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Papers by Jalil Safaei

Research paper thumbnail of Healthcare Systems and COVID-19 Mortality in Selected OECD Countries: A Panel Quantile Regression Analysis

Journal of preventive medicine and public health, Nov 29, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Impacts of environmental control on greenhouse gas emissions–respiratory mortality nexus: evidence from OECD countries

Research paper thumbnail of Globalization and Social Justice in Latin America in the Past Twenty Years

The Global Studies Journal, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of La política social como vacuna social / Social Policy as Social Vaccine

Research paper thumbnail of Desigualdades en salud relacionadas con el ingreso global

Research paper thumbnail of Socioeconomic and Demographic Determinants of Mental Health across Canadian Communities

The Internet journal of mental health, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Socioeconomic Health Disparities in Canadian Regions

Open medicine journal, Dec 31, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Distributional Orientation and Health Outcomes in OECD Countries

International Journal of Health Services, Jul 9, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Credit channel and credit shocks in Canadian macrodynamics - a structural VAR approach

Applied Financial Economics, 2003

The idea that financial structure and output determination may be interrelated has gone through s... more The idea that financial structure and output determination may be interrelated has gone through several cycles over the past half a century since its inception at the time of the Great Depression. In its latest reincarnation as the theory of financial accel-eration, it considers ...

Research paper thumbnail of Democracy, human rights and women′s health

Mens Sana Monographs, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Is Democracy Good for Health?

International Journal of Health Services, Oct 1, 2006

Research paper thumbnail of Democracy and Women′s Health

Mens Sana Monographs, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Long-term Employment and Health Inequalities in Canadian

This study examines the long-term unemployment rate and various health outcomes across Canadian c... more This study examines the long-term unemployment rate and various health outcomes across Canadian communities to estimate employment-related health inequalities in these communities. The study uses cross-sectional community-level health data along with data on the long-term employment rate for various communities across Canada to quantify health inequalities among these communities. The health outcomes that are considered in this study include total and disease specific mortality rates; health conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, injuries, and self rated health; and life expectancies at birth and at age 65. Health inequalities are estimated using the concentration index, which is used to measure health inequalities along socioeconomic dimensions. The concentration index is estimated by a regression of weighted relative health (ill health) over weighted cumulative relative rank of the populations. All the estimates are provided separately for males and females. The findings of the study support the existence of inequalities in community health outcomes as related to the long-term employment rates in those communities. Communities with lower long term employment rates (higher unemployment rates) have poorer health outcomes in terms of higher mortality rates, worse health conditions, and shorter life expectancies. Health inequalities related to long-term employment have important policy implications. They call for policies that would increase and maintain long term employment rates as part of a broader socioeconomic approach to health. Long term employment ensures income security and prevents the psychosocial experiences leading to mental and physical ill health.

Research paper thumbnail of La política social como vacuna social

Research paper thumbnail of Social policy as social vaccine

Social Medicine, Mar 27, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of The Political Economy of Health and Healthcare

The healthcare sector is one of the fastest growing areas of social and public spending worldwide... more The healthcare sector is one of the fastest growing areas of social and public spending worldwide, and it is expected to increase its government shares of GDP in the near future. Truly global in its scope, this book presents a unified, structured understanding of how the design of a country's health institutions influence its healthcare activities and outcomes. Building on the 'public choice' tradition in political economy, the authors explore how patient-citizens interact with their country's political institutions to determine the organisation of the health system. The book discusses a number of institutional influences of a health system, such as federalism, the nature of collective action, electoral competition, constitutional designs, political ideologies, the welfare effects of corruption and lobbying and, more generally, the dynamics of change. Whilst drawing on the theoretical concepts of political economy, this book describes an institution-grounded analysis of health systems in an accessible way. We hope it will appeal to both undergraduate and graduate students studying health economics, health policy and public policy. More generally, it can help health policy community to structure ideas about policy and institutional reform.

Research paper thumbnail of Post-Communist Health Transitions in Central and Eastern Europe

Economics Research International, Feb 8, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Health impacts of social determinants and lifestyle behaviours: some evidence from Canadian provinces

Health Promotion International

This study seeks to identify the impact of social determinants and lifestyle factors on life expe... more This study seeks to identify the impact of social determinants and lifestyle factors on life expectancy and self-perceived health as two measures of objective and subjective health, respectively, using data from Canadian provinces during 2007–21. Through a simple conceptual model, it lays out the direct and indirect pathways through which social and lifestyle determinants affect health. The conceptual model guides the formulation of empirical models, which are used to estimate the effects of social and lifestyle factors on health. The study uses ‘panel-corrected standard errors’ estimation method to obtain reliable results. The findings confirm that social determinants contribute directly and indirectly (through lifestyle) to life expectancy. For self-perceived health, however, the contributions of both social and lifestyle determinants are only direct. The latter result may be explained by the immediacy of lifestyle and its impact on health in individuals’ minds, a notion that is c...

