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Tackling Income Inequality: What Works and Why?

, 2018
This article reviews the most recent and relevant evidence on key domestic policy interventions that are effective in reducing income inequality in developing countries, the benefits they generate, the choices that need to be made regarding their design ...
Negre, Mario, Cuesta, Jose, Schmidt, Maika, Revenga, Ana   +3 more
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Mobile-First Web Access and Captioned Video in Francophone Cardiology Education: Multicountry Ecological Learning Analytics Study. [PDF]

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth
Roussel T, Benhaim E, Perrard L, Merat B, Vally S, Girerd R, Deharo P, Desroche LM, École Numérique de Cardiologie.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Antidiabetic Potential of Alpha‐Mangostin: A Review of Preclinical and Clinical Evidence

AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Alpha‐mangostin is a compound from the pericarp of Garcinia mangostana. The antidiabetic effects of alpha‐mangostin include enhancing insulin secretion, improving glucose uptake through GLUT receptor upregulation, reducing oxidative stress and inflammation, promoting wound healing, reducing HbA1C, reducing HOMA‐IR index, and decreased mRNA expressions ...
Oliver Dean John, Nur Damia Iwani Zulkiflee, Siti Raihanah Shafie, Ramlah George, Melonney Patrick   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Systematic Approach to the Generation of Income Distribution Models

, 1997
Since Pareto specified in 1895 his Type I model, scores of income distribution models have been proposed. In this study, almost all of these models are organized in three generating systems.
Dagum, Camilo
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Association Between Hair Cortisol, Sarcopenia, and Sarcopenic Obesity: Results From the ELSA‐Brasil Study

AGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
This study investigated the association between hair cortisol levels and dynapenia, sarcopenia, and sarcopenic obesity in the ELSA‐Brasil study. Hair cortisol was used as a biomarker of chronic stress. No significant associations were observed between hair cortisol and the outcomes assessed.
Christiano Barbosa da Silva, Isiyara Taverna Pimenta, Rosane Harter Griep, Arlinda Barbosa Moreno, Isabela Judith Martins Bensenor, Sandhi Maria Barreto, Maria Inês Schmidt, Anissa Daliry, Maria de Jesus Mendes da Fonseca   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating Income Inequality Dynamics in the United States

, 2017
Recently, income inequality has been rising in many parts of the world. This is creating some serious concerns among policymakers, as higher levels of income inequality can lead to various social ills.
Islam, T M Tonmoy
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A Bayesian approach for exploring the effects of household income on self-reported mental health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. [PDF]

PLOS Ment Health
Busch-Moreno S, Fu X, Roesch EB.
europepmc   +1 more source

Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Family of Work: The Female Income Distribution in Europe

, 2003
In this paper we investigate the net income distribution across Europe using data from the 2000 wave from the European Community Household Panel (ECHP).
Lausten, Mette, Deding, Mette, Bonke, Jens   +2 more
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Catching Up on Mortality, Falling Behind on Disability: A Dynamic Decomposition of the Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy Gap between Higher-Income and Lower-Income Countries. [PDF]

Ann Glob Health
Li XQ, Hu W, Yan B, Sun J, Xi JY.
europepmc   +1 more source