This paper deals with the phenomenon of risk-selection and its appearance in the german compulsory health insurance …

This paper complements previous studies on the effects of health on wages by addressing the problems of unobserved … corrections are necessary. Good health leads to higher wages for men, while there appears to be no significant effect for women … (GSOEP) we find the health variable to suffer from measurement error and a number of tests provide evidence that selection …

equitable and employment-generating social policies in National Development Strategies. This Policy Note has been developed in …

This paper examines gender equality in three important aspects including education, health care and employment in … more likely than men in using outpatient and inpatient health care services. However, for people above 14 years old, men … employment, and their wage is lower than men’s wage. Women have to do more housework than men even after the working hours for …

This paper explores the impact of trade liberalization on manufacturing employment and wages over a period 1993-2006, a …, the paper shows that employment has increased across all manufacturing industries. Data from Egypt’s labor market survey … increase in wages in manufacturing industries though the role of export orientation in influencing poor wages has not been …

economy in the middle of 2008. Crisis affects negatively almost all the fields of human life like development, employment …

This report, part of the “Cities” collection, analyses the spatial distribution of formal enter¬prises and health … the potential for economic development throughout the country. The mapping of health infrastructure shows that border …. The report identifies several regions in which closer co-operation could favour the establishment of cross-border health …