... Christiani Part II TheBroaderImpactofGlobalWorking Conditions: TheEffectonFamilies Labor Conditions and the Health of Children, Elderly and Disabled Family Members, 75 Jody Heymann, Aron Fischer, ... Party onthe Social Dimension of Globalization Among the issues he has worked on recently are theimpactof globalization on poverty reduction and decent work, freedom of association and the right ... paucity of attention paid to theimpactofworkingconditionsonthe health of families, societies, and theglobal community is evident from an examination of published research on occupational...
... Contribution of technology Contribution of other factors -1.5 -1.0 -0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.0 1.5 Decomposition: Advanced Economies Change in Gini Contribution of globalization Contribution of technology ... make a lot of sense upon examination of data onthe sectoral composition of FDI These 13 14 See the appendix for a list of countries included in the estimation Since income and consumption surveys ... and the integration of countries from the former Soviet bloc into theglobal economy have led to an unprecedented level of integration ofthe world economy—surpassing the pre-World War I peak—the...
... well aware ofthe effects of monetization onthe health-seeking behavior ofthe poor.16 They see poor clients who present themselves in a more debilitated condition than they would otherwise have ... range of urban agencies Many ofthe priority areas are already areas of concern on other counts, but the prospects of climate change adds a new element of urgency to them Conclusion Unlike the ... Popular that aims to enroll the majority ofthe poor by the middle ofthe next decade.21 Health insurance is not the only way to improve the access ofthe poor to the cash they need for health care.22...
... Effects of Income Support Policy on Health among the Elderly There have been only a handful of studies that directly estimate the causal effects of income transfer policies onthe health ofthe ... distribution, but the association between income and health is strongest at the bottom end ofthe income distribution, the study is biased against finding an effectof income on health Furthermore, the ... among the Elderly Pamela Herd University of Wisconsin, Madison James House and Robert F Schoeni University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Conference on Health Effects of Nonhealth Policies Washington,...
... study theimpactofthe household characteristics, the type of household and the caring tasks were added at the second step (model 2) Finally, to control by the level of social support, the confidant ... Limitations One ofthe limitations of this study is its cross-sectional design, a fact that prevents us from determining the directions of causation For example, as mentioned before, the relationships ... 30th 2006, the Act for the Promotion of Personal Autonomy and Care for Dependent Persons was passed in the Congress of Deputies, with implementation commencing at the end of 2007 and constituting...
... employed and the presentation ofthe material in this publication not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever onthe part ofthe World Health Organization or ofthe Organisation for Economic ... health conditions are responsible for a considerable proportion ofthe burden of ill health borne by the poor Diagnosis and treatment of these conditions could be exempt from charges, regardless of ... for the implementation of health policies, including professional certification and supervision of health personnel, as well as policies onthe quality and availability of drugs The setting of...
... in the 1950s, largely focused ontheimpactofthe development process on inequality, the new emerging literature is considering the reverse causality—that is, theimpactof inequality onthe ... of intergenerational transmission of education, occupational status, or income Taking up this object of research, Cogneau and Gignoux study the contribution of education to a reduction of economic ... colonial occupation Colonial institutional development is generally regarded as a function ofthe specific policy objectives ofthe colonial motherland in response to these local conditions This brief...
... between the concept of distribution according to one's contribution and of distribution according to one's needs The concept ‘distribution according to one's contribution’ takes a position that the ... Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth 7.2.Education as a Means of Transmission of Wealth 7.3.Determination ofthe Rate of Return and Wealth Distribution in the Long Run 7.4 .The Fluctuation of Asset ... and the contract, the original position (which corresponds, in the traditional theory of one social contract, to the state of nature where people make a mutual agreement onthe rights of the...
... The reason for adding price variables is that we want to see the role of monetary policy in the interaction ofthe two economies, theeffectof monetary policy onthe domestic economy and the difference ... 0.55 The standard errors are in parentheses All the signs meet our expectation The interaction ofthe two economies is represented by the export functions: China’s export is a function of Hong Kong’s ... China’s economic policies have a big effecton Hong Kong, but the reverse is not true However, China and Hong Kong’s economies are intertwined The shock ofthe Chinese economy will affect Hong Kong’s...
