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Assessing Factors Affecting Palestinian Employees’ Turnover Intention: A Cross-Sectional Analysis Open
Objectives: Employee turnover may have adverse consequences on the performance of institutions. Yet, the empirical evidence on its determinants in Palestine are very scarce. The goal of this paper is to assess the determinants of turnover …
Inequalities in healthcare utilization between refugees and non-refugees in Palestine Open
Background Research on disparities in healthcare utilization between refugees and non-refugees in Palestine is limited. Socioeconomic challenges, health-related behaviors, and political obstacles are significant factors contributing to the…
Does women’s higher education reduce wage inequality? Evidence from Palestine using repeated cross-sectional data Open
Despite the increase of the share of highly-educated women, gender wage gap remains an ongoing issue in developing countries. The increase in women’s education would provide them with more job opportunities resulting in higher employment r…
View article: From knowledge production to knowledge translation:Waterpipe tobacco control research in the EasternMediterranean Region
From knowledge production to knowledge translation:Waterpipe tobacco control research in the EasternMediterranean Region Open
Waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) rates in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) are the highest worldwide, particularly among young people. Although fiscal policies to curb tobacco use have been recommended by the World Health Organization…
View article: Impact of waterpipe tobacco taxation on consumption, government revenue and premature deaths averted in Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine: a simulation study
Impact of waterpipe tobacco taxation on consumption, government revenue and premature deaths averted in Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine: a simulation study Open
Introduction Despite the high prevalence of waterpipe tobacco smoking in the Eastern Mediterranean region, evidence supporting its fiscal measures is limited. We modelled the impact of waterpipe tobacco-specific excise taxes on consumption…
Measurement of Social Welfare and Inequality in Presence of Partially-ordered Variables Open
We address the question of the measurement of social welfare and inequalities in the context of partially-ordered health variables. We propose a general framework based on the assumption that the distribution of well-being states forms an …
View article: Gender differences in the price elasticity of demand for waterpipe and cigarette smoking in Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine: a volumetric choice experiment
Gender differences in the price elasticity of demand for waterpipe and cigarette smoking in Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine: a volumetric choice experiment Open
Objectives This study assessed the extent to which the elasticity of cigarette and waterpipe tobacco products differs between men and women. We also explored the levels of substitution and complementarity in tobacco products among men and …
Who bears the burden of universal health coverage? An assessment of alternative financing policies using an overlapping-generations general equilibrium model Open
In their quest for universal health coverage (UHC), many developing countries use alternative financing strategies including general revenues to expand health coverage to the whole population. Unless a policy adjustment is undertaken, futu…
An Operationalizing Theoretical Framework for the Analysis of Universal Health Coverage Reforms: First Test on an Archetype Developing Economy Open
This paper presents an operationalizing theoretical framework to analyze the potential effects of universal health coverage (UHC) using dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model. The DSGE encapsulates a set of heterogeneous house…