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Ghana's national health insurance scheme in the context of the health MDGs : an empirical evaluation using propensity score matching
Mensah, Joseph; Oppong, Joseph R.; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2009
its purpose in the context of the Millennium Development Goals #4 and #5 which deal with the health of women and children … compare health outcomes of recent mothers who are enrolled in the NHIS with those who are not. Our findings suggest that NHIS …In 2003 the Government of Ghana established a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to improve health care access for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003924459
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Active labor market policy in Germany : is there a successful policy strategy?
Fertig, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph M.; Schneider, Hilmar - 2002
Each year Germany and many other developed economies spend tens of billions of Euros on active measures of employment promotion with the explicit aim of contributing to the reduction of unemployment. Yet, high unemployment has universally been a persistent problem throughout the last two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011413370
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Active labor market policy in Germany : is there a successful policy strategy?
Fertig, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph M.; Schneider, Hilmar - In: Regional science & urban economics 36 (2006) 3, pp. 399-430
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Active labor market policy in Germany : is there a successful policy strategy?
Fertig, Michael - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013268846
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Active Labor Market Policy in Germany : Is There a Successful Policy Strategy?
Fertig, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph M.; Schneider, Hilmar - 2021
Each year Germany and many other developed economies spend tens of billions of Euros on active measures of employment promotion with the explicit aim of contributing to the reduction of unemployment. Yet, high unemployment has universally been a persistent problem throughout the last two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320420
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Active labor market policy in Germany : is there a successful policy strategy?
Fertig, Michael - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013429681
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Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme in the Context of the Health MDGs – An Empirical Evaluation Using Propensity Score Matching
Mensah, Joseph; Oppong, Joseph R.; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2009
its purpose in the context of the Millennium Development Goals #4 and #5 which deal with the health of women and children … compare health outcomes of recent mothers who are enrolled in the NHIS with those who are not. Our findings suggest that NHIS …In 2003 the Government of Ghana established a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to improve health care access for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269971
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Small cash rewards for big losers : experimental insights into the fight against the obesity epidemic
Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2014
We complement the empirical evidence on the sustainability of weight loss achieved through cash rewards and, for the first time, rigorously examine the potential of cash rewards to prevent weight cycling. In a three period randomized controlled trial, about 700 obese persons were first assigned...
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Do guns displace books? : the impact of compulsory military service on educational attainment
Bauer, Thomas K.; Bender, Stefan; Paloyo, Alfredo R.; … - In: Economics letters 124 (2014) 3, pp. 513-515
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Do guns displace books? : the impact of compulsory military service on educational attainment
Bauer, Thomas K.; Bender, Stefan; Paloyo, Alfredo R.; … - 2011
Compulsory military service typically drafts young men when they are at the height of their learning ability. Thus, it can be expected to depress the demand for higher education since skill atrophy and the delayed entry into the civilian labor market reduce the returns to human-capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009579656