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Financing Higher Education: Public Choice and Social Welfare [PDF]

open access: yesFiscal Studies, 1994
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

open access: yesUniversity of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1966
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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Prevalence of problem drinking in the Swedish workforce: differences between labour market industries based on gender composition and main job activity

open access: yesBMC Public Health
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]

open access: yesEconomics Letters, 2009
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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Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection and Risk Behavior in Vaccinated and Non-Vaccinated Paraguayan Young Women

open access: yesPathogens
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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Potentially traumatic experiences pre-migration and adverse pregnancy and childbirth outcomes among women of Somali- and Kurdish-origin in Finland

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023
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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In search of factors related to migration affecting children’s health – an analysis of documents guiding health visits within the Swedish school health services

open access: yesArchives of Public Health, 2023
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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Effects of food neophobia and oral health on the nutritional status of community-dwelling older adults

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics, 2022
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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Among the swedish generation of adolescents who experience an increased trend of psychosomatic symptoms. Do they develop depression and/or anxiety disorders as they grow older?

open access: yesBMC Psychiatry, 2022
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.

open access: yesIranian Journal of Public Health, 2013
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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