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This paper provides an econometric evaluation of the impact of two innovative care programs for elderly people with dementia (day-care centers and group-living) on the well-being of the primary caregiver of patients. For this evaluation, we use data from a survey conducted in six European...
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Background: Even if health status of immigrants constitutes an important public health issue, the literature provides … differences in health status of immigrants between host countries or whether they are because of differences in health status of … pooled sample of immigrants and one of natives, controlling for socio-economic status and country of origin. Results: After …
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and insurance survey, this study explores inequalities in health care utilization between immigrants and natives. Our … non-linear decomposition. Estimation results reveal that for equivalent health care needs, immigrants present a lower …
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We study the psycho-social determinants of self-assessed health in order to explain social inequalities in health in France.We use a unique general population survey to assess the respective impact on self-assessed health status of subjective perceptions of social capital, social support, and...
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En France, malgré le rôle prépondérant de l’assurance maladie obligatoire au financement des dépenses de santé (75,9% en moyenne en 2012), l’accès aux soins est fortement dépendant de la possession d’un contrat d’assurance complémentaire santé, et de sa qualité, dont 5% de la...
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This paper studies the reasons behind the export performance of different Mexican states from 1994 to 2002. Mexican exports are divided into two components: (1) foreign market potential; and (2) supply capacity. Results suggest that states that experience an increase in supply capacity are, in...
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This article analyses the returns of education as defined by Mincer’s model (1974), in the malagasy case. Selection bias in the labour market and endogeneity bias of education are corrected for. Moreover, the type of education is taken into account. Indeed, this variable is suspected to play a...
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.e. immigrants’ propensity to social participation according to their length of stay in the host country). As expected, the immigrant …. Nevertheless, the more immigrants have spent time in the host country, the more they take part in social activities. The analysis … also reveals significant cross-country differences in immigrants’ speed of social integration. Macroeconomic series like …
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