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The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Trust in childhood vaccination is a concern for health policy, particularly in settings of political transition and conflict, where governance, institutional legitimacy and service delivery are often under strain. It is against this backdrop that this study aims to describe evolving interactions between health system governance, trust and ...
Harriet Dwyer +7 more
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The Impact of Economic Growth on Insurance (Growth)
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates the impact of economic growth on insurance (growth), focusing on the outflow side of the insurance activity, as captured by benefits (including commissions and expenses). The findings provide evidence that economic growth does exert a positive, statistically significant impact on the benefit side of insurance (growth ...
Nicholas Apergis +2 more
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Heating the Inflation Inequality in Greece
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The aim of the current study is twofold. First, we assess the household inflation inequality in Greece not only across different income groups but also across other households' social and economic characteristics, such as occupational status and household composition, among others.
Stavros Degiannakis +2 more
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Effective Altruism and Care Ethics
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Effective altruism (EA) has received some of its most vocal criticisms from supporters of care ethics. In this article I take a comparative approach to determine whether a compelling critique of EA can emerge from care ethics at the ethical level, and more generally how much common ground can be found between the two.
Antonin Broi
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Can insurance increase financial risk ? The curious case of health insurance in China [PDF]
The most basic argument for insurance is that it reduces financial risk. But since insurance opens up new opportunities for consuming expensive high-technology care which permits health improvements that are valued by the insured, and because in many ...
Lindelow, Magnus, Wagstaff, Adam
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International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.Australia has different levels of exposure to tropical cyclones. Using historical records, this study investigates the spatial variability of tropical cyclone formation across the Southeast Indian–South Pacific basin, quantifies the exposure of different parts of Australia to tropical cyclone weather events, and examines decadal variability in cyclone ...
Adolfo Lugo Ríos +2 more
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Catastrophic Health Expenditure and Household Well-Being [PDF]
According to the catastrophic health expenditure methodology a house- hold is in catastrophe if its health out-of-pocket budget share exceeds a critical threshold.
Lamiraud, K, Abul Naga, Ramses
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Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Upland farming in Europe is frequently assumed to have been limited and precarious, despite relict spade‐dug ridges providing firm evidence of past crop growing. Direct evidence for crop types in post‑Medieval to Modern (~since 1500 CE) uplands is rare; yet, in Ireland, relict spade‐dug ridges that date to this period are commonly interpreted ...
Helen Essell, Gill Plunkett
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Strategic Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Digital platform (DP) enterprises have risen to the top of the global economy by inverting traditional business models. They earn money through matchmaking, transaction facilitation, and efficient orchestration of other stakeholders' resources.
Lukas R. G. Fitz, Jochen Scheeg
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