Japan faces the problem of how to finance retirement, health, and long-term care expenditures as the population ages … security contributions, debtfinancing, and a uniform increase in health and long-term care copayments …

We discuss existing shortfalls and inequalities in the accumulation of human capital—knowledge, skills, and health. We … improve: the quality, and not just the quantity, of education and health care; outcomes for disadvantaged groups; and lifelong …

The health and economic impacts of COVID-19 on India have been substantial, with wide variation across states and union …. State characteristics, such as health care infrastructure and the share of services in the economy, played an important role … in shaping the health and economic outcomes, highlighting the importance of adequate social spending, health care …

This paper examines empirically the determinants of COVID-19 vaccine rollouts and their effects on health outcomes. We … assemble a comprehensive and novel cross-country database at a daily frequency on vaccinations and various health outcomes (new …’s health infrastructure, and vaccine acceptance are significant determinants of the speed of vaccination rollouts; (ii) vaccine …

evidence for greater effectiveness in lowering emissions per unit of GDP. Second, although energy reforms are not associated …

large panel of countries over the period 1970–2020. The results shows that both inflation and real GDP growth respond …

illustrates some of the points made on the basis of data from the IMF's World Economic Outlook on real growth and per capita GDP …