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Social Policy and Productivity Growth: What are the Linkages?
Harris, Richard G. - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …
In this chapter, Richard Harris points out that a traditional view has been that there is an inherent conflict between economic efficiency and social equality, a view neatly summarized in the title of Okun's famous book, Equality and Efficiency: The Big Trade-off (1975). This view gained renewed...
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Inequality of human opportunities in developing Asia
Son, Hyun H. - In: Asian development review 30 (2013) 2, pp. 110-130
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Acquired Benefits and Poverty Targeting in Public Spending on Health and Education in Cameroon
Bernadette, Kamgnia Dia; Simon, Leunkeu Wangun; … - 2014
This study aimed at analyzing the benefits derived from the use of public healthcare facilities and education in … the use of public healthcare and education services; and (iv) to establish the correlation between satisfaction and the … education is pro-poor while spending on higher education is pro-rich. But, any increase in the spending on primary education is …
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Acquired Benefits and Poverty Targeting in Public Spending on Health and Education in Cameroon (Benefices Acquis Et Ciblage Des Pauvres Dans Les Depenses Publiques De Sante Et D'ed...
Bernadette, Kamgnia Dia; Simon, Leunkeu Wangun; … - 2013
This study aimed at analyzing the benefits derived from the use of public healthcare facilities and education in … the use of public healthcare and education services; and (iv) to establish the correlation between satisfaction and the … education is pro-poor while spending on higher education is pro-rich. But, any increase in the spending on primary education is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014216812
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Fifty years of Asian experience in the spread of education and healthcare
Mundle, Sudipto - 2018
This paper analyses the dramatic spread of education and healthcare in Asia and also the large variations in that … and private spending have generated a pattern of nested disparities in the access to education and healthcare between rich …. However, as the better-off regions, areas, and households approach the upper limits of achievable education and health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011898729
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The impact of public expenditures in education, health, and infrastructure on economic growth and income distribution in Peru
Baca Campodónico, Jorge F.; Peschiera Cassinelli, Jorge R. - 2014
expenditures in education, health, and infrastructure on economic growth, poverty, and income distribution in the past 20 years …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011285046
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Efficiency of public spending on human capital in Africa
Sikayena, Isaiah; Bentum-Ennin, Isaac; Andoh, Francis Kwaw - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-15
public spending on human capital and their correlates in Africa. The study found public spending on health and education in …
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Health and Education: Challenges and Financial Constraints
Grazzini, Lisa; Petretto, Alessandro - Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa, … - 2013
Even if both the health and the educational sector are under the state supervision in basically all countries, there are wide differences in the mix of their public/private provision and financing across them. The debate on the proper mix between the private and the public involvement has also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010706328
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Desenvolvimentismo versus liberalismo econômico no período populista e o gasto público social
Pires, Julio Manuel - In: Revista Economia e Sociedade 41 (2010) 12, pp. 28-28
Developmentalism versus economic liberalism in the populist period and social public expenditure - This article aims to investigate social public expenditure during the populist period (1930-1964) by carrying out a comparative analysis of the 'authoritarian' and 'democratic' ages. In addition,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862858
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Impact of public spending on health and education of children in India: A Panel data simultaneous equation model
Bhakta, Runu - Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) - 2014
The basic objective of the study is to examine the impact of public expenditure on health and education after … simultaneous equation model among health and education of children, and public expenditure on these sectors. Three stage least …. In addition, public expenditure on Supplementary Nutritional Program has indirect positive impact on education through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123755