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Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2015
Publisher: JMIR Publications Inc.
Date: 02-11-2021
DOI: 10.2196/27114
Abstract: The undergraduate student population has been actively studied in digital mental health research. However, the existing literature primarily focuses on students from high-income nations, and undergraduates from limited-income nations remain understudied. This study aims to identify the broader social determinants of mental health among undergraduate students in Bangladesh, a limited-income nation in South Asia study the manifestation of these determinants in their day-to-day lives and explore the feasibility of self-monitoring tools in helping them identify the specific factors or relationships that affect their mental health. We conducted a 21-day study with 38 undergraduate students from 7 universities in Bangladesh. We conducted 2 semistructured interviews: one prestudy and one poststudy. During the 21-day study, participants used an Android app to self-report and self-monitor their mood after each phone conversation. The app prompted participants to report their mood after each phone conversation and provided graphs and charts so that the participants could independently review their mood and conversation patterns. Our results show that academics, family, job and economic condition, romantic relationship, and religion are the major social determinants of mental health among undergraduate students in Bangladesh. Our app helped the participants pinpoint the specific issues related to these factors, as the participants could review the pattern of their moods and emotions from past conversation history. Although our app does not provide any explicit recommendation, the participants took certain steps on their own to improve their mental health (eg, reduced the frequency of communication with certain persons). Although some of the factors (eg, academics) were reported in previous studies conducted in the Global North, this paper sheds light on some new issues (eg, extended family problems and religion) that are specific to the context of the Global South. Overall, the findings from this study would provide better insights for researchers to design better solutions to help the younger population from this part of the world.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 28-11-2015
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-03-2018
DOI: 10.1111/MANC.12216
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 31-07-2018
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2018
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 11-02-2009
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 29-10-2019
DOI: 10.1111/MANC.12258
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 27-10-2018
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 06-11-2017
DOI: 10.1111/MANC.12137
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 08-2021
DOI: 10.1002/JID.3569
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 25-10-2018
DOI: 10.1111/ECPO.12100
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 09-01-2021
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a spate of studies showing a close connection between inequitable access to health care, welfare services and adverse outcomes from the pandemic. Others have argued that democratic governments have generally failed relative to more autocratic ones, simply because autocrats can make the hard choices required for stemming the spread of viruses. We address this question by asking whether more ‘egalitarian’ forms of democracy matter, given that they contain more equitable health-care access and societal infrastructure, such as social capital and trust. We use standard regression techniques, including instrumental variables analysis addressing endogeneity on COVID-19 testing and deaths data as of the end of May and beginning of September. We use novel data from the Varieties of Democracy Project on health-system equity and egalitarian democracy. Our results suggest that more equitable access to health care increases testing rates and lowers the death rate from COVID-19. Broader egalitarian governance, measured as egalitarian democracy, however, shows the opposite effect. Thus, factors associated with health-care capacity to reach and treat matter more than broader societal factors associated with social capital and trust. The results are robust to alternative testing procedures, including instrumental variable technique for addressing potential endogeneity. Despite a great deal of public health focus on how equitable governance helps fight the adverse effects of so-called neoliberal pandemics, we find that broadly egalitarian factors have had the opposite effect on fighting COVID-19, especially when an equitable health system has been taken into account. Fighting disease, thus, might be more about the capacity of health systems rather than societal factors, such as trust in government and social capital.
Publisher: JMIR Publications Inc.
Date: 12-01-2021
Abstract: he undergraduate student population has been actively studied in digital mental health research. However, the existing literature primarily focuses on students from high-income nations, and undergraduates from limited-income nations remain understudied. his study aims to identify the broader social determinants of mental health among undergraduate students in Bangladesh, a limited-income nation in South Asia study the manifestation of these determinants in their day-to-day lives and explore the feasibility of self-monitoring tools in helping them identify the specific factors or relationships that affect their mental health. e conducted a 21-day study with 38 undergraduate students from 7 universities in Bangladesh. We conducted 2 semistructured interviews: one prestudy and one poststudy. During the 21-day study, participants used an Android app to self-report and self-monitor their mood after each phone conversation. The app prompted participants to report their mood after each phone conversation and provided graphs and charts so that the participants could independently review their mood and conversation patterns. ur results show that academics, family, job and economic condition, romantic relationship, and religion are the major social determinants of mental health among undergraduate students in Bangladesh. Our app helped the participants pinpoint the specific issues related to these factors, as the participants could review the pattern of their moods and emotions from past conversation history. Although our app does not provide any explicit recommendation, the participants took certain steps on their own to improve their mental health (eg, reduced the frequency of communication with certain persons). lthough some of the factors (eg, academics) were reported in previous studies conducted in the Global North, this paper sheds light on some new issues (eg, extended family problems and religion) that are specific to the context of the Global South. Overall, the findings from this study would provide better insights for researchers to design better solutions to help the younger population from this part of the world.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2015
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 03-2017
DOI: 10.1111/IREL.12175
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 16-05-2014
DOI: 10.1111/GROW.12060
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2012
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 07-2007
Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt
Date: 10-2003
DOI: 10.1142/S0217590803000682
Abstract: The Fisher hypothesis has been a much debated topic. Over the years the hypothesis debated and the techniques used have changed. While the majority of early studies on the Fisher effect concentrated primarily on confirming the long and distributed lag in expectations formation, subsequent work saw the integration of the Fisher hypothesis with the theories of rational expectations and efficient markets. With the incorporation of these theories in the Fisher hypothesis, the methodological advances involved examining the time series properties of the variables in question. This survey reviews previous work from this perspective. In addition, the studies pertaining to developing economies and possible explanations for the failure of the Fisher effect are also reviewed.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 20-04-2018
