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Optimal provision of infra-structure using public-private partnership contracts
Laan, Gerard van der; Ruys, Pieter H. M.; Talman, Dolf - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001546188
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A theory of socioeconomic disparities in health over the life cycle
Galama, Titus J.; Van Kippersluis, Hans - 2010
Understanding of the substantial disparity in health between low and high socioeconomic status (SES) groups is hampered by the lack of a suffciently comprehensive theoretical framework to interpret empirical facts and to predict yet untested relations. We present a life-cycle model that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011381036
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A theory of socioeconomic disparities in health over the life cycle
Galama, Titus J.; Kippersluis, Hans van - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008654181
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Dedicated doctors : public and private provision of health care with altruistic physicians
Delfgaauw, Josse - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003422882
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Dedicated doctors : public and private provision of health care with altruistic physicians
Delfgaauw, Josse - 2007
Physicians are supposed to serve patients' interests, but some are more inclined to do so than others. This paper studies how the system of health care provision affects the allocation of patients to physicians when physicians differ in altruism. We show that allowing for private provision of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011350361
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Investment in post-compulsory education in Sri Lanka
Ranasinghe, Athula; Hartog, Joop - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000953505
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When the quality of a nation triggers emigration
Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Henkens, Kène - 2006
) as well as the 'public goods' these institutions produce: social protection, safety, environmental quality, education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011348704
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Measuring externalities in program evaluation
Janssens, Wendy - 2006
. However, if the programme generates externalities for non-participants such an approach will capture only part of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343252
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Estimating the skill bias in agglomeration externalities and social returns to education : evidence from Dutch matched worker-firm micro-data
Groot, Stefan P. T.; Groot, Henri L. F. de - 2014
relationship between agglomeration externalities and the level of education. While the positive relationship between economic … relationship between density and productivity for workers with different types of education. Apart from estimating the impact of … aggregate density, we also estimate whether the composition of the local labor market in terms of education is related to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010374568
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Human capital formation : the importance of endogenous longevity
Galama, Titus J.; Van Kippersluis, Hans - 2022
We present a theory of human capital, with its two most essential components, health capital and, what we term, skill capital, endogenously determined within the model. Using the theory, and a calibrated version of it, we uncover and highlight an important economic mechanism driving...
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