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On 13 July 1998 the Treasurer referred the current and alternative funding methodologies for nursing home subsidy rates …, announced in the August 1996 Budget, included a process of ‘coalescence’, under which the different nursing home subsidy rates … Commission into differential subsidy rates. …
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The study compares manufacturer prices in Australia and seven other countries for 150 pharmaceuticals listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), as at 30 June 2000. The comprehensive study found that prices in the USA are between 80 to 160 per cent higher than in Australia, and prices...
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We evaluate the impact of bank loans and start-up subsidies on the survival of the new firms. This work relies on the SINE94 survey that provides rich information on the entrepreneurs and their start-up projects. We use the propensity score matching methodology, in the case of multiple...
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oil subsidy domestically. The problem that faced by the government is that the compensation fund will hardly enjoyed by …
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efficiency- wage relation in the low wage sector. The general equilibrium effects of subsidy policies on urban unemployment and … domestic factor income are examined.The main findings in this paper shows that urban subsidy policy softens the problem of … urban unemployment ,while the rural subsidy policy aggravates this, if informal sector is linked to the international market …
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In an endogenous-growth model, we consider alternative ways of providing public capital using distortionary taxes. We show that if the government provides the good, the resulting growth rate and welfare may or may not be higher than under laissez-faire. By contrast, if the government subsidizes...
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. The accelerated growth episodes observed in Brazil and China demonstrate that the increase in income inequality may have …
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The paper studies regional (spatial) inequality in five most populous countries in the world: China, India, the United … issue of overall inequality as perceived by citizens within a nation. China and India show rising inequality in terms of … vs. Bihar, and Shandong vs. Sichuan provide nice examples of such outcomes in India and China. Higher inflation and …
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We analyze empirically whether the emergence of China as a large recipient of FDI has affected the amount of FDI … find a substitution from Latin American inward FDI to China, when other relevant factors are taken into account. However …, concentrating on the last few years (from 1995 to 2001), when FDI boomed worldwide and negotiations for China’s WTO membership …
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This paper reviews economic studies on rural-urban migration issues in China. The paper focuses on four issues: the … household registration system in China, the profile of the migrants, explanations for rural-to-urban migration, and the …
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