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Social Sector Development in South West Bengal
Majumder, Rajarshi; Ray, Jhilam; Sen, Anindita - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Development economics in recent years have become more people centric than before. It has rediscovered that human beings are both the means and the end of economic development process, and without Human Development that process becomes a hollow rhetoric. The maze of technical concepts and growth...
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Education and Health for Inclusiveness
Filmer, Deon; Gatti, Roberta; Rogers, F. Halsey; … - 2021
We discuss existing shortfalls and inequalities in the accumulation of human capital—knowledge, skills, and health. We analyze their immediate and systemic causes, and assess the scope for public intervention. The broad policy goals should be to improve: the quality, and not just the quantity,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013226438
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The effect of medical marijuana laws on the labor supply of older adults : evidence from the Health and Retirement Study
Nicholas, Lauren Hersch; Maclean, Johanna Catherine - 2017
We study the effect of state medical marijuana laws on labor supply among older adults; the demographic group with the … highest rates of many health conditions for which marijuana may be an effective treatment. We use the Health and Retirement … medical marijuana law leads to increases in labor supply among older adults. These effects should be considered as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607292
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The Effect of Medical Marijuana Laws on the Labor Supply of Older Adults : Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study
Nicholas, Lauren Hersch - 2017
We study the effect of state medical marijuana laws on labor supply among older adults; the demographic group with the … highest rates of many health conditions for which marijuana may be an effective treatment. We use the Health and Retirement … medical marijuana law leads to increases in labor supply among older adults. These effects should be considered as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965003
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Acess to treatment and educational inequalities in cancer survival
Fiva, Jon H.; Haegeland, Torbjørn; Rønning, Marte; … - 2013
The public health care systems in the Nordic countries provide high quality care almost free of charge to all citizens. However, social inequalities in health persist. Previous research has, for example, documented substantial educational inequalities in cancer survival. We investigate to what...
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Cannabis use and its effects on health, education and labor market success
Ours, Jan C. van; Williams, Jenny - In: Journal of economic surveys 29 (2015) 5, pp. 993-1010
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Cannabis use and its effects on health, education and labor market success
Ours, Jan C. van; Williams, Jenny - 2014
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Health disparities across education : the role of differential reporting error
Cawley, John H.; Choi, Anna - 2015
One of the most robust findings in health economics is that higher-educated individuals tend to be in better health. This paper tests whether health disparities across education are to some extent due to differences in reporting error across education. We test this hypothesis using data from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288528
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Health Disparities Across Education : The Role of Differential Reporting Error
Cawley, John - 2015
One of the most robust findings in health economics is that higher-educated individuals tend to be in better health. This paper tests whether health disparities across education are to some extent due to differences in reporting error across education. We test this hypothesis using data from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016353
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The Impact of Parental Health on Children's Schooling and Labour Force Participation : Evidence from Vietnam
Mendolia, Silvia - 2017
This paper investigates the relationship between parental health shocks and children's engagement in education and labour market, using a panel data survey of Vietnamese families, interviewed between 2004 and 2008. While there is substantial evidence showing the intergenerational transmission of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012959069