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The aim of this research is to build on a theory for explaining economic development in a (neoclassical) growth model …
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New Zealand generally performs well in terms of economic and social inclusion. It has high employment rates, and … education and health-care systems work well for most. However, some New Zealanders are stuck on low incomes and face material …. Māori, Pasifika and low-income households have also experienced slower rates of improvement in many health and education …
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implements a new decomposition on the China Health and Nutrition Panel Survey (1991-2006) to examine the extent to which changes … in level and distribution of incomes and in income mobility are related to health disparities between rich and poor. We … find that health disparities in China relate to rising income inequality and in particular to the adverse health and income …
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is adequately pro-poor, shared, or inclusive. Less noticed is that improvements in children's health are accelerating …, too. This paper examines the extent to which these health improvements are equitably shared or "inclusive." We use a … America. We draw two principal conclusions. First, within countries, health improvements often have a different distribution …
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The well known Preston Curve shows relationship between per capita output and health achievements. What role does …
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Living standards in China have greatly improved over the past few decades. Both sustained economic growth and an expansion of the social security system have contributed to a sharp reduction in the number of people in poverty. However, urban-rural inequalities remain large and some of the...
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In response to observed growing inequalities in income and other dimensions of well-being, including health, the OECD … different socioeconomic groups. This paper links health to the overall inclusive growth agenda. It assesses the two …-way relationship between health and socioeconomic factors. An empirical health production function is specified, using data from 35 …
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Interactions between knowledge and health are studied in a three-period overlapping generations model with health … rearing. Growth dynamics depend in important ways on the externalities associated with knowledge and health. Depending on the … strength of these externalities, increases in government spending on education or health (financed by a cut in unproductive …
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