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Pro‐Market Economic Reforms and Resource Curse: Do Initial Conditions Matter?

Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The quality of economic institutions plays a crucial role in enhancing a country's economic performance, leading international organisations to recommend pro‐market institutional reforms as a strategy to support economic development. This paper investigates how the natural resource curse affects pro‐market reforms, analysing a sample of 90 ...
Isaac Amedanou, Kwamivi Mawuli Gomado
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial disparities of population aging in Shenzhen: from China's Hukou perspective. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Luo Q, Li Z, Li Y, Yang Y, Liu J, Liu G, Wu H.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Heterogeneous Impact of Children on Maternal Employment: Evidence From East and West Germany

Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the causal effect of fertility on female labour market outcomes in East and West Germany. We use twin births as an exogenous variation for family size. Our results suggest a negative relationship between the number of children and maternal labour market outcomes.
Johannes Köckeis, Sven Stöwhase
wiley   +1 more source

Relationships between infant mortality and socioeconomic and demographic factors in Kazakhstan: an analysis from a middle-income country in Central Asia. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Zhamantayev O, Smagulov N, Tykezhanova G, Konkabayeva A, Nukeshtayeva K, Zhanalina G, Aldanova Z, Shintayeva N, Kurzhunbaeva Z.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The new poor law and the health of the population of England and Wales

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We estimate the impact of reductions in poor law expenditure on rural life expectancy and mortality rates in England and Wales following the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act. Given the scale of cuts imposed, our estimates imply 8–10 per cent increases in mortality at ages 1–4 years and 2–4 per cent falls in rural expectation of life at birth.
David Green, Gabriel Mesevage, Graham Mooney, Simon Szreter   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping neighbourhood-level drivers of type 2 diabetes for precision public health using predictive and causal machine learning. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Noaeen M, Rostami A, Ghanem I, Saarela O, Keshavjee K, Brook JR, Shakeri Z.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Chasing the perfida Albione: Anglo‐Italian productivity gap in the late 1930s

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper presents new estimates of Anglo‐Italian labour productivity levels in manufacturing in the late 1930s, derived using the standard single‐deflation approach. The findings confirm a substantial productivity gap between Italy and the United Kingdom at the aggregate level, alongside pronounced intersectoral heterogeneity.
Tancredi Salamone
wiley   +1 more source

Socio-Economic Evolution and Tobacco Products Sales in Spain: A Long-Term Analysis of the Tobacco Kuznets Curve. [PDF]

Health Econ
Del Arco-Osuna MÁ, Almeida A, Galiano A, Martín-Álvarez JM.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The differential effects of prevention and restrictive policies in crises: What can we learn from the COVID‐19 pandemic?

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This study aims to investigate the impact of lockdown and vaccination policies on business confidence in Europe, offering insights for future pandemic responses. Our research confirms that vaccination significantly boosts business confidence and mitigates the negative effects of lockdowns.
Minh Phuoc‐Bao Tran, Nhung Thi‐Hong Vu, Duc Hong Vo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epidemiological, Socioeconomic, and Health Service Factors Associated with Tuberculosis Treatment Interruption in Brazil. [PDF]

Epidemiologia (Basel)
Mendonça JS, Silveira FSA, Colodette RM, de Oliveira DM, de Mendonça ÉT, Cotta RMM, de Barros Junior AA, Andrade JV, Moreira TR.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source