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Correcting the Concentration Index for Binary Variables
Kjellsson, Gustav; Gerdtham, Ulf-G. - 2011
This paper discusses measurement of socioeconomic inequalities in prevalence of a health condition. As its point of departure, it uses the recent exchange between Guido Erreygers and Adam Wagstaff in this journal, where they discuss merits of their own corrections of the frequently used...
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The parenthood penalty in mental health: Evidence from Austria and Denmark
Ahammer, Alexander; Glogowsky, Ulrich; Halla, Martin; … - 2023
to a child. Instead, they seem to mirror the psychological effects of having, raising, and investing in children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014517479
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The functions of wealth: renters, owners and capitalists across Europe and the United States
Fessler, Pirmin; Schürz, Martin - 2018
Piketty (2017) argues in favor of a multidimensional and relational approach to the analysis of wealth inequality … approach by focusing on different functions of wealth. We operationalize functions of wealth by empirically analyzing the … on these decisive functions of wealth aligns well with the wealth distribution, in ways that vary considerably across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013370140
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The Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being: Estimates for Canada, 1999 and 2005
Sharpe, Andrew; Murray, Alexander; Evans, Benjamin; … - 2011
This report presents estimates of the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being (LIMEW) for a representative sample of Canadian households in 1999 and 2005. The results indicate that there was only modest growth in the average Canadian household's total command over economic resources in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281720
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The career costs of children's health shocks
Breivik, Anne-Lise; Costa-Ramón, Ana - 2022
children experienced a health shock at different ages. We show that these families have very similar characteristics and were …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013164129
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Children use of emergency care: Differences between natives and migrants in Italy
Cottini, Elena; Lucifora, Claudio; Turati, Gilberto; … - 2020
on children under one year of age using a sample of more than 45,000 children living in the Metropolitan area of Milan …. Consistently with the literature, our findings show that migrants' children are characterized both by a higher probability to use …
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The career costs of children's health shocks
Breivik, Anne-Lise; Costa-Ramón, Ana - 2021
children experienced a health shock at different ages. We show that these families have very similar characteristics and were …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012745111
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Mental health policy in India: Seven sets of questions and some answers
Mirza, Arshad; Singh, Nirvikar - 2017
This paper frames the state of mental health policy in India in terms of seven sets of questions, and seeks to provide … momentum in changing the relatively poor state of mental health care in India. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012013807
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Capability approach to public-space harassment of women: Evidence from India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan
Berik, Günseli; Bhattacharya, Haimanti; Singh, Tejinder Pal - 2023
literature on public-space harassment (PSH) is sparse. Based on 2021-22 surveys in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan this paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014581819
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Capability approach to public-space harassment of women: Evidence from India and Bangladesh
Berik, Günseli; Bhattacharya, Haimanti; Singh, Tejinder Pal - 2022
literature on public-space harassment (PSH) is rather sparse. Based on 2021 surveys in Bangladesh and India, this paper examines …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014480671