This paper measures high medical expenses in ten developed countries, both overall and by income and age, providing some of the best evidence to date on the extent of high medical spending across and within countries. Using comparable household-level data on out-of pocket (OOP) medical...

In the contemporary globalized, multi-polar and competitive conditions, small states, which count for more than half of the world’s states, through economic diplomacy endeavors aim to position themselves in the best possible way, in order to assure their economic development and political...

This paper offers a detailed discussion of fiscal redistribution in developed countries, employing data that have been computed from the LIS's micro-level database. LIS data are detailed enough to allow us not only to measure overall redistribution but also to explore whether redistribution has...