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Energy Poverty and Health Care Expenditures : Evidence from the China Family Panel Studies
Nie, Peng; Li, Qiaoge - 2022
Using the 2012-2018 waves of the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS), we investigate the impact of energy poverty (EP) on health care expenditures among Chinese adults aged 18+. Employing a methodology combining a random effects two-part model and instrumental variable estimations, we show that EP...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014078732
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Energy poverty and health care expenditures : evidence from the China family panel studies
Nie, Peng; Li, Qiaoge - 2022
Using the 2012-2018 waves of the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS), we investigate the impact of energy poverty (EP) on health care expenditures among Chinese adults aged 18+. Employing a methodology combining a random effects two-part model and instrumental variable estimations, we show that EP...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013358705
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Legal status and deprivation in India's urban slums : an analysis of two decades of national sample survey data
Nolan, Laura B.; Bloom, David E.; Subbaraman, Ramnath - 2017
In India, 52-98 million people live in urban slums, and 59% of slums are "non-notified" or lack legal recognition by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011631522
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Health Insurance Scheme for the Poor in India : A Critical Appraisal
Kumar, Alok - 2011
With increasing burden of chronic diseases in India and the consequent increase in private expenditure on health care …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127834
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Doing Well to Do Good : Business Model Innovation for Social Healthcare
Velamuri, S. Ramakrishna - 2016
We study three private hospital organizations in India that were set up to deliver affordable high quality services to … landscape in India. We show that while their direct impact is significant, their indirect impact could potentially transform … healthcare delivery in India and in other developing countries …
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A comparative analysis of vulnerability to poverty between urban and rural households in China
Ding, Shuo - In: Economies : open access journal 10 (2022) 10, pp. 1-28
This study proposes a subjective poverty line for each household to quantify the vulnerability to poverty in urban and rural households by considering residents’ expectations and their propensity to compare their perceived welfare level with those of other community members. The findings show...
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Endogeneity in the relation between poverty, wealth and life satisfaction
Hajek, André - 2013
This publication concentrates on the complex interplay between poverty, wealth and life satisfaction. Main areas of life are quantified in a multidimensional approach of poverty and wealth: Individual income, current health, occupational autonomy or employment status and also the mentioned life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010209215
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Endogeneity in the Relation between Poverty, Wealth and Life Satisfaction
Hajek, André - 2013
This publication concentrates on the complex interplay between poverty, wealth and life satisfaction. Main areas of life are quantified in a multidimensional approach of poverty and wealth: Individual income, current health, occupational autonomy or employment status and also the mentioned life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014151292
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An Anthropometric Approach to the Measurement of Poverty
Lopez-Pablos, Rodrigo - 2013
On the multidimensional poverty analysis, an anthropometric dimension was added as an integral representation of future welfare. By interpreting the actual malnutrition state on children between 0.5 and 6 years old in Argentina as those who are going to suffer deprivation in Sen's essential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014209562
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Low malnutrition but high mortality: Explaining the paradox of the Lake Victoria region
Gräb, Johannes; Priebe, Jan - 2009
Exploiting DHS data from 235 regions in 29 Sub-Saharan Africa countries, we find that the combination of low levels of malnutrition together with dramatically high rates of mortality, encountered in Kenya's Lake Victoria territory, is unique for Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper explores the causes...
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