... compensation for endowment differences work in the other direction Digression on Estimated Impactof Parents’ Schooling on Child Schooling in Minnesota (Behrman & Rosenzweig AER 2002) Strong emphasis on ... relation: (2) Sf = mSm + nEm + v Control for E: adult within-identical twins Assortative Mating: Impactof Additional Year of Own Schooling on Additional Year of Spouse’s Schooling (Relation 2) ... Schooling (Sf) on Child Schooling (w/o and w Sm) 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 Effect Sf 0.1 OLS OLS w Sm Twins Twins w Sm Impactof Additional Year of Mother’s Schooling (Sm) on Child Schooling (w/o and w Father’s...
... distribution of skilled and unskilled labor, in the subsequent period; the relative supply of skilled/unskilled labor affects the wage of different skill groups Onthe other hand, the variation of relative ... )]2 impactof ht onthe ratio of future skilled to total owrking population With a rise in the proportion of skilled labor, the next generation will become more skill-intensive since the offspring ... rates and rates of natural increases, on one hand, and economic status and per capita economic performance, onthe other hand, raises problem with respect to the economic advance ofthe poor and...
... direct impacton inequality, through their effectonthe lower-middle ofthe distribution, than on poverty per se One implication for evaluation, as noted by other contributors to this volume, is the ... information is gathered in the process of evaluation from the perspective of social impact and inform the program planners ofthe positive as well as the negative social consequences The role of evaluations ... that the evaluation will assess these impacts However, the evaluator has the responsibility to make the program planners and implementors aware ofthe importance of judging the program on the...
... prevalence of certain chronic conditions rose in the non-elderly population Among the statistically significant changes were the rise in diabetes from 5% to 8% of non-elderly women, anxiety/depression ... limit their ability to work or otherwise interfere with their participation in daily activities The health of women is one ofthe strongest determinants of whether and how they will use the health ... including the decisions they make on behalf of their children, theimpact their multiple roles have on their own stress, and their roles as caregivers to ill or aging relatives Exhibit 7a Profile of...
... to be pregnant The great majority of Americans use contraception.28 The U.S Centers for Disease Control (CDC) considers the widespread use of modern contraception to be one ofthe greatest public ... half the states regulate contraceptive coverage as part of prescription drug regulation under state insurance law, and many of these plans contain exclusions of preexisting conditions and long ... lifecourse Noncontraceptive Benefits of Contraception68 The benefits of contraception extend beyond birth spacing and family size For example, oral contraceptive pills reduce the risks of both endometrial...
... Estimate the effects of each ofthe target conditionson general health Combine the estimates from steps one and two to estimate theeffectof each ofthe target conditionson wages There is ... productivity In the case of education, it is likely that on average across the community, theeffectof a person’s level of education on their wage gives a reasonable indication ofthe contribution of education ... suggest that the most significant labour market effects of chronic illness relate to the effects oftheconditionson workforce participation People who contract the target conditions but remain...
... developments after the reunification and theimpactof reforms ofthe education and health systems of former East Germany 10 The concept of efficiency in this application of DEA to spending is ... education and health in France, Germany, the U.K., and the U.S.; that is, the question of how to increase the efficiency of spending on education and health is most relevant for these countries Onthe ... graduation rates dropped This raises the question whether improvements in education or the reduced participation in education drives the higher test scores 11 tertiary education in the younger of the...
... with of cial positions ofthe UNESCO or ofthe UNESCO Institute for Education Hamburg The designations employed and the presentation ofthe material in this publication not imply the expression of ... any opinion whatsoever onthe part ofthe UNESCO Secretariat concerning the legal status of any country or territory, or its authorities, or concerning the delimitations ofthe frontiers of any ... regions ofthe world, with representatives of 140 member states and some 400 NGOs In addition to the work ofthe commissions and plenary which debated theof cial documents ofthe Conference The...