They later proposed that cumulative economic and social disadvantage caused by worsening labour market and social conditions had given rise to a sense of despair and ultimately increased the likelihood of DoD [3]. While drug, suicide, and alcohol-specific deaths have different underlying causes, the...
but he ultimately did not show up, a young Caribbean man. Sometimes I can only do as much as I can. However, the patient also must do things I ask them to do, mainly instrumental things like, “here is the
Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Am Econ Rev. 1994;84(4):772–93. Google Scholar Esther D. Schooling and labor market consequences of school construction in indonesia: evidence from an unusual policy experiment. Am Econ ...
Crowdfunding has become an essential alternative means of entrepreneurial finance since the last decade (Belleflamme et al.2014). The size of the global crowdfunding market was valued at USD 1.67 billion in 2022 and is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.7% from ...
Regulatory strategies involve, for example, banning unsafe drugs, and limiting the import of drugs on the domestic market [44, 45]. However, the effectiveness of current financial incentives and interventions remains uncertain and problematic [44]. Unfortunately, Chinese township health centers lack a...
The aim of the paper is to critically review the notion of social capital and review empirical literature on the association between social capital and health across countries. The methodology used for the review includes a systematic search on electroni
Many studies on venture capital and private equity exist, and they continue to proliferate over time. This may be attributed to the increased prominence and role of venture capital and private equity funds in the capital market. A closer look at such studies in this review reveals that research...
This is, for instance, the definition given by the EVCA in its glossary: ‘Private Equity provides equity capital to enterprises not quoted on a stock market. Private equity can be used to develop new products and technologies (also called venture capital), to expand working capital, to make...
Family firms commonly prefer internal funding and retention of control. Under certain circumstances, however, equity investments from outside the family ca
For instance, Alan Wolfe argued that in societies where citizens are protected "from cradle to grave" by the state, civil society and norms of rec- iprocity or social capital are "crowded out" [[25], p.142, also cited in [24]]. However, in reality this is not the case. Empirical ...