In the United States, rural and low-income communities have difficulty attracting and retaining physicians, potentially adversely impacting health outcomes. With a limited supply of physicians completing medical school at US universities, foreign-born and educated physicians provide a potential...

Preface -- Part 1: Population Distribution -- Trends in population change in the Asia-Pacific region -- Impact of rapid population decline on the Japanese regional economy: Utilizing the regional CGE model -- Designing a spatial decision support system for Australia’s capital city using...

This paper experimentally evaluates the relative importance of psychic costs of tetanus vaccination compared to monetary costs among women in rural Nigeria. To measure psychic costs, vaccine take-up between two conditions to receive cash incentives is compared: clinic attendance vs. vaccine...