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Government health care spending and the poor: evidence from Nigeria
Lloyd Ahamefule AmaghionyeodiweThe purpose of this paper is to examine whether or not government health care spending reduces the poor‐rich differences in health status. Specifically, it aims to assess the…
Child poverty: a multidimensional measurement
Amélia Bastos, Carla MachadoThe aim of this paper is to evaluate poverty among children using a multidimensional concept of child poverty.
Economic growth and its effect on public health
Nissim Ben‐DavidThe purpose of this paper is to construct a theoretical framework for analyzing the connection between economic growth, demand for medical care, and economic health.
Georgescu‐Roegen's entropic model: a methodological appraisal
Valentin CojanuThis paper aims to tackle in turn the merits and limits of Nicholas Georgescu‐Roegen's entropic model, as well as its implications for the methodological discourse in economics…
Defining and detecting financial fragility: New Zealand's experience
Susan SchroederThe purpose of this study is to investigate why “financial fragility” carries different definitions in the economic literature. This is a useful task as the detection of…
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- Professor Terence Garrett