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The policies for better health, poverty reduction, and less inequality, throughout the world, require thorough … understanding of both the processes and causal paths that underlie the intricate relationship between health and wealth (income …). This is deemed difficult, contingent, and only partially understood. The adage 'health is wealth' is still, primarily, an …
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effect of income inequality on mortality rates for men and women in a subset of OECD countries over nearly six decades from … 1950-2008. Using adult mortality rates at aged sixty-five as the outcome measure of mortality, the latest available data on … the relationship. The findings show that income inequality has a negative effect on mortality rates for both men and women …
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This paper investigates determinants of convergence in GDP per capita in the euro area and the EU between 1995 and 2021. It finds that the COVID-19 crisis temporarily slowed convergence but the estimated negative impact is significantly smaller than during the global financial crisis. Diverging...
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expectancy and decreases the mortality rate. The positive relationship between clean energy and human health suggests that clean … human welfare. It is widely admitted that energy security ensures access to health, higher efficiency, education, and … economic growth. Energy consumption has a profound impact on human health depending on the source used for energy generation …
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On the basis of the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement (SHARE), we analyse the determinants of who engages in …, better education, having a partner, younger age and better health are associated with higher rates of receipt. The impact of …
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death data. In addition to that, the article provides information on the concept of excess mortality. It compares the …
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Seit Beginn der Corona-Pandemie steht in der öffentlichen Diskussion nicht nur die Entwicklung der COVID-19-Todesfälle im Fokus, sondern auch der Verlauf der Sterbefallzahlen insgesamt. Das Statistische Bundesamt hat seine aus Anlass der Corona-Pandemie aufgebaute Sonderauswertung der...
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The COVID-19 pandemic caused an increase in mortality in 2020 with a resultant decrease in life expectancy in most … mortality in 2020. This paper provides further insights into mortality changes in 2020, based on age decomposition and an …
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entire life span and working life-time. Methods: Data are obtained from the National Health Information Center mortality …Background: In recent years, high mortality from cardiovascular diseases (chronic ischemic heart disease, acute … economic and health system of the Slovak Republic considerably. By eliminating these deaths, the life expectancy could be …
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The aim of this paper is to present life expectancy of both genders depending on their income and to determine the impact of a possible regularity on the state pension policy. The study was based on the income of pensioners in Poland (over 5 million people receiving old-age pension). The results...
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