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Armut : Aspekte sozialer und ökonomischer Unterprivilegierung

Bauer, Michael C. (ed.); Endreß, Alexander (ed.) - 2009 - 1. Aufl.

Die öffentliche Debatte über "Neue Armut", "Unterschicht" und "Prekariat" hat den Blick darauf gerichtet, dass in der reichen Industrienation Deutschland zunehmend mehr Menschen den sozialen Abstieg fürchten oder bereits kein ökonomisch gesichertes Leben mehr führen.

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Population, health and human resources in India's development

Gulati, Subhash C. (ed.) - 2011 - 1. publ.

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Growth and welfare effects of health care in knowledge based economies : conference paper

Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2013

We study the effects of a labor-intensive health care sector within an R&D-driven growth model with overlapping generations. Health care increases longevity and labor participation/productivity. We examine under which conditions expanding health care enhances growth and welfare. Even if the...

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Selective-referral and unobserved patient heterogeneity : bias in the volume-outcome relationship ; conference paper

Hentschker, Corinna; Mennicken, Roman - 2014 - Preliminary

This paper examines the causal effect of volume on outcome on the example of patients with a hip fracture. We use an instrumental variable approach and consider both the practice-makes-perfect and selective-referral hypothesis as well as unobserved patient heterogeneity. Our results indicate...

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The impact of extreme weather events on child health : evidence from Mongolia ; conference paper

Groppo, Valeria; Schindler, Kati - 2014 - Draft

about 20 percent of the national livestock. Results indicate that cohorts of children exposed to the 2010 winter and who … negative effect of the shock is strongest for children from herding households. Moreover, we explore the role of mitigation … channels to cushion the impact of the weather shock. In households where the head has more experience in herding, children …

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