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Regional income and wave energy deployment in Ireland
Papers in Regional Science, Volume 99, Issue 3, Page 509-531, June 2020., 2020 Abstract Alongside environmental benefits, renewable energy deployment is often evaluated on grounds of regional development. Focusing on wave energy deployment in Ireland, this paper quantifies employment‐related welfare change net of associated subsidy costs.
Niall Farrell +2 more
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International Social Security Review, Volume 73, Issue 2, Page 101-123, April/June 2020., 2020 Abstract In this article, we study how social expenditure is related to poverty, income inequality and GDP growth. Our main contribution is to disentangle these relationships by the following social expenditure schemes: 1) “old age and survivors”, 2) “incapacity”, 3) “health”, 4) “family”, 5) “unemployment and active labour market policies” and 6 ...
Emile Cammeraat
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BJS Open, Volume 4, Issue 1, Page 133-144, February 2020., 2020 Low socioeconomic position increased the risk of undergoing acute colorectal cancer surgery and reduced the 1‐year survival rate after acute surgery in an observational study based on the Danish Colorectal Cancer Group database and Danish national registries.
T. H. Degett +5 more
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International Social Security Review, Volume 73, Issue 1, Page 35-63, January/March 2020., 2020 Abstract The Royal Government of Cambodia recently launched its National Social Protection Policy framework to strengthen and expand social security and assistance. To inform social health protection policy, we examine socio‐economic survey data and administrative coverage data to assess the coverage potential of existing coverage mechanisms and ...
Robert J. Kolesar +5 more
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Blocking the Poor: Status Quo Bias in Policy Congruence
Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.ABSTRACT Research on unequal responsiveness has shown that policies tend to align more closely with the preferences of high‐income citizens than low‐income citizens. Using comparative data on opinions and policies, we suggest that this inequality primarily results from status quo bias; asymmetric blocking power drives unequal congruence rather than ...
Mikael Persson, Anders Sundell
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The Role of Tax‐Benefit Systems in Reducing the Gender Income Gap in Latin America
Social Policy &Administration, Volume 60, Issue 3, Page 390-408, May 2026.ABSTRACT This paper aims to assess the extent to which cash transfers, direct taxes, and social insurance contributions help to reduce gender income inequalities in seven Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay.
María Cecilia Deza +4 more
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, 2023 The main objective of this research work is to identify the impact of health on productivity in Peru for the year 2019, with respect to 4 disaggregations, these are: educational levels, geographic domains, income quintiles and age ranges. For this purpose, an Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) econometric model corrected by Heckman's two-stage estimation was
Obregón Donayre, Aldo Franco +1 more
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International Social Security Review, Volume 78, Issue 4, Page 53-78, October/December 2025.Abstract This paper examines disparities in longevity among Spanish retirement pensioners aged 65+, focusing on pension income and gender between 2008 and 2021. Using linked administrative records, we estimate life expectancy and complementary indicators (median, modal age at death, interquartile range).
Carlos Vidal‐Meliá +2 more
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World Medical &Health Policy, Volume 17, Issue 3, Page 389-410, September 2025.ABSTRACT Despite the high prevalence of cervical and breast cancer, screening rates remain low in low‐income countries. Using nationally representative data, we examine factors associated with knowledge and uptake of cervical and breast cancer screening among married women ages 30–49 in Nepal.
Young‐ji Lee +2 more
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Nationwide study of appendicitis in children
BJS (British Journal of Surgery), Volume 106, Issue 12, Page 1623-1631, November 2019., 2019 This study of all paediatric appendicitis cases among Swedish children reports the incidence of disease. Multivariable analysis was performed to estimate the association between travel time to hospital and the risk of complicated appendicitis, adjusted for socioeconomic determinants of health. Increasing travel time to hospital did not seem to increase
E. Omling +7 more
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