancer has resulted in these targeted cancer therapies yielding only very marginal gains in life expectancy...
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Fair allocation of personal protective equipment to health centers during early phases of a pandemic
Dönmez, Zehranaz; Turhan, Serkan; Karsu, Özlem; Kara, … - In: Computers & operations research : and their … 141 (2022), pp. 1-21
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