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Equity of Health Care Financing: An Application to Iran [PDF]
This paper analyzes inequality in Iran's health system from a financing perspective. Through grouped data of household budget published by Iran Statistic Center (ISC) and Beta Lorenz curve introduced in Kakwani (1980), it has been tried to extract Beta ...
Moradi, Alireza
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Water availability and land‐use shape the diversity of Odonata in the Middle East
Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.Odonata diversity in the Middle East depends on the availability of long‐lasting waters, emphasizing the importance of preserving stable aquatic habitats for biodiversity conservation under climate change‐driven droughts. Agricultural expansion is associated with increased Odonata species richness, but overall trait diversity remains limited ...
Zohreh Eslami Barzoki, Jonathan Chase
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Evaluating Allocations of Opportunities
International Economic Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper provides a robust criterion for comparing lists of probability distributions—interpreted as allocations of opportunities—faced by different social groups. We axiomatically argue in favor of comparing those lists of probability distributions on the basis of a uniform—among groups—valuation of their expected utility.
Francesco Andreoli +3 more
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The Missing Link in Digital Transformation Leadership: Unpacking the Role of Knowledge
Information Systems Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Leading digital transformation (DT) is challenging due to the unforeseen hurdles that arise through the novelty of digital technologies and the broad scope of organisational change. Even those with a wealth of experience and skills may struggle to respond adequately to inherently novel situations.
Malmi Amadoru +2 more
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Poverty and Income Inequality in Nigeria: An Illustration of Lorenz Curve from NBS Survey
, 2018 Lucky Anyike Lucky +1 more
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The Role of Family Complexity in Mental and Physical Health in Mid‐Adulthood
Journal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective This study examines the association between accumulated family complexity and mental and physical health in mid‐adulthood, with a focus on gender differences. Background While research on family and health often centers on the health effects of specific family transitions, the life course health development model emphasizes the ...
Philipp Dierker +2 more
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Social Media Is a Threat for Democracy! A Political Perspective for Analysing and Diminishing Harm
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Social media platforms, once hailed as potential champions of dialogue, have evolved into commodified spaces in which their business models incentivize hate speech, misinformation, polarization, and the political fragmentation of society, benefiting corporate and political elites while eroding democracy.
Itziar Castelló +3 more
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The Lorenz curve of a light beam: evaluating beam quality from a new perspective
, 2017 Miguel A. Porras +2 more
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The first moment of income density functions and estimation of single-parametric Lorenz curves
, 2022 Liang Shao
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Journal of Product Innovation Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We fuse research on incumbents' adaptation to discontinuous technologies with board capital theory to investigate how heterogeneity in incumbent firms' adoption of discontinuous technologies may be affected by what we label as outside director incumbency capital—the specific subset of social capital and human capital that outside directors ...
Simon Hensellek +4 more
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