The calculated excess deaths are translated to a social-economic loss on the basis of the value of statistical life (VSL). The concept of VSL is widely used throughout the world to monetize fatality risks in benefit–cost analyses. The VSL represents the individual’s local money–mortality ri...
3. Using the global average extrapolation method, the total economic cost, inclusive of damages and statistical loss of life, can be presented as a proportion of annual global GDP. This is not a direct comparison because GDP is a measure of economic flow, i.e., measured over a defined ...
Among digital channels, price-comparison websites, or aggregators, tend to dominate globally for both life and property and casualty insurance, with respondents preferring to use them over the individual digital channels of insurance companies or banks. Respondents in Japan, South Korea, and China,...
However, given the lack of long-term observation data with a high spatiotemporal resolution, the analysis and prediction of global precipitation face significant challenges [13,14,15]. Given their different physical characteristics, land and ocean areas exhibit significant differences in energy ...
For comparison, SNF and soil ANF were determined. The major objectives are to address the following: (1) how would SNF and soil ANF respond to multiple global change factors, and (2) is there difference in the responses of SNF to multiple global change factors between the two N2-fixing ...
What is life-work balance and why is it important in 2024? We deliberately avoid using the term work-life balance (preferring the reverse, life-work balance) because we believe the traditional term has a problematic undertone. By placing the words in this order, the implication is that our...
Since the residential and services sector is highly dependent on the buildings and as one of the main parts of energy demand, they are the most important factors of the development of life-quality and environmental issues. With the importance of the buildings being mentioned; sustainability ...
How long do you need international health insurance? Two years? Five years? Ten years? When you compare policies, you will notice that the coverage period greatly affects the benefits included in the policy. As you get older, a plan that is renewable for your lifetime will be important. In...
Mental health is now widely acknowledged by public health as important, partly because of the widespread recognition that life stress can powerfully affect physical health—also a foundational recognition in the mindfulness field (e.g., Baker,1985; Goldgruber & Ahrens,2010; Khoury et al.,2015; ...
governments must be aware of those differences/gaps, as well as how well they have succeeded in comparison to others. In addition, identifying and understanding the likely determinants behind a country’s convergence/divergence club in industrialisation will inform academicians, the international communit...