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Policy Progress in Using Economic Policy Instruments to Improve Nutrition: Challenges and Opportunities

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Economic policy can be a powerful instrument to influence food environments and support improved diets and health. Over the past 20 years, the use of fiscal policy to improve diets has increased dramatically. This paper reviews the trajectory of policy change, and explores the ways in which research has informed three different dimensions of ...
Anne Marie Thow
wiley   +1 more source

Health taxation and need to pay health related taxes in Iran: A scoping review. [PDF]

Health Promot Perspect
Dargahi H, Kooshkebaghi M, Abolhasanbeigi Gallehzan N.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Threat Effects and Work Incentives: Evidence From a Danish Sick Leave Reform

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the effects of a 2014 policy reform on paid sick leave in Denmark. The reform shortened the eligibility period from 56 to 26 weeks for paid sick leave and introduced a mandatory return‐to‐work activation program for individuals whose benefits were not extended. The reform initially led to a temporary increase in returns
Jeppe Elholm Madsen
wiley   +1 more source

Support for Tying Polio Vaccination Status to Child Tax Credit Eligibility in the United States. [PDF]

Vaccines (Basel)
Boyce MR, Katz R.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Impact of Various Tax Bases and Rates on Cannabis Consumption Among US Adults Who use Recreational Cannabis

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As an increasing number of states legalize recreational cannabis, it is increasingly important to understand the optimal tax design for recreational cannabis. Currently, various tax bases (weight, potency, price) and rates are used. However, the empirical evidence on the impact of tax‐related attributes (pre‐tax prices, tetrahydrocannabinol ...
Yanyun He, Lei Xu, Hojin Park, Shaoying Ma, Ce Shang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fiscal stress as a catalyst for public service provision in China: evidence from the VAT reform. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Cai X, Zhang B, Yang J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Towards climate‐conscious corporate restructuring: A comparative exploration of English and Bhutanese legal frameworks

International Insolvency Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper conducts a comparative legal analysis of corporate restructuring frameworks in England and Bhutan, examining their capacity to integrate climate variability considerations and promote sustainable business practices. It discusses the procedural mechanisms for restructuring financially distressed enterprises available under the law of
Eugenio Vaccari, Migmar Lham
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of fiscal pressure on education expenditure: Evidence from China. [PDF]

PLoS One
Yan J, Qin Y, Gong X.
europepmc   +1 more source

Rethinking law in books versus law in action in China's first experiment of a personal insolvency regime: Towards a more debtor‐oriented procedural design

International Insolvency Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Although a local experiment, the promulgation of the Regulations of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone on Personal Bankruptcy (SPBR) in 2020 was hailed as a significant milestone in China's insolvency lawmaking which has thus far addressed only corporate insolvencies.
Jenny Fu, Jin Chun
wiley   +1 more source

Expanding budget space to improve health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: what role for tax expenditures? [PDF]

Health Policy Plan
Tagem AME, Tapsoba Y, Barroy H.
europepmc   +1 more source