The finance-growth nexus is discussed with respect to possible conclusions from economic history, contributions from economic theory as well as recent empirical crosscountry studies. Then, a new proxy for financial development is introduced, which refers to the input of real resources into the financial system. Based on this proxy, an empirical framework is elaborated to clarify the importance ...

Efficient resource allocation in the management of occupational health and safety (OHS) in the workplace requires access to information about the effects of different psychosocial and physical risk factors in the workplace on lost working hours and reduced productivity. The present article aims to help the OHS policy-makers in their decisions on allocating economic and human resources to deal w...

Dental caries has a multifactorial etiology, including socio-economic variables and access to dental care, which were discussed in the national survey conducted in 2002. The aim of this study was to investigate the socio-economic aspects and access to dental care, associated with caries prevalence and severity in adolescents from the State of São Paulo. The study design was cross-sectional, on ...

This paper aims to investigate the socio-economic, dwelling and appliance related factors that have significant or non-significant effects on domestic electricity consumption. To achieve this aim, a comprehensive literature review of international research investigating these factors was undertaken. Although papers examining the factors affecting electricity demand are numerous, to the authors’...

BACKGROUND This study used Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) pancreatic cancer data to identify predictive models and potential socio-economic disparities in pancreatic cancer outcome. MATERIALS AND METHODS For risk modeling, Kaplan Meier method was used for cause specific survival analysis. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov's test was used to compare survival curves. The Cox proportiona...

Adolescents of low socio-economic position (SEP) are less likely than those of higher SEP to consume diets in line with current dietary recommendations. The reasons for these SEP variations remain poorly understood. We investigated the mechanisms underlying socio-economic variations in adolescents' eating behaviours using a theoretically derived explanatory model. Data were obtained from a comm...

Socio-economic and environmental changes are well known causes of demographic collapse of agrarian cultures. The collapse of human societies is a complex phenomenon where historical and cultural dimensions play a key role, and they may interact with the environmental context. However, the importance of the interaction between socio-economic and climatic factors in explaining possible breakdowns...

Socio-economic factors have significant influences on air quality and are commonly used to guide environmental planning and management. Based on data from 85 long-term daily monitoring cities in China, air quality as evaluated by AOFDAQ-A (Annual Occurrence Frequency of Daily Air Quality above Level III), was correlated to socio-economic variable groups of urbanization, pollution and environmen...

The objective of this study was to examine whether it is through their low control beliefs that low socio-economic status groups have higher risks of heart disease, and to examine whether this mechanism is more substantial than and independent of the mechanism via classical coronary risk factors. In a population-based prospective cohort study, participants were selected from 27 general practice...