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Assessment of 24 h Sodium and Potassium Urinary Excretion in Normotensive and Hypertensive Dominican Adults. [PDF]

open access: yesNutrients, 2023
García-Lithgow CH   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Female Education and Child Marriage

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine why the education of young girls has historically lagged behind that of young boys across different countries. Using data from 105 countries during 1990–2020, we discover some evidence that is consistent with the idea that parents in many traditional societies reduce investments in the primary schooling of their daughters after they
Hasan A. Faruq
wiley   +1 more source

The Mental Health of the Young in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We report on the wellbeing of the young in twenty‐eight countries located in Eastern Europe and Central Asia including fifteen post‐Soviet countries. We find no evidence of the decline in the mental health of the young relative to older people, which characterizes Western Europe and English‐speaking advanced economies. The mental health of the
David G. Blanchflower, Alex Bryson
wiley   +1 more source

Aid to Fight AIDS: An Empirical Analysis of HIV‐Specific Development Aid Effectiveness

open access: yesScottish Journal of Political Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using an excludable instrument for HIV‐specific aid, we investigate its effectiveness on HIV outcomes viz., prevalence and death rates. We theorize that HIV‐specific aid fills the funding gap that prevents governments from committing adequate resources to effectively address the epidemic.
Derek Nolan   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Other US Border: Health Insurance Coverage Among Latino Immigrants In Puerto Rico. [PDF]

open access: yesHealth Aff (Millwood), 2021
Rivera-González AC   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Internet, Inequality, and Regime Stability

open access: yesScottish Journal of Political Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the link between income inequality and political instability, focusing on the moderating role of Internet penetration. Using data from over 120 countries (1996–2020), we find a conditional relationship: in low‐Internet countries, higher inequality associates with lower instability, likely due to limited political awareness ...
Mohammad Reza Farzanegan   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Luis de Molina’s Doctrine of Predestination and the Controversy with the Dominicans of Salamanca in the Second Half of the 16th Century

open access: yesLexicon Philosophicum
This article analyses the doctrine of predestination in the work Concordia liberii ar-bitrii cum gratiae donis, divina praescientia, providentia, praedestinatione et reprobatione (1588) by the Jesuit Luis de Molina (1535-1600) and examines the criticism
João Rebalde
doaj  

An Analysis of Repayment Among Clients of the Microfinance Institution Esperanza International, Dominican Republic [PDF]

open access: yes
This research considers default among borrowers of Esperanza International, a microfinance institution in the Dominican Republic. Though Esperanza holds high repayment rates, it is of value to examine the 3 to 5 percent of clients that have not had ...
Salazar, Gabriela L.
core   +1 more source

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