The research investigates if consumers' expectations of the service quality of foreign healthcare facilities vary depending on their income level. The results show that there are significant differences in medical tourism service quality expectations between different income groups for all five...

Education plays a central role in preparing individuals to enter the labour market, by offering them the opportunity to improve and increase their amount of knowledge, skills and abilities. Considering this aspect, the purpose of our study is to identify and analyse the relationship that exists...

Previous studies of immigrant populations suggest that ceteris paribus (after controlling for the number of years in the receiving country and other socio-demographic variables), the level of income is strongly and positively correlated with fluency in the local language. Based on a phone survey...

The aim of this study is to evaluate how the impact of social capital on youth behaviour varies by mediating factors and to suggest evidence-based policy interventions. The type of activities adolescents participate in, the time and type of intra-familial interactions between parents and...

We investigate how continental European unemployment can be reduced without reducing unemployment benefits and without reducing the net income of low-wage earners. Lower unemployment replacement rates reduce unemployment, the net wage, and unemployment benefits. A lower tax on labor increases...

By conducting meta-analysis on the researches of relationship between income level and happiness at home and abroad, this paper researches the relationship between income level and happiness. The results show that the relationship between income level and happiness takes on U-shape curve, and it...

Статья посвящена рассмотрению динамики основных характеристик бедности и определяющих ее факторов. В статье анализируется современная экономическая ситуация...

Resumen: Se sabe que la población infantil es el grupo poblacional más susceptible al impacto del medio ambiente, razón por la cual varias enfermedades que afectan a los niños, entre ellas las enfermedades diarreicas y gastrointestinales, pueden atribuirse a factores ambientales modificables...

This note analyzes levels and trends of health expenditures by country, income group, and region in the context of overall government revenue, expenditure, and GDP trends between 1995 and 2010. The study uses available data from the World Health Organization's (WHO) National Health Accounts, the...