DOI: 10.1111/IMIG.12457
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2017
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2022
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-2012
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2018
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-08-2016
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 30-08-2016
DOI: 10.1017/S1744137416000151
Abstract: Using an extensive dataset covering 187 countries during 1993–2011, this paper explores the impact of media freedom from government control on women's rights. To measure women's rights, we consider economic, political and social rights that capture the extent of government's respect for these rights at country level over time. A free press improves government's accountability to the society and leads to better governance. In the context of women's rights, a free press can enhance positive rights by helping women raise voices and gain recognition, and thereby making the government create a more conducive environment for women's empowerment. Further, higher press freedom can reduce the infringement of negative rights by calling for greater public accountability. Yet, a free media, while necessary, may not be sufficient in enhancing such rights, and other institutional factors related to a country's development might be essential to reap the benefit of a free media. Our estimated marginal impacts show that greater access of media (in the form of internet and mobile users) and countries with greater democratic capital enhance the impact of media freedom on women's economic and social rights, with little effect on political rights.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 04-04-2014
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2015
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 15-12-2003
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2010
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 09-2002
DOI: 10.1177/139156140200300205
Abstract: This article examines the relationship between interest rates and inflation for Sri Lanka and whether this relationship is consistent with market efficiency It employs three data frequencies and two approaches, namely, the adaptive and rational expectations approaches for modelling inflationary expectations. While some support is found for the Fisher relationship under both approaches, it is possible to conclude that the strongest support is found for the adaptive expectations approach.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2012
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-2013
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2011
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 25-05-2017
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Date: 2013
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 08-2015
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Date: 15-09-2017
Abstract: Feldstein-Horioka hypothesis states that if there is perfect capital mobility, low correlation between domestic investment and savings should be observed. However, empirical analysis failed to confirm the hypothesis. This study attempts to shed a new light on international capital mobility by incorporating the effect of the fiscal balance and the financial balance. Specifically, for a panel of 161 countries over the 1990–2013 period, the extended model is tested in comparison with the existing models of capital mobility. At the aggregate level, strong support is found for the extended model while, at the region disaggregated level, compared to the existing models the hypothesis of capital mobility holds for a larger number of regions. Our model and estimates are additionally extended to account for the fact that the above mentioned relationships, are conditional on the country’s level of financial development.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2019
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Date: 08-01-2014
Abstract: A recursive system is employed to investigate the indirect effect of out-migration on gross domestic product (GDP) through remittances in South Asia, namely Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Out-migration is further disaggregated by skill level and country of destination (Middle East and other), and their effects on GDP through remittances are examined. The results suggest that migration and remittances have an important significant effect on the GDP of the countries under study. Of the skill categories, the unskilled category has the largest robust indirect effect on GDP. The effects of migration on GDP by country of destination suggest that migration to the Middle East has a robust and significant impact on GDP. There is some evidence of a combination between the altruistic and self-interested motives of migrants’ to remit.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2012
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 04-06-2009
DOI: 10.1057/CES.2009.7
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2011
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 27-09-2016
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2014
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2023
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 14-09-2016
DOI: 10.1017/S136510051400073X
Abstract: This study examines the influence of foreign direct investment (FDI), overseas development aid (ODA), and remittances on the enrollment of girls and boys in 103 countries over the years 1970–2011. The results suggest that remittances have a contemporaneous robust significant influence on enrollment, with the positive effect being slightly higher for girls than for boys. FDI and ODA have an influence on the enrollment of girls and boys only after a significant time lag. The results also suggest that the impact of remittances on enrollment is increased through income and a well-developed financial sector FDI through better institutions and a well-developed financial sector and ODA through better government policy.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 19-04-2018
DOI: 10.1111/RODE.12389
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 24-08-2009
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 21-01-2014
DOI: 10.1111/RODE.12072
Abstract: Using data covering 1970–2008 for S outh A sia, this study investigates the influence of human capital disaggregated by gender, on economic growth. We use an extended version of the Solow growth model with per capita gross domestic product ( GDP ) a function of the key variables, viz. physical capital accumulation, human capital accumulation, trade openness and capital flows, fiscal policy and financial development. The key contribution of this study is to show that openness when interacted with the human capital stock disaggregated by gender, has differential impacts on economic growth. While the positive impact of male secondary schooling captures the direct skill effect relative to primary schooling, the marginal influence of female primary/secondary schooling fails to show a positive impact on growth at higher levels of openness. An implication stemming from this study is that educational opportunities for females at the secondary level should be increased for S outh A sia.
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 05-04-2016
DOI: 10.1093/OEP/GPW008
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 19-10-2012
DOI: 10.1111/ROIE.12008
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 10-03-2014
DOI: 10.1111/TWEC.12154
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 15-07-2005
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 10-09-2016
DOI: 10.1111/COEP.12122
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 20-11-2003
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2013
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2013
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