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Showing 1 to 20 of 424 for “"High income"”.
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Improving implementation of the World Health Organization surgical safety checklist in high-income contexts
… in adherence to and implementation of the SSC in high-income contexts, which impacts its effectiveness and puts thousands of patients at risk for adverse outcomes. A mixed methods study of multiple high-income contexts was conducted to 1) identify barriers and facilitators to SSC implementation, …
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The feasibility of implementing advanced metering technology in high income areas in South Africa
… have significant disadvantages such as require high start-up capital and are susceptible to higher failure rates than conventional meters. It remains to be seen if advanced metering technology is an appropriate technology to be adopted in South Africa. Due to the different dynamics of South …
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Crafting one’s own narrative : high-income immigrant parental choices and practices relative to Icelandic compulsory schooling
Það verður æ algengara að foreldrar þurfi að takast á við erlent menntakerfi. Meira að segja Ísland, fjarlæg eyja í norður-Atlantshafi, hefur gjörbreyst síðustu 20 ár. Á þessari stundu eru 16% íslenskra foreldra á stór-Reykjavíkursvæðinu af erlendu bergi brotin. Tilgangur þessarar ritgerðar er að …
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Coping behaviour of low-income country researchers in global health collaborations with high-income country researchers
… that biomedical researchers based in low-income countries currently experience across key stages of collaboration with researchers based in high-income countries and the extent to which these conditions determine specific individual behavioural responses. Structural inequalities in …
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E-commerce diffusion in high-income developing countries: determinants of e-commerce adoption and post-adoption of Saudi enterprises
… enterprises of various sizes and industries in a high-income developing country from a poorly investigated region. The empirical analysis shows that perceived benefits as well as mimetic pressure are more influential for the adoption of e-commerce and scope of use than the utilisation amongst …
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Mapping the evidence on the impacts of agroforestry on agricultural productivity, ecosystem services, and human wellbeing in high-income countries
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Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorder in Context: a comparison of family perceptions in a high income and low/middle-income country
… individuals and functional outcomes can be highly variable dueto the heterogenous nature of ASD. The context or environment in which individuals live interacts with the core characteristics of ASD to determine functional ability or disability. For this reason the World Health Organization …
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Organisational justice and workplace social support as predictors of employee wellbeing: A case of high-income workers in South Africa
… (Sustainable Development Goal 3) amongst high-income workers. In line with what constitutes decent work, the study aimed to determine to what extent organisational justice (comprising distributive, procedural, interpersonal, and informational justice) and workplace social support …
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Informal finance for the middle and high income individuals in South Africa : a case study of high budget "stokvels" in Pretoria
… use of informal financial services by middle and high-income individuals in South Africa with specific reference to rotational savings and credit associations, locally known as stokvels. The ultimate aim was to recommend ways in which banks and other formal financial institutions could aptly …
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Work-Family Reconciliation Policies Reexamined: Good or Bad for Gender and Class Inequality in Employment across Twenty-Four High-Income Countries?
… set of leave and ECEC policy measures for 24 high-income countries using secondary and country-specific sources. The goal was to determine which countries provide leave and ECEC policies that are “well-developed” across multiple policy dimensions. The new measures were then used in combination …
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Analysis of the impact of demographic and economic factors on internet services satisfaction levels in Windhoek, Namibia
… were comparable between areas from low, to high income levels. Low income suburbs were represented by Greenwell Matongo Ext 1 (informal settlement) and Grysblock Ext 1 (formal settlement). Moreover, middle to high income areas were represented by Pioneers Park Ext 1 (formal settlement). The …
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The potential impacts of state income taxes on timber income following the 1986 Tax Reform Act
State income tax laws and their relationship to the federal income tax were surveyed and changes affecting forest landowners since similar research on this subject (1981-82) are discussed. Several previously favorable provisions were eliminated at the federal level. Although the economic situation …
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Essays in Empirical Economics
… first essay, I study whether improved access to high-income countries increases product innovation. To do so, I use administrative firm and Customs data and exploit a reform that significantly increased high-income market access for firms in China. My results show that improved access to …
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Investigating the heterogeneous effects of temperature on economic growth
… We divide the countries into four groups: low income - low temperature (20 countries), low income - high temperature (70 countries), high income - low temperature (36 countries), high income - high temperature (33 countries). We obtain different coefficients for the relationship between …
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Immigration in a Global Economy: Why the Left Should Embrace Open Borders
… issues of global and domestic injustice. High-income countries have the authority and power to decide, with few exceptions, who gets admitted, under what conditions, and for how long. The result is that poor nonwhite would-be immigrants are largely excluded and the skilled and affluent are …
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eThekwini's changing occupational structure : a question of deindustrialization and racial inequality
… sector is argued to result in a loss of middle-income jobs. This is accompanied by large growth of employment in high-income and low-income jobs, resulting in an occupational structure bereft of middle-income jobs and polarised between classes of high-income and low-income workers. Others have …
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The availability of acute care resources to treat major trauma in different income settings: a self-reported survey of acute care providers
… of resources to manage major trauma between high income, and low- to middle-income countries, as self-reported by delegates at the 2016 International Conference on Emergency Medicine held in Cape Town, South Africa. Materials and methods: A survey was distributed to delegates at the …
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The impact of government expenditure compositions on economic growth: an empirical analysis.
… further extends to examine how low to middle-income countries compare in their growth effects of government spending compositions with other economies from high-income countries. The second objective is to examine the effect of corruption on economic growth via the compositions of government …
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Mental health in Middle Eastern refugees resettled in the Western countries
… Abstract - Objectives: In recent years, a high number of Middle Eastern refugees have resettled in high-income countries. Those families have experienced significant traumatic experiences that impact on the functioning and well-being of whole families. This systematic review examines if …
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Opportunity or not: Race, Gender, Income, and Academic Success in an Open-Access College
… it is one of the most significant issues facing higher education today. Countless hours and funding have been spent in an attempt to find why some students decide to leave college, while others remain. The majority of previous studies have focused primarily on traditional students from four-year, …
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