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Socioeconomic-related inequalities in child malnutrition: Evidence from the Ghana multiple indicator cluster survey
Novignon, Jacob; Aboagye, Emmanuel; Agyemang, Otuo Serebour - In: Health Economics Review 5 (2015) 34, pp. 1-12
inequalities across various household characteristics. This study examined the influence of socioeconomic factors on inequality in … nature of inequality in child malnutrition. Secondly, concentration indices were computed to quantify the magnitude of … inequality. Thirdly, decomposition analysis was conducted to determine the role of mother's education and health insurance …
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Sources of health inequality for Irish women
Madden, David - 2002
the index to investigate the sources of this inequality using both a health production function and reduced form approach … contribution to income-related inequality in health outcomes. Using the reduced form approach it finds the greatest contribution to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333075
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The comparison of catastrophic health expenditure and its inequality between urban and rural households in China
Fu, Xian-zhi - In: Health Economics Review 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-17
catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and its inequality are highly important for forward- looking policymaking. This study aims to … compare the incidence, intensity and inequality of CHE between urban and rural households in China. Methods: This study was … 2018. Concentration index (CI) was employed to measure the inequality of CHE incidence and overshoot, while the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014489829
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The healthcare inequality among middle-aged and older adults in China: A comparative analysis between the full samples and the homogeneous population
Fu, Liping; Fang, Ya'nan; Dong, Yongqing - In: Health Economics Review 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-17
. The issue related to inequality in utilization of healthcare emerges with the growth and it deserves more attention. Most … existing studies discuss overall inequality. Less attention is paid to inequality among subdivisions, that is, relative … inequality. This study focuses on the inequality of healthcare utilization among the homogeneous population and the inequality of …
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Socio-Economic Inequalities in Tobacco Consumption of the Older Adults in China: A Decomposition Method
Si, Yafei; Zhou, Zhongliang; Su, Min; Wang, Xiao; Li, Dan; … - 2018
smokers was 0.039 (men 0.033; women 0.038). The majority of the inequality could be explained by educational attainment, age …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931673
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Carbon Taxation, Prices and Welfare in New Zealand
Creedy, John; Sleeman, Catherine - 2004
household types. Finally, overall measures of inequality are reported. …
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Who Pays for Higher Carbon Prices? Illustration for Lithuania and a Research Agenda
Immervoll, Herwig; Linden, Jules; O'Donogue, Cathal; … - 2023
This paper lays out an approach, and a research agenda, for assessing the impact of carbon pricing on household budgets, and of possible compensatory government transfers that can be financed through carbon-tax revenues. It relies on a rich set of available data and policy models and combines...
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The socioeconomic determinants of mental stress in Ireland
Madden, David - 2012
This paper reviews Irish evidence on the link between socioeconomic factors and various measures of mental stress and well-being. The paper reviews both cross-section and time-series studies and finds that of all socioeconomic determinants, the most consistent role is found for unemployment. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293664
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The effect of socio-economic determinants on crime rates: An empirical research in the case of Greece with cointegration analysis
Nikolaos, Dritsakis; Alexandros, Gkanas - In: International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied … 2 (2009) 2, pp. 51-64
The present paper analyzes the relationship between the criminal offences, the function of the justice system and some of their socio-economic determinants in the case of Greece by estimating their dynamic interactions. The analysis covers the period 1971-2006 and the cointegration methodologies...
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Pre and post natal drivers of childhood intelligence: Evidence from Singapore
Pacheco, Gail; Hedges, Mary; Schilling, Chris; Morton, Susan - 2011
In this study, we seek to investigate what influences children's intelligence in early childhood. The Singapore Cohort Study of the Risk Factors of Myopia (SCORM) is used in to assess determinants of childhood IQ and changes in IQ. This longitudinal data set, collected from 1999, includes a...
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