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Canada spends more than Italy on health per capita and as a share of GDP and has a higher per capita GDP. Yet, life … expectancy and infant mortality in Italy are better and have improved more over time. The implication is that the Italian health … care system provides better value for money. We examine whether Italy does get better health outcomes at lower costs. Using …
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We propose a unified growth theory to investigate the mechanics generating the economic and demographic transition, and the role of mortality differences for comparative development. The framework can replicate the quantitative patterns in historical time series data and in contemporaneous...
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The socio-economic status of Indian Muslims is, on average, considerably lower than that of upper caste Hindus. Muslims have higher fertility and shorter birth spacing and are a minority group that, it has been argued, have poorer access to public goods. They nevertheless exhibit substantially...
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