...Pakinam Mahmoud Fikry; Asmaa Ezzat Purpose The paper investigates the direct and indirect impacts of corruption on health outcomes in the African region during the period 1996–2022. Design/methodology/approach A simultaneous equation model is employed to investigate this relationship. Data...

... that returns to education increase with the level of education and are highest at the tertiary level. Quantile regression estimates reveal that returns to education vary across income levels within regions, suggesting a necessity for tailored policy interventions. Additionally, individuals’ health conditions...

... Efficiency Health COVID-19 Benchmarking Brazil Figure 1 GERES division in Pernambuco Table 1A Cities, their GERES/Headquarters, and total population GERES/HQ Cities Population - 1 GERES Recife Abreu e Lima, Araçoiaba, Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Camaragibe, Chã Grande...

...Rebecca Abraham; Zhi Tao Purpose This paper presents three models of funding health care in 130 developing countries, based upon a public system, a private system and personal remittances. Design/methodology/approach The authors trace the funding of health from foreign aid to health funding...

...Anand Sharma Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of economic freedom on four key health indicators (namely, life expectancy, infant mortality rate, under-five mortality rate and neonatal mortality rate) by using a panel dataset of 34 sub-Saharan African countries from 2005...

...Gerard Bikorimana; Sun Shengmin Purpose Upgraded water and better sanitation are essential for human health, but it is still a challenge to get admittance to these facilities and the concerns of public health becomes most victims. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the socioeconomic...

...Asongu Simplice Purpose – How do economic prosperity, health expenditure, savings, price-stability, demographic change, democracy, corruption control, press freedom, government effectiveness, human development, foreign aid, physical security, trade openness and financial liberalization play-out...

...Asongu Simplice Purpose – Owing to lack of relevant data on health human resource (HHR) migration, the empirical dimension of the health-worker crisis debate has remained void despite abundant theoretical literature. A health worker crisis is growing in the world. Shortages in health...

... assumption of the paper: social relations are helpful in gaining more and in improving career prospects. The findings also show that meetings with friends increase job satisfaction through self-perceived health, suggesting a “buffering effect” of the networks of friends. In addition, results for Italy...

...Ferda Halicioglu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study empirically the dynamics of crime in Turkey at aggregate and disaggregate levels and provide empirical evidence of temporal causality between crime, health, income, divorce, urbanization and security expenditures. Design/methodology...

... production is not without its problems. A visible parallel correlation between higher productivity, high chemical input use and environmental degradation and human health effects is evident in many countries where commercial agriculture is widespread. This paper discusses the environmental and health effects...

... was growing faster than population and he noted a problem similar to one we now recognize concerning health care: that we cannot really measure demand, only how much blood has been used. Because quantity demanded must be associated with price, there are problems for economists in this area. Many other current...

... is not only a prolific economist but has interests covering a wide range of topics of social significance. Similarly, this paper addresses an important issue that involves not just purely economic considerations ‐ the issue of lives and deaths. © MCB UP Limited 1998 In allocating scarce health...

...Jane V. Hall Discusses the measurement and conceptual difficulties of assessing the benefits of environmental improvements in monetary terms, in the context of a study undertaken to evaluate the health‐related benefits of improved air quality in a large, diverse urban population. Describes...

... addresses concerns about some economic and health consequences of undernutrition and discusses some adverse health effects that may be associated with improper food balances. Findings suggest that a high percentage of undernutrition in the USA is concentrated in areas where social and economic deprivation...