Responses of inattentive or inconsistent subjects in stated-choice (SC) surveys can lead to imprecise or biased estimates. Several SC studies have investigated inconsistency and most of these studies dropped su
First, most of the existing research either assumes a constant sanctioning effect for poor performance or a more severe punishment for incumbents that “own” the issues on which they are failing to deliver. We provide evidence of an alternative pattern, in which parties that are seen as more...
This is because everybody in the informal sector pays the same contribution, which in turn is the result of the failure to implement the system of graduated premiums and full exemptions for the poorest that was part of the original design of the national health insurance scheme (NHIS). This...
Who pays how much share for healthcare is a question of financial fairness. The measurement of pro- gressivity or regressivity is important not only for a wide range of equity perspective, but also for macroeconomic and political analysis of healthcare systems [2]. Inequal- ities exist in ...
Equity in health care entails payment for health services according to the capacity to pay and the receipt of benefits according to need. In Uganda, as in many African countries, although equity is extolled in government policy documents, not much is known about who pays for, and who benefits...
"All we wanted was to provide for our kids a place to play," Odom says today from the living room of his Delray Beach home. "Our kids just need a chance." By the time his granddaughter Coco was 8, she was making the most of that chance. ...
Two years ago, BCG predicted that the future of the automobile would be electric. We also specified that regulatory requirements would be the primary driver of xEV sales in the near term, as car makers worked to meet tightening fleetwide emission standards in most major markets. Over time, we...
Gradually, Browne’s bold reinvention of the most conventional outfit in any well-dressed mid-century American man’s closet, the gray suit, became influential. Snug jackets, cropped pants and an inch or two of bare ankle started turning up everywhere. As the business grew, so did the...
In tabular data,everything is arranged in columns and rows. Every row have the same number of column (except for missing value, which could be substituted by "N/A". Thefirst lineof tabular data is most of the time aheader, describing the content of each column. ...
Even for those whose health was not severely affected by the virus, the governmental containment measures implied repeated or even continuous alterations of lifestyles and livelihoods. In addition to several million lives lost to the virus, the most severe societal effects can be linked to income ...