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on human health. Air pollution emitted from various activities in the energy supply chains is the main risk factor to … human health, along with accidental and occupational risk exposures. Estimates of premature deaths are over four million per … nexus between the energy supply chain and human health. Yet, the negative implications for human health from energy use …
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This paper provides an overview of research on out-of-pocket health expenditures, reviewing the various summary … World Bank income groups for all summary measures, along with correlations between the summary measures and macroeconomic … and health system indicators. Large differences emerge across countries in per capita out-of-pocket expenditures in 2011 …
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Unemployment rates for tertiary-educated youth in Jordan are high, as is the duration of unemployment. Two randomized experiments in Jordan were used to test different theories that may explain this phenomenon. The first experiment tested the role of search and matching frictions by providing...
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are age, gender, education, formal employment, and union membership. Both health and retirement benefits are the …
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relevant for emerging markets as they integrate financially with the rest of the world. This paper argues that, because of the …
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(the VIX, the U.S. real interest rate and real exchange rate, U.S. GDP growth, and world commodity prices) that explain …
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This paper analyzes the impact of Covid-19 and uncooperative trade policies on world food markets. It quantifies the … percent on average. Escalating export restrictions would multiply the initial shock by a factor of 3, with world food prices …
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This paper uses simple analytical models to study high-income donor countries' willingness to pay to supply mitigation finance to low-income countries; how this depends on modality for finance supply; and how it changes as the global greenhouse gas mitigation agenda moves forward. The paper...
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The paper uses Google mobility data to identify the determinants of social distancing during the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak. The findings for the United States indicate that much of the decrease in mobility is voluntary, driven by the number of COVID-19 cases and proxying for greater awareness of...
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The spread of COVID-19 and implementation of "social distancing" policies around the world have raised the question of …
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