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Radial measures of public services deficit for regional allocation of public funds
Puig, Jaume - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 1999
The goal of this paper is to present an optimal resource allocation model for the regional allocation of public service inputs. The proposed solution leads to maximise the relative public service availability in regions located below the best availability frontier, subject to exogenous budget...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005827425
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Radial measures of public services deficit for regional allocation of public funds
Puig, Jaume - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 1999
The goal of this paper is to present an optimal resource allocation model for the regional allocation of public service inputs. The proposed solution leads to maximise the relative public service availability in regions located below the best availability frontier, subject to exogenous budget...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005827446
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Body size, activity, employment and wages in Europe: A first approach
Villar, Jaume Garcia; Quintana, Climent - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2005
This paper examines the associations between obesity, employment status and wages for several European countries. Our … obesity and wages. As previously reported in the literature, the association between obesity, unemployment and wages seems to …-provided health insurance. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005572599
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Income and body mass index in Europe
Villar, Jaume Garcia; Quintana-Domeque, Climent - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2006
The problem of obesity is alarming public health authorities around the world. Therefore, it is important to study its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005772362
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Firm's response and unintended health consequences of industrial regulations
Hansman, Christopher; Hjort, Jonas; León, Gianmarco - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2015
Regulations that constrain firms' externalities in one dimension can distort incentives and worsen externalities in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011195693
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Welfare of naive and sophisticated players in school choice
Apesteguia, Jose; Ballester, Miguel A. - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2011
Two main school choice mechanisms have attracted the attention in the literature: Boston and deferred acceptance (DA). The question arises on the ex-ante welfare implications when the game is played by participants that vary in terms of their strategic sophistication. Abdulkadiroglu, Che and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323413
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The impact of investment in education on economic development: Spain in comparative perspective (1860-2000)
Camps, Enriqueta - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2013
Throughout the 19th century and until the mid-20th century, in terms of long-term investment in human capital and, above all, in education, Spain lagged far behind the international standards and, more specifically, the levels attained by its neighbours in Europe. In 1900, only 55% of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010671678
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Demand for private health insurance: Is there a quality gap?
Costa, Joan; Garcia, Jaume - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2001
Quality of care is qualified as a main determinant of the demand for voluntary private health insurance (PHI) in … health insurance and other demand determinants in the demand for PHI in Catalonia. The demand for PHI is modelled as a demand … relatively insensible to tax relief's and monetary co-payments in insurance contracts. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005772379
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Demand for private health insurance: Is there a quality gap?
Costa, Joan; Garcia, Jaume - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2001
Quality of care is qualified as a main determinant of the demand for voluntary private health insurance (PHI) in … health insurance and other demand determinants in the demand for PHI in Catalonia. The demand for PHI is modelled as a demand … relatively insensible to tax relief's and monetary co-payments in insurance contracts. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248448
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Trade-off between formal and informal care in Spain
Jiménez-Martín, Sergi; Prieto, Cristina Vilaplana - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2008
The remarkable growth of older population has moved long term care to the front ranks of the social policy agenda. Understanding the factors that determine the type and amount of formal care is important for predicting use in the future and developing long-term policy. In this context we jointly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248473