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On the Regressivity of Gambling Taxes in Switzerland
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?
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
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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.
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
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On Inequity Aversion - A Reply to Binmore and Shaked [PDF]
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.
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Health Risks Due To Climate Change: Inequity In Causes And Consequences.
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
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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
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COVID‐19 Interconnectedness: Health Inequity, the Climate Crisis, and Collective Trauma
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
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Racial-Ethnic Inequity in Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes
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
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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
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