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Use of Country Purchasing Power Parities for International Comparisons of Poverty Levels
Bettina Aten, Alan Heston
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Noisy Politics, Quiet Technocrats: Strategic Silence by Central Banks
ABSTRACT In contrast to the “quiet” politics of the pre‐2008 period, macroeconomic policy has become “noisy”. This break raises a question: How do independent agencies designed for quiet politics react when a contentious public turns the volume up on them?
Benjamin Braun, Maximilian Düsterhöft
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Financial sustainability and the incorporation of technologies in the Brazilian Unified Health System: advances, challenges, and perspectives. [PDF]
Faria GF, Pêgo-Fernandes PM.
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Decline in the persistence of real exchange rates, but not sufficient for purchasing power parity
Tatsuyoshi Okimoto, Katsumi Shimotsu
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ABSTRACT Many climate change mitigation policies face public opposition, especially when they impose visible costs on households and are perceived as unfairly regressive. This country‐comparative study examines specific social policy instruments that may help build public support for increasing fossil fuel taxes in Europe.
Arvid Lindh, Kenneth Nelson
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Lower birth rate, greater female dementia risk: global and regional patterns and public health implications. [PDF]
You W.
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Using Local Expert Knowledge to Measure Prices: Evidence From a Survey Experiment in Vietnam
ABSTRACT Many countries lack spatially disaggregated consumer price data needed to estimate real inequality and spatial patterns of poverty. Such data are especially absent in poor countries where weak infrastructure and high transport costs create large price variation over space.
John Gibson, Trinh Le
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