level heterogeneity. Unlike most previous studies, the influence of parental health on children is examined. In addition … the health literature, no significant correlation between children’s health and per capita expenditures is found. This … negatively related to child health. Birth order has a significant impact on the health of children; older children are taller …

children. Some specific estimation procedures are modified and cross section-time series (panel) data are used to control for … on children falls with it. The ratio of child to adult expenditures for female-headed households is less than for male …-headed households. While households with a larger number of children expend more on children in per capita terms, the number of adults …

The study compares manufacturer prices in Australia and seven other countries for 150 pharmaceuticals listed on the …

pharmaceuticals as a separate input into the production of health. Building upon existing published work, this paper uses an …Although a number of studies have been conducted on health production functions, little attention has been given to … alternative specification and more recent data to estimate the effect of pharmaceutical expenditures on levels of health in the …

The discussion about health care systems focuses on the dynamics of expenditures and on the weak growth of revenues. In …. Second, a double moral hazard model is developed. Here, the patient’s actions influence health outcome and cannot be … asymmetric information. In addition, lack of knowledge about health status and productivity of health inputs prevent a solution …

Over the issue of the difference or otherwise between economically active children and home-care children, there are … two competing claims by researchers. One holds that economically active children and home- care children are the same in … that both groups of children have identical determinants, while the other contradicts this view. Using the probit analysis …

Estimates of child poverty are based on the percentage of children living in poor households, which ignores the issue … is not possible to report figures relating to the number of children living in poverty. Yet analysts using income and …

Child poverty matters directly as children constitute a large share of the population and indirectly for future … individual and national well- being. Developed country measures of child poverty are dominated by income-poverty, although health … children. Moreover, a broader range of factors than material well-being matter for child development; family and community play …

portrait of the Canadian population is offered as are estimates of the degree of generational mobility among the children of …