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Shimokawa, Satoru; Pinstrup-Andersen, Per - 2006

We investigate the relationship between changes in socioeconomic factors and the emerging coexistence of under and overweight among adults in China during 1991-2000. Our key questions are: (1) whether any socioeconomic factor explains both increasing overweight (Body Mass Index (BMI)less than or...

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Economic Growth, Lifestyle Changes, and the Coexistence of Under and Overweight in China: A Semiparametric Approach

Shimokawa, Satoru; Pinstrup-Andersen, Per - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

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Economic Globalisation: The Process and its Potential, Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2005

in the proportion of global GDP traded internationally, and the relative size of global FDI. China’s comparative economic …

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The impact of increased school : enrollment on economic growth in Tanzania

Seebens, Holger; Wobst, Peter - 2003

Failure to accumulate human capital is one of the pressing problems of developing countries. Lacking human capital formation bears consequences on an economy wide level, since education contributes to labor productivity. We examine the impact of increased school enrollment with regard to...

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When Government Spending Serves the Elites: Consequences for Economic Growth in a Context of Market Imperfections

Lopez, Ramon E.; Islam, Asif M. - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2008

Government spending should be regarded as a social and political phenomenon, not merely as a technical choice. We argue that there is an implicit contract between the organized elites and politicians which often leads to a pro-elite allocation of public resources. A natural and simple taxonomy...

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Modern Infectious Diseases: Macroeconomic Impacts and Policy Responses

Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2020

. First, we cover the role of health in driving economic growth and well-being and discuss standard frameworks for assessing … and their macroeconomic repercussions. Fourth, we discuss the health toll and economic impacts of five infectious diseases …: HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, influenza, and COVID-19. Although major epidemics and pandemics can take an enormous …

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Chasing mosquitoes : an exploration of the relationship between economic growth, poverty and the elimination of Malaria in Southern Europe in the 20th century

Bowden, Sue M.; Michailidou, Domna M.; Pereira, Álvaro … - In: Journal of international development : the journal of … 20 (2008) 8, pp. 1080-1106

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Explaining the interrelations between health, education and standards of living in Portugal. A simultaneous equation approach

Poças, Ana; Soukiazis, Elias - In: International Journal of Public Policy 9 (2013) 3, pp. 167-187

The aim of this paper is to analyse the links between health status, education and economic growth in Portugal. Focus … the health sector, it is also important to note that it is a result of other socioeconomic factors outside the health … cumulative causation effects between health, education and per capita income growth. Having this in mind, in this paper we use a …

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Cancer and economic growth in an aging population: estimating the impact for Australia

Swift, Robyn - Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, … - 2010

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Framework of Inclusive Growth Indicators Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2012 Special Supplement

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012

The Framework of Inclusive Growth Indicators 2012 (FIGI 2012) is the follow-up edition to FIGI 2011, which proposed a set of 35 indicators as measures of income and non-income outcomes of inclusive growth; the processes and inputs that are important to improve access to opportunities, social...

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