Economic, Social, Medical, Work Injury, and Environmental Efficiency Assessments

Economic Efficiency and Social Welfare

A framework for the optimal taxation of cigarettes based on economic efficiency is provided here. Fundamentally different views of smoking in the context of addictive behavior result in markedly different estimates of the efficient cigarette tax rate. Based on the rational addiction model, more than half of the states may have increased their cigarette excise tax rates to levels beyond the econ...

Progress towards Sustainable Production: Environmental, Economic, and Social Assessments of the Cellulose Nanofiber Production Process

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan; [email protected] (D.M.); [email protected] (M.S.); [email protected] (K.T.) * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +81-82-420-8288 † Current address: Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Ja...

More than meets the eye: social, economic, and emotional impacts of work-related injury and illness.

The impact of an occupational illness or injury on an injured worker can be severe. This study assessed several dimensions of the impact on a group of 50 injured workers, all patients at an Occupational Health Center. The dimensions assessed included aspects of access to health care, support from treating physicians in obtaining Workers' Compensation benefits, financial impacts, the role of att...

Public health, nursing and medical social work.

Paper vs. Electronic Media: Work Efficiency and Environmental Impact

This presentation quantitatively compares paper and electronic media from the perspectives of CO2 emissions and work efficiency. Should we reject paper out of hand based on environmental considerations? Can electronic reading devices replace paper books for leisure and work? I discuss these issues based on various analyses and experiments. Introduction Although the paperless office has been rep...