The aim of this paper is to analyze the respective impacts of remittances, health aid and public spending on the access … to health care services in developing countries. The specific objectives are threefold. Firstly, we quantify the … differential impacts of remittances on the access to public and private health care services. Secondly, we determine whether …

The Objective of this paper is to test the consequences of changes in health status of future cohorts of French elderly … on healthcare expenditures. We value the precise effect of epidemiological and life expectancy changes on health … incapacity and/or of the presence of severe pathologies. We forecast a reliable range for future national health spending, under …

The usual manner of describing inequality in a population, involves income distributions. China has experienced rapid … as well. Education and health care have become less accessible due to increased costs linked to the decentralization of … the financing of such services. The changing face of inequality in China is therefore not confined to income. As such this …

reduce child mortality and that the impact of health aid is non-linear, suggesting that health aid is more effective in the …-poor nor anti-poor effect is found for health aid. …

Health (NIH) R01 grants awarded between 1985-2002. Exploiting the recomposition of any group after congressional elections, I … estimate that the composition of the House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies …

This paper applies concentration curves and indices, that have been previously used to analyze progressivity in health … care finance and horizontal equity in health care delivery in developed countries, to a 1998-1999 household survey about … health care expenditures and utilization carried out in four francophone West African capitals (Abidjan, Bamako, Conakry and …

and growth are endogenous. The authorities may provide two types of public services, public health and environmental … poverty trap. We examine changes in public policies: increasing public intervention on health or environmental maintenance …

We studied the effect of health events (accidents and chronic diseases) on the occupation probabilities at the … matching estimators, we found that health events have a strong impact on individual labor market histories. The workers … health events. …