Estimating medical care productivity is a central economic challenge. This paper develops a satellite account for the US health sector that appropriately measures health care productivity and applies that to the elderly population between 1999 and 2012. The central output of the satellite...

This work should be of interest to people who deal with disputes, of whatever kind. It could also be useful to students and others interested in this rapidly growing field. Topics include strategies for resolving conflict, family mediation, and restorative justice.

Reports of pain differ markedly across socioeconomic groups and are correlated with outcomes such as functional limitations and disability insurance receipt. This paper examines the differential experience of pain by education. We focus on knee pain, the most common musculoskeletal complaint....

As health care financing, organization, and delivery innovations proliferate, the need for comprehensive, detailed data on medical spending has never been more apparent. This study builds on previous work to provide a more comprehensive accounting of medical spending at the individual level than...

Der russische Angriffskrieg hat bewirkt, dass sich die Beziehungen zwischen EU und Ukraine vertieften. Abzulesen ist das vor allem am Status der Ukraine als EU-Beitrittskandidat. Trotz des Krieges setzt die Ukraine Reformen in vielen Bereichen fort, auch wenn das Reformtempo seit Februar 2022...

Der Wiederaufbau der Ukraine beginnt jetzt - auch wenn das Umfeld, in dem er stattfindet, von Krieg, Gewalt und Zerstörung geprägt ist und Russland seinen Angriffskrieg fortsetzt. Mit der Aufnahme der Ukraine als Beitrittskandidat hat die Europäische Union (EU) den Wiederaufbau auch zu ihrer...

Rebuilding Ukraine starts now - even if it is being undertaken against a backdrop of conflict, violence and destruction, with Russia continuing to wage its war of aggression. In granting Ukraine European Union (EU) candidate status, the EU has also made the country’s recovery one of its own...