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"This paper proposes that individuals care about the relative income of proximate reference groups. Making use of self-reported life satisfaction as a proxy for unobservable utility, the relative income of siblings is tested for relevance as a reference point for new sample data from Venezuela....
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feasible. Three focus groups were conducted with Family Medicine Practice (FMP) doctors, FMP health personnel and division …Prior to 2003, health outcomes in Turkey, including maternal and child health outcomes, lagged behind those of … overall family medicine program. It describes and assesses Turkey's performance based payment scheme in family medicine with …
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of the present report are: a) to analyze the main characteristics of family agriculture as well as its development … measures aimed at reducing vulnerabilities and increasing development opportunities for family producers; and d) contribute to … presenting a set of policy recommendations and measures to support an economic and environmentally sustainable family agriculture …
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"The authors use data from three waves of the India National Family Health Survey to explore the relationship between … the month of birth and the health outcomes of young children in India. They find that children born during the monsoon … variations in affecting environmental conditions at the time of birth and determining the health outcomes of young children in …
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"This paper reviews the correlations and potential links between health and economic growth and summarizes the evidence … on the role of government in improving health status. At the macroeconomic level, the evidence of an impact of health on … growth remains ambiguous due both to difficulties in measuring health, and to the methodological challenges of identifying …
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health and education. One hypothesis for this variability is the resilience of the extended family network in some countries …
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