But contrary to extant studies, this paper finds that a spatial locality's level of objective income inequality does not systematically affect its citizens' preference for redistribution. This finding has implications for redistribution policies because government policies in Japan and China—as with ...
This is the meta-synthesis to qualitatively summarize the barriers to condom use among MSM. The social-ecological model provides a relevant framework to understand and analyze the barriers that affect condom use among MSM, which can be classified into six themes at three levels. Based on the fin...
However, the gap between knowledge and practice still exists, and better knowledge does not always lead to safer sexual practices [65]. Literature indicated that the reasons might be rooted in culture, values, individual feelings, and other social-economic-psychological factors [65,66,67,68]. ...
What sector of the economy does the government generate the most revenue.? What economic factors affect the value of a nation's currency? What are the three major issues that surround inflation targeting? Low-wage nations tend to have a competitive advantage in what kinds of ...
Borrowing to keep up (with the Joneses): Inequality, debt, and conspicuous consumption The quest for status is a powerful motivator, but does it affect inequality? This paper presents a novel lab experiment that was designed and conducted to ... S Banuri,H Nguyen - 《Journal of Economic Be...
How does poor health affect the economy? At a societal level, poor population health isassociated with lower savings rates, lower rates of return on capital, and lower levels of domestic and foreign investment; all of these factors can and do contribute to reductions in economic growth (Ruger ...
evidencedoesnotsuggeststrongsexinequalitiesinchildimmunization,thedistributionofhouseholdroles,wherewomencarrymostofthechild-caringresponsibilities, especiallyinlow-andmiddle-incomecountries,wascitedasabarriertoaccessingimmunizationservices(78).In addition,womenmayalsorequirepermissionfromtheirhusbandstotaketheirchildrentoimmu...
(2014). Does private tutoring increase students’ academic performance? Evidence from Turkey. International Review of Education, 60(5), 683–701. Article Google Scholar Boudon, R. (1974). Education, opportunity, and social inequality: changing prospects in Western society. Wiley series in urban...
beneficiary spending of cash transfers does not happen in a vacuum, but is influenced by individual beliefs, attitudes and relationships to other household members (Zembe-Mkabile et al., 2018;Scott et al., 2017;Tonguet-Papucci et al., 2017;Junior et al., 2016). These influences are frequ...
Also, Helliwell and Putnam (1999) find that while an increase in average education increases trust, it does not increase participation in the same way. The effect of social interactions on trust are likely to imply complementaries leading to a ‘two equilibria’ phenomenon. In the ‘good’ ...