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Challenges in addiction-affected families: a systematic review of qualitative studies

open access: yesBMC Psychiatry, 2023
Background The relative paucity of research on Addiction-Affected Families’ (AAF) issues and the lack of attention given to their difficulties and treatment in interventions and clinical practices indicate that the primary focus consistently revolves ...
Mostafa Mardani   +4 more
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Savings and the Social Welfare [PDF]

open access: yesThe Sociological Review, 1911
The following paper was read by Mr. George Paish, Editor of The Statist, at an afternoon meeting of the Sociological Society, held in the Hall of the Royal Society of Arts, Adelpni, W.C., on May 2, 1911. The chair was taken by Mc. A. C. Cole, Goreraor of the Bank of England.
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The Measurement of Social Welfare [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2007
This paper derives a basic formula for the measure of social welfare, a second order approximation to the difference of the value of the Bergson-Samuelson social welfare function between the socially optimal resource allocation and the one in the present suboptimal economy.
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The Stakeholder Corporation and Social Welfare [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2021
Abstract The stakeholder (or responsible) firm is defined in this paper as one that maximizes the (weighted or unweighted) sum of the surpluses of its customers and suppliers (including workers). We show that, although this objective is hard to empirically measure, it can be pursued by simple management rules that rely on constrained profit ...
Fleurbaey, Marc, Ponthière, Grégory
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Social welfare and social control [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This chapter provides an illustration of the elements of what may be considered to be heterodox economic thinking on the nature of social welfare and social control, and the relationships between them. We assume that social welfare relates to a class of functions, such as education, economic security, health care, and housing, which are provided by, or
Cumbers, Andrew, McMaster, Robert
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Health systems efficiency in Eastern Mediterranean Region: a data envelopment analysis

open access: yesCost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2020
Background One of the most important issues in public policy and welfare state is health care. Poor management leads to the waste of resources, including money, human resources, facilities, and equipment.
Hamed Seddighi   +2 more
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Hybrid Power Generation Supply Chain Financing and Purchasing Strategies with Option Hedging against Disruption

open access: yesDiscrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 2023
Environmental pollution has stimulated cleaner and sustainable energy (CSE) resource consumption which fuels low-carbon electric-power growth. This consumption is particularly affected by two factors.
Guoshu Dong   +3 more
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A fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis of 131 countries: which configuration of the structural conditions can explain health better?

open access: yesInternational Journal for Equity in Health, 2018
Background According to the recommendations of the World Health Organization Commission On Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) for intersectoral action on health, the well-being of and equity in health within a population are achieved via a complex ...
Toktam Paykani   +2 more
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The social welfare state

open access: yesRevista Internacional Consinter de Direito, 2023
This article sought to demonstrate in a systemic way the construction of the Social Welfare State, origin of the modern term of Social Security. For a good understanding of the problem on the subject, it was necessary to outline some initial considerations regarding the historical construction of Social Insurance and the birth of the Social State ...
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Animals and social welfare

open access: yesSocial Choice and Welfare, 2022
International audience ; I propose a framework to evaluate the social gains from policies regarding animals. The model considers both the welfare of animals and humans. The gains in animal welfare are estimated by considering the violations of the animals' fundamental freedoms weighted for each species. I apply this framework to twenty policy proposals
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