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The effects of technical and organizational change on labor markets
Gärtner, Dennis - 2001
A new strand of literature has recently sought to investigate possible links between technological changes, observed modifications to firms' organizational structure and the evolution of the wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers. After a brief overview of such approaches, this essay...
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Economic internationalisation and the distribution of income : a comparison of the cases of Germany and the U.S.
Wacker, Ulrich - 2002
ofinternational trade theory. Focusing on general equilibrium frameworks stems from the insight that economicinternationalisation in … market issues established by human capital theory with the general equilibrium-leddebate on trade and the functional … ofinternational trade theory. Focusing on general equilibrium frameworks stems from the insight that economicinternationalisation in …
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Join the Leader, Imitate or Follow: Evolutionary Stable Strategies in the Commons
Schott, Stephan - 2010
"We develop an evolutionary game theory model for a limited access common pool resource. With full disclosure of …
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Estimating the resources needed and savings anticipated from roll-out of adult male circumcision in sub-Saharan Africa
Auvert B.; Marseille E.; Korenromp E.L.; Lloyd-Smith J.; … - 2008
Background: Trials in Africa indicate that medical adult male circumcision (MAMC) reduces the risk of HIV by 60%. MAMC may avert 2 to 8 million HIV infections over 20 years in sub-Saharan Africa and cost less than treating those who would have been infected. This paper estimates the financial...
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Setting hospital infection control policy : a decision-making framework incorporating health economics and healthcare epidemiology
Halton, Kate Amanda - 2009
Background: Reducing rates of healthcare acquired infection has been identified by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care as a national priority. One of the goals is the prevention of central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection (CR-BSI). At least 3,500 cases of...
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An economic evaluation of the Safe Motherhood programme in Guangxi, China
Zhao, Jingzhou - 2011
Maternal and infant mortality is a global health issue with a significant social and economic impact. Each year, over half a million women worldwide die due to complications related to pregnancy or childbirth, four million infants die in the first 28 days of life, and eight million infants die...
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Organizational Form and Niche Overlap: The Dynamics of Surgery Center Entry and Exit
Housman, Michael G - 2009
theory to the market for outpatient surgical procedures in order to compare the entry and exit patterns of firms in a mature …, our results extend niche overlap theory to settings in which two different organizational forms compete and demonstrate …
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Health Economics for Low-Income Countries
Mwabu, Germano - 2007
Good health is a determinant of economic growth and a component of well-being. This paper discusses and synthesizes economic models of individual and household behavior, showing how they may be used to illuminate health policy making in low-income countries. The models could help address...
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Hospital Performance Evaluation in Uganda: A Super-Efficiency Data Envelope Analysis Model
Yawe, Bruno - 2010
Standard Data Envelope Analysis models result in a large fraction of the observations becoming 100 percent efficient. The article measures the technical efficiency of 25 district referral hospitals from three regions of Uganda over the 1999-2003 period. It applies a super-efficiency Data...
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Three Essays on Health Economics.
Pan, Feng - 2009
This dissertation consists of three essays on health economics. Lack of incentive to protect asset has been one of the theoretical explanations for the limited private long-term care insurance market. State long-term care insurance partnership program allows policy holders to protect a certain...
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