but others, including greenhouse gas emissions, continue to rise. Poor air and water quality threaten human health, create …

equilibrium of a small open economy where the environment is an input to production. Differences in the ability of individuals to … leads to an endogenous, unequal distribution of the health-related consequences of pollution across income groups in a … manner consistent with epidemiologic studies, in contrast to much of the literature which assumes equal health effects for …

caveats in mind, the literature finds that a favourable work environment and high job security lead to better health …Economists have traditionally been very cautious when studying the interaction between employment and health because of … the two-way causal relationship between these two variables: health status influences the probability of being employed …

stress causes poor health outcomes – either directly through increased blood pressure, fatigue, muscle pain, etc. or … health. Areas in which economists may provide valuable insights regarding job stress include empirical selection concerns in … identifying the effect of stress on health; measurement error with respect to stress; the existence and magnitude of compensating …

efficient and well-targeted redistribution; and to make health and old-age pension insurance more inclusive. This working paper …

among OECD countries for output efficiency: for a given level of spending outcomes fall short by around 3.5% in health care …

incentives for teachers. Performance of public services devoted to health and transports has been mixed. Public health services …

efficiency without undermining the quality of in kind services on secondary education, health care and public administration … regressive. The delivery of health care could be improved by rationalising inpatient care and enhancing costeffective primary … financing of health and long-term care are the main policy priorities to contain the pressure of population ageing on …