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towards universal health coverage, the financing and organisation of the health care system could be improved to raise the …
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Based on the latest available data up to 2009, the health status of the Hungarian population is among the poorest in … socioeconomic status of the population and lifestyle risks, it also reflects the relatively limited effectiveness of the health care … system, for which relatively low levels of resources have been available: total health spending amounted to 7.4% of GDP in …
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This paper investigates the vulnerabilities of health care systems in OECD and BRIICS countries to adverse secular … setting of health care systems, such as the public-private mix and the main sources of revenues, and the need to balance …
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efficient and well-targeted redistribution; and to make health and old-age pension insurance more inclusive. This working paper …
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, the demand for health care is expanding rapidly due to population growth and ageing. Also, the country’s wide socio …-economic divides are reflected in differences in health outcomes. To date the health-care system, centred on four health funds, is … accommodating demand for private health care. However, there are challenges and tensions in the system. Currently the authorities …
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Sweden is a very egalitarian country but inequalities have risen and some groups are poorly integrated into the labour market. For growth to become more inclusive, the gap between the cost of labour and productivity for some groups needs to be reduced, transitions from education to work should...
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raise the efficiency of educational spending per student, which is above the OECD average for public and private outlays …
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a high share of non-teaching staff suggest that there is room for improving spending efficiency. Rationalising teaching …
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This paper explores the role of macroeconomic factors and structural policies in shaping the distribution of labour income. Technological change and globalisation play at least some role in driving inequality patterns, but structural policy can also have an important influence on inequality...
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Unconditional and conditional quantile regressions are used to explore the determinants of labour earnings at different parts of the distribution and, hence, the determinants of overall labour earnings inequality. The analysis combines several household surveys to provide comparable estimates...
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