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Long-term care funding in England: an analysis of the costs and distributional effects of potential reforms
Hancock, Ruth; Wittenberg, Raphael; Hu, Bo; Morciano, … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745700
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Cost-effectiveness of telecare for people with social care needs: the Whole Systems Demonstrator cluster randomised trial
Henderson, Catherine; Knapp, Martin; Fernández, José-Luis - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
Purpose of the study: to examine the costs and cost-effectiveness of ‘second-generation’ telecare, in addition to standard support and care that could include ‘first-generation’ forms of telecare, compared with standard support and care that could include ‘first-generation’ forms of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125985
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Investing in mental health and well-being: findings from the DataPrev project
McDaid, David; Park, A-La - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
A systematic review was conducted to determine the extent to which an economic case has been made in high-income countries for investment in interventions to promote mental health and well-being. We focused on areas of interest to the DataPrev project: early years and parenting interventions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126391
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Policies for mixed communities: faith-based displacement activity?
Cheshire, Paul - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
The belief that it is fairer if communities are ``mixed'' can be traced at least to the late nineteenth century and the founders of the Garden City Movement. The idea is now firmly established in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and national policies. This article...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745367
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Social housing and social exclusion 2000-2011
Tunstall, Rebecca - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
By some definitions, social housing, social housing tenants are necessarily socially excluded. In other terms, in 2000, social housing tenants were at greater risk of being socially excluded than owner occupiers and private renters on measures of income, employment, education, health, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745809
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Social exclusion and children: a European view for a US debate
Micklewright, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
The concept of social exclusion has been widely debated in Europe but its application to children has seen relatively little discussion. What could be meant by exclusion of children is the first main theme of the paper. Among other things, I consider the choice of reference group, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125982
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The social protection of rural workers in the construction industry in urban China
Li, Bingqin; Peng, Huamin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
The construction industry is important for Chinese rural to urban migrants. Over 90% of urban construction workers are … rural migrants, and over a third of all rural migrants work in construction. The construction industry is not only … other rural workers, construction workers have long suffered from various problems, including delayed payment of salaries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126068
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Urban social exclusion in transitional China
Li, Bingqin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
rural workers living and working in urban areas. The paper concludes by arguing that urban social exclusion in China needs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126229
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Social exclusion, social isolation and the distribution of income
Barry, Brian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1998
Social exclusion can be distinguished from social isolation, defining social isolation as the phenomenon of non-participation (of an individual or group) in a society's mainstream institutions, while reserving 'social exclusion' for the subset of cases in which social isolation occurs for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126301
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Individual choice and social exclusion
Le Grand, Julian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
Why is social exclusion a problem? What about ‘voluntary’ social exclusion – when an individual chooses to exclude him or herself from the wider society? Brain Barry has addressed these questions in a recent CASE book, arguing that social exclusion, voluntary or involuntary, offends...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126398