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Enforcement and air pollution: an environmental justice case study

Germani, Anna Rita; Morone, Piergiuseppe; Testa, Giuseppina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

This paper provides an environmental justice empirical analysis on the relationship between income, demographic characteristics and concentrations of air industrial pollutants within the Italian provinces. Two general conclusions can be drawn from the empirical results. First, the estimates...

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Valuation of the Child Health Utility Index 9D (CHU9D)

Stevens, K - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Objectives The aim of this study was to test the feasibility of estimating preference weights for all health states defined by the Child Health Utility 9D (CHU9D), a new generic measure of health related quality of life for children. This will allow the calculation of quality adjusted life years...

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The relationship between individual risk and cost-effectiveness in screening interventions

Sampson, Christopher; James, Marilyn; Whynes, David - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Advancements in our understanding of the causes and correlates of disease mean that we are now able to estimate an individual's level of risk. This, and the ever-increasing need for healthcare interventions to be cost-effective, has led to calls for the introduction of risk-based screening....

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Economic Evaluation of Pesticide Use Externalities in the Cotton Zones of Punjab, Pakistan

Khan, M. Azeem; Iqbal, Muhammad; Ahmad, Iftikhar; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002

The crop protection strategy in Pakistan is almost entirely based on pesticide use whereas development of integrated pest management (IPM) based technologies is in its initial phases of scrutiny as well as implementation. The inefficient use of chemicals has resulted in environmental pollution...

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Life of elderly in India

prasad, syam - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Abstract of the paper Aging of population is a major aspect of the process of demographic transition. It is generally expressed as older individuals forming large share of the total population. Such an increase is considered to be an end product of demographic transition or demographic...

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Pensions at a glance: public policies across OECD countries

Queisser, Monika; Whitehouse, Edward - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

Reforming pensions is one of the biggest challenges of the century. All OECD countries have to adjust to the ageing of … system is financially sustainable. Demographers have been warning us for some time that ageing is looming and that when it … solutions could be avoided. All of these factors can certainly help to cope with ageing and especially with the financing of …

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Current Demographical Issues in the Eastern Poland Macroregion

Celińska-Janowicz, Dorota; Miszczuk, Andrzej; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

The purpose of the study was (1) to assess current problems and demographical trends of Eastern Poland macroregion, (2) to analyze the consequences of the demographical situation for the social and economic system and development perspectives for the macroregion and (3) to develop...

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Kapitał społeczny ludzi starych na przykładzie mieszkańców miasta Białystok

Klimczuk, Andrzej - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

. This issue is significant because of the threats and challenges associated with process of rapid ageing of Polish society … discusses social theories of ageing, historical factors affecting on the social position of old people category, changes in … economy. It also features ageing population issue, as well as social policy towards the elderly and old age in Bialystok as …

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Ageing, government budgets, retirement, and growth

Gonzalez-Eiras, Martin; Niepelt, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

We analyze the short and long run effects of demographic ageing—increased longevity and reduced fertility—on per … to demographic ageing and per-capita growth to accelerate. If the retirement age were held constant, the growth rate in …

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The impact of worker’s age on the consequences of occupational accidents: empirical evidence using Spanish data

Bande, Roberto; López-Mourelo, Elva - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

This paper examines the impact of worker’s age on the consequences of occupational injuries. Using data from the Spanish Statistics on Accidents at Work for 2004-2010, a multinomial model is estimated in order to analyse the impact of the age on the probability of suffering a severe or fatal...

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