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The economics of an ageing population : macroeconomic issues
Onofri, Paolo (contributor) - 2004
examples of Italy and Japan, two countries which have the fastest ageing populations in Europe and the world respectively …pt. 1. Demographic transition and the impact on growth : the case of Japan -- pt. 2. Demographic transition and pension …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850801
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The economic impacts of population ageing in Japan
MacKellar, F. Landis; Ermolieva, Tatiana; Horlacher, David - 2004
Whilst all of the major industrialized countries are currently experiencing population ageing, Japan is at the … economics of ageing both in general and in Japan, the authors present a range of future scenarios produced using an integrated … predicted, Japan will still experience a slowdown of economic growth, reduced savings, and rising costs of pensions, health care …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474149
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Obesity, business, and public policy
Ács, Zoltán J. (contributor); Lyles, Alan (contributor);  … - 2007
pt. 1. Culture, obesity and institutions -- pt. 2. Obesity and the individual -- pt. 3. Obesity and business -- pt. 4. Obesity and government -- pt. 5. Lessons from the past -- pt. 6. Policy conclusions.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419969
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Reforming healthcare systems
Marmor, Theodore - 2011
Internal Medicine, 150 (7), April, 485-9 -- Naoki Ikegami and John Creighton Campbell (2004), 'Japan's Health Care System …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420117
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The political economy of HIV/AIDS in developing countries : TRIPS, public health systems, and free access
Coriat, Benjamin (contributor) - 2008
The book is based on original data and field studies from Brazil, Thailand, India and Sub-Saharan Africa. Focusing on the issue of universal and free access to treatment (a goal now taken to heart by the international community), it assesses the progress made and presents a rigorous diagnosis of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850669
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Setting priorities for HIV/AIDS interventions : a cost-benefit approach
Brent, Robert J. - 2010
HIV/AIDS is much too complex a phenomenon to be understood only by reference to common sense and ethical codes. This book presents the cost-benefit analysis (CBA) framework in a well-researched and accessible manner to ensure that the most important considerations are recognized and incorporated
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851248
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The public financing of pharmaceuticals : an economic approach
Puig-Junoy, Jaume (contributor) - 2005
This book provides a complete approach to the economics of financing medicines and policy implications for the efficiency and equity of health systems. In all health systems with majority public financing, pharmaceutical reimbursement is one of the key factors in policies of change and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851613
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The economics of evaluation in public programs
Link, Albert N. - 2011
This research collection illustrates the wide range of methodologies and methods available for the evaluation of public programs. All these methods address the benefits of the programs and most compare the benefits to costs, but the types of benefits and their measures vary greatly across the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852147
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China's economic growth prospects : from demographic dividend to reform dividend
Cai, Fang - 2016
1. At the crossroads of long-term development -- 2. The development of a dual economy -- 3. The lewis turning point -- 4. The demographic dividend -- 5. Growing old before getting rich -- 6. The risk of a middle income trap -- 7. The new engine of economic growth -- 8. Macroeconomic policies in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419847
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Population aging, intergenerational transfers and the macroeconomy
Clark, Robert Louis (contributor);  … - 2007
, changing retirement policies and lifetime earnings profiles in Japan / Robert Clark, Naohiro Ogawa, Rikiya Matsukura -- Firm … -- Population aging and health care spending in Japan : public- and private-sector responses / Naohiro Ogawa, Andrew Mason, Maliki …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420024