Research paper thumbnail of The Covid-19 pandemic economic impacts and government responses across welfare regimes

International Review of Applied Economics

Research paper thumbnail of Long-term Employment and Health Inequalities in Canadian

This study examines the long-term unemployment rate and various health outcomes across Canadian c... more This study examines the long-term unemployment rate and various health outcomes across Canadian communities to estimate employment-related health inequalities in these communities. The study uses cross-sectional community-level health data along with data on the long-term employment rate for various communities across Canada to quantify health inequalities among these communities. The health outcomes that are considered in this study include total and disease specific mortality rates; health conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, injuries, and self rated health; and life expectancies at birth and at age 65. Health inequalities are estimated using the concentration index, which is used to measure health inequalities along socioeconomic dimensions. The concentration index is estimated by a regression of weighted relative health (ill health) over weighted cumulative relative rank of the populations. All the estimates are provided separately for males and females. The findings of the study support the existence of inequalities in community health outcomes as related to the long-term employment rates in those communities. Communities with lower long term employment rates (higher unemployment rates) have poorer health outcomes in terms of higher mortality rates, worse health conditions, and shorter life expectancies. Health inequalities related to long-term employment have important policy implications. They call for policies that would increase and maintain long term employment rates as part of a broader socioeconomic approach to health. Long term employment ensures income security and prevents the psychosocial experiences leading to mental and physical ill health.

Research paper thumbnail of Healthcare Systems and COVID-19 Mortality in Selected OECD Countries: A Panel Quantile Regression Analysis

Journal of preventive medicine and public health, Nov 29, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Impacts of environmental control on greenhouse gas emissions–respiratory mortality nexus: evidence from OECD countries

Research paper thumbnail of Globalization and Social Justice in Latin America in the Past Twenty Years

The Global Studies Journal, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of La política social como vacuna social / Social Policy as Social Vaccine

Research paper thumbnail of Desigualdades en salud relacionadas con el ingreso global

Research paper thumbnail of Socioeconomic and Demographic Determinants of Mental Health across Canadian Communities

The Internet journal of mental health, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Socioeconomic Health Disparities in Canadian Regions

Open medicine journal, Dec 31, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Distributional Orientation and Health Outcomes in OECD Countries

International Journal of Health Services, Jul 9, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Credit channel and credit shocks in Canadian macrodynamics - a structural VAR approach

Applied Financial Economics, 2003

The idea that financial structure and output determination may be interrelated has gone through s... more The idea that financial structure and output determination may be interrelated has gone through several cycles over the past half a century since its inception at the time of the Great Depression. In its latest reincarnation as the theory of financial accel-eration, it considers ...

Research paper thumbnail of Democracy, human rights and women′s health

Mens Sana Monographs, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Is Democracy Good for Health?

International Journal of Health Services, Oct 1, 2006

Research paper thumbnail of Democracy and Women′s Health

Mens Sana Monographs, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Long-term Employment and Health Inequalities in Canadian

This study examines the long-term unemployment rate and various health outcomes across Canadian c... more This study examines the long-term unemployment rate and various health outcomes across Canadian communities to estimate employment-related health inequalities in these communities. The study uses cross-sectional community-level health data along with data on the long-term employment rate for various communities across Canada to quantify health inequalities among these communities. The health outcomes that are considered in this study include total and disease specific mortality rates; health conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, injuries, and self rated health; and life expectancies at birth and at age 65. Health inequalities are estimated using the concentration index, which is used to measure health inequalities along socioeconomic dimensions. The concentration index is estimated by a regression of weighted relative health (ill health) over weighted cumulative relative rank of the populations. All the estimates are provided separately for males and females. The findings of the study support the existence of inequalities in community health outcomes as related to the long-term employment rates in those communities. Communities with lower long term employment rates (higher unemployment rates) have poorer health outcomes in terms of higher mortality rates, worse health conditions, and shorter life expectancies. Health inequalities related to long-term employment have important policy implications. They call for policies that would increase and maintain long term employment rates as part of a broader socioeconomic approach to health. Long term employment ensures income security and prevents the psychosocial experiences leading to mental and physical ill health.

Research paper thumbnail of La política social como vacuna social

Research paper thumbnail of Social policy as social vaccine

Social Medicine, Mar 27, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of The Political Economy of Health and Healthcare

The healthcare sector is one of the fastest growing areas of social and public spending worldwide... more The healthcare sector is one of the fastest growing areas of social and public spending worldwide, and it is expected to increase its government shares of GDP in the near future. Truly global in its scope, this book presents a unified, structured understanding of how the design of a country's health institutions influence its healthcare activities and outcomes. Building on the 'public choice' tradition in