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Economists have traditionally been very cautious when studying the interaction between employment and health because of … the two-way causal relationship between these two variables: health status influences the probability of being employed … and, at the same time, working affects the health status. Because these two variables are determined simultaneously …
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We build a model that takes into consideration the evolution of health over the life cycle and its consequences on … ignored by previous contributions. Indeed, as the environmental tax improves the health profile over the life-cycle, it … influences saving, labor supply, retirement and investment in health. We also show that whether those general equilibrium effects …
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expenditure shocks are matched with firms making health insurance coverage decisions. Our model delivers a rich set of predictions …, health insurance offering rates, turnover rates and workers' health compositions. We estimate our model by Generalized Method … Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Employer Health Insurance Survey. We use our estimated model to …
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availability and cost of the basic inputs in health, education, work and housing depend on the urban-rural context. On the other … market and the adoption of new technologies with their urban context, the relation between migration and education, health …
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The Time patients spent in the utilization of health care services could be a fundamental factor that determines … clients’ subscription to the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana. Thus, Health utilization would partly depend on … clients’ perception about the number of minutes spent in accessing health care other than non-card bearers. …
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The government and the people of the Republic of Palau have been working with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) since 2005. Since Palau is one of ADB’s newest members, ADB conducted an extensive analysis of the constraints to development before agreeing on the country partnership strategy with...
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and on health care-are well known. They need only to be enacted and implemented. …
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This study answers the question: What are the results of the World Bank's Multi-Country HIV/AIDS Program (MAP) for Africa. It documents the contributions of the MAP over the past five years, drawing on countries' survey and program data that are not usually captured in routine World Bank...
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Men who have sex with Men (MSM) are currently at marked risk for HIV infection in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Estimates of HIV prevalence rates have been consistently higher among MSM than for...
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Executive Directors continued to play an important role as the World Bank faced many challenges in a global post crisis economy. The Board considered a number of key documents in preparation for the committee on development effectiveness meetings. These included the World Development Report...
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