and disability. Alcohol abuse contributes to a wide range of social and health problems, including depression, injuries …, cancer, cirrhosis, dependence, family disruption, and loss of work productivity. Health and social problems from drinking …; social pressures; aggressive alcohol marketing and promotion; other pressing health problems competing for limited resources …

-reported sex worker diaries which include detailed information on sexual behavior, labor supply, and health shocks, the authors … find that sex workers adjust their supply of risky, better compensated sex to cope with unexpected health shocks, exposing … responses entail significant health risks for sex workers and their partners, and suggest that sex workers are unable to cope …

"As pesticide traders are important sources of information about the health impacts of pesticides, a crucial …, knowledge and training in pesticide use and handling, sources of information, protective measures, and health effects. A two …-equation bivariate probit model was initially estimated for health impairment and trader perception with health effects as an endogenous …

pesticides, overuse is potentially a threatening problem to farmer health as well as the environment. To model pesticide overuse …, the authors used a 3-equation, trivariate probit framework, with health effects and misperception of pesticide risk as … endogenous dummy variables. Health effects (the first equation) were found to be strictly a function of the amount of pesticides …

This background paper describes five different tools that can be used for the assessment of tax incentives by … framework for assessment. Evaluations of the various costs and benefits of tax incentives are vital for informed decision making … next three tools (tax expenditure assessment, corporate micro simulation models, and effective tax rate models) can be used …