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On the Regressivity of Gambling Taxes in Switzerland

open access: yesSwiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2016
Summary In this study, the author assesses whether the gambling tax in Switzerland is regressive using a large, representative sample of the population and the reported gambling expenditures of the Swiss Health Survey 2007 (SHS 07).
Dimitri Kohler
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Global geoparks: Opportunity for developing or “toy” for developed?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2023
Geoparks can provide socio-economical benefits to local communities, but their relative importance to developed and developing countries is yet to be fully realized.
Dmitry A. Ruban   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Household Income Relationship With Health Services Utilization and Healthcare Expenditures in People Aged 75 Years or Older in Japan: A Population-Based Study Using Medical and Long-term Care Insurance Claims Data

open access: yesJournal of Epidemiology, 2019
Background: This study aimed to determine whether there are disparities in healthcare services utilization according to household income among people aged 75 years or older in Japan.
Shota Hamada   +8 more
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Racism, Not Race, Drives Inequity Across the COVID-19 Continuum.

open access: yesJAMA Network Open, 2020
Since the early stages of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, significant racial and ethnic inequities have persisted across the continuum of ...
R. Khazanchi, C. Evans, J. Marcelin
semanticscholar   +1 more source

On Inequity Aversion - A Reply to Binmore and Shaked [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
In this paper we reply to Binmore and Shaked’s criticism of the Fehr-Schmidt model of inequity aversion. We put the theory and their arguments into perspective and show that their criticism is not substantiated.
Fehr, Ernst, Schmidt, Klaus M.
core   +5 more sources

Health Risks Due To Climate Change: Inequity In Causes And Consequences.

open access: yesHealth Affairs, 2020
Climate change has altered global to local weather patterns and increased sea levels, and it will continue to do so. Average temperatures, precipitation amounts, and other variables such as humidity levels are all rising. In addition, weather variability
K. Ebi, J. Hess
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Disposable Black excellence: A book review of Sekile M. Nzinga’s Lean semesters: How Higher Education Reproduces Inequity

open access: yesThe Professional Educator, 2022
Although Black women’s graduate degree attainment has nearly doubled since 2000, Sekile M. Nzinga’s Lean Semesters provides a complex picture into this social reality in academia, with the central argument that American higher education operates as a ...
Paris Wicker
doaj   +1 more source

COVID‐19 Interconnectedness: Health Inequity, the Climate Crisis, and Collective Trauma

open access: yesFamily Process, 2020
The COVID‐19 pandemic brings to the forefront the complex interconnected dilemmas of globalization, health equity, economic security, environmental justice, and collective trauma, severely impacting the marginalized and people of color in the United ...
M. F. Watson   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Racial-Ethnic Inequity in Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2020
Context Minority young adults (YA) currently represent the largest growing population with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and experience very poor outcomes. Modifiable drivers of disparities need to be identified, but are not well-studied.
S. Agarwal   +14 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Inequity in Cardio‐Oncology: Identifying Disparities in Cardiotoxicity and Links to Cardiac and Cancer Outcomes

open access: yesJournal of the American Heart Association : Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Minority and underresourced communities experience disproportionately high rates of fatal cancer and cardiovascular disease. The intersection of these disparities within the multidisciplinary field of cardio‐oncology is in critical need of examination ...
R. Ohman, E. Yang, Melissa L. Abel
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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