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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 …
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health sector policy, particularly when they have significant macroeconomic implications. Such issues can also affect equity … state and market in health care financing and provision. It also suggests situations in which macroeconomists should engage … health sector specialists in policy formulation exercises. Finally, it reviews the different health policy issues that …
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countries, including vaccine deliveries, demographic structure, health and transport infrastructure and development level. It …
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The governance structure in global bodies like the IMF continues to be disproportionally dominated by advanced economies. Sustained rapid growth in emerging and developing economies (EDEs) in the past 2-3 decades has led to their growing relative weight in the global economy, but with little...
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We quantify the effect of vaccinations on economic activity in the United States using weekly county level data covering the period end-2020 to mid-2021. Causal effects are identified through instrumenting vaccination rates with county-level pharmacy density interacted with state-level vaccine...
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This paper empirically examines the economic effects of COVID-19 vaccine rollouts using a cross-country daily database of vaccinations and high frequency indicators of economic activity—nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions, carbon monoxide (CO) emissions, and Google mobility indices—for a sample...
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We review Greek public sector healthcare policies and health-related outcomes since 2010.We find that excess spending … was successfully curtailed, elements of the institutional framework were modernized, and health outcomes have been …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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