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Financing Higher Education: Public Choice and Social Welfare [PDF]
This paper considers the use of fees versus the use of taxation for the finance of higher education in a framework that pays special attention to some of the interdependencies involved. In particular, the use of subsidies, in the form of a higher education grant to students, involves, via the government’s budget constraint, an increase in taxation ...
John Creedy
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Social Welfare in the Public-Private State
A new philosophy of social welfare is struggling for recognition in this country. Today's public welfare programs still embody much of the old theory that welfare is a form of charity and that dependency is to be blamed on the individual. A more modern school of thought considers dependency a condition beyond the control of any individual, and seeks to
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Background Identifying problem drinking patterns across industries is essential for addressing drinking problems in the workforce. Still, it is not well understood how problem drinking differs across industries and whether it is associated with industry ...
Hasan Tareq +5 more
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Excludable public goods: Pricing and social welfare maximization [PDF]
Abstract We compare two pricing strategies — buffet pricing and usage pricing — of excludable public goods for social welfare maximization. Buffet pricing is better than usage pricing for low consumer heterogeneity, while the opposite holds for high consumer heterogeneity.
Tao, Z, Lu, Y, Bai, CE
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Cervical cancer is a global health concern and ranks fourth among the most prevalent cancers in women worldwide. Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a known precursor of cervical cancer and preventive measures include prophylactic vaccines.
María Liz Bobadilla +6 more
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Background Women in precarious conditions in their countries of origin, especially those who have left the country as refugees, may have been victims of serious mental and physical violence.
Satu Majlander +6 more
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Background Migration affects the health of children worldwide. Therefore, school nurses who encounter these children as part of their everyday practice need support from guidelines on how to promote the health of children who have migrated or whose ...
Emmie Wahlström +4 more
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Background Food preferences and oral health of older adults greatly affect their nutritional intake, and old-age–related increase in food neophobia may consequently reduce food intake in older adults.
Takako Yodogawa +4 more
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Background Despite an increase in mental health problems, with psychosomatic symptoms having been observed in new generations of Swedish youth, the extent to which these problems correspond to an increase in adult mental problems is unknown.
F. Giannotta +3 more
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Service Users and Providers Expectations of Mental Health Care in Iran: A Qualitative Study.
Mental disorders are known to be an important cause of disabilities worldwide. Despite their importance, about two thirds of mentally ill people do not seek treatment, probably because of the mental health system's inability to decrease the negative side
Ameneh Setareh Forouzan +5 more
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