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The Economic Case for Devoting Public Resources to Health
Bloom, David E.; Fink, Günther - 2013
may promote economic well-being - via beneficial changes in labor productivity, education, and investment, and through …
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The economic case for devoting public resources to health
Bloom, David E.; Fink, Guenther - 2013
may promote economic well-being – via beneficial changes in labor productivity, education, and investment, and through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009754512
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Does investment in education and health impact youth employment outcomes? : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Anowor, Oluchukwu F.; Ichoku, Hyacinth E.; Onodugo, … - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-16
study investigated the unique relationship between investment in human capital proxied by spending in education and health … investment comprising private and government health expenditures, primary, secondary and tertiary education expenditures were … problem of youth unemployment in SSA would require serial consistent disproportionate investment more in education than in …
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Determinants of tuberculosis incidence in East Asia and Pacific: A panel regression analysis
Alipio, Mark - 2020
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the world’s deadliest communicable disease. To circumvent surges of TB cases, several studies have been carried out analyzing the determinants of TB incidence and recommended policy measures based on the significant indicators. Although the determinants were...
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The Prescription Drug Pricing Moment : Using Public Health Analysis to Clarify the Fair Competition Debate on Prescription Drug Pricing and Consumer Welfare
Marciarille, Ann Marie - 2017
Fair competition law and public health law talk past each other when discussing pharmaceutical pricing and distribution. The former cannot agree on the relevant definition of consumer welfare. The latter does not fully comprehend the highly complex but inherently collective nature of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012957647
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Responsible Coffee Sourcing : Towards a Living Income for Producers
Cordes, Kaitlin Y.; Sagan, Margaret; Kennedy, Solina - 2021
Coffee, one of the world’s most popular beverages, provides livelihoods for at least 60 million people across dozens of countries. Promoting the long-term health, wellbeing, and environmental sustainability of the much beloved coffee sector should be a clear priority.CCSI has continued its...
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Patents and the Pandemic : Intellectual Property, Social Contracts, and Access to Vaccines (2021 Distinguished Roger L. Shidler Lecture)
Lee, Peter - 2022
This Article is based on the 2021 Shidler Lecture, which was delivered at the University of Washington School of Law on November 4, 2021. Through enormous public support and private initiative, biopharmaceutical firms have developed safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines in record time. These...
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US Adults’ Preferences for Allocating 500 Million Free COVID-19 Tests
Schmidt, Harald; Golos, Aleksandra; Sadecki, Emily; … - 2022
Complementing other efforts, the Biden Administration recently announced the purchase of 500 million rapid antigen self-tests, to help address ongoing issues with access to COVID-19 tests. A website, launched on Jan 18, 2022 (https://www.covidtests.gov) enables those wishing to receive tests to...
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Health sector performance and efficiency in Ireland
Sicari, Patrizio - 2023
Overall, the health of the Irish population has improved substantially during recent decades and is quite good compared with other OECD countries. However, spending is elevated, partly reflecting a system that is strongly based on hospitals. Population ageing is exacerbating spending pressures....
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Climate Changes Affect Human Capital
Caruso, Germán; de Marcos, Inés; Noy, Ilan - 2023
Climate change severely impacts critical facets of human capital across the life cycle. This is particularly alarming as both the frequency and intensity of extreme weather shocks continue to increase, and extremes appear to be the main channel of causality. At the same time, human capital has a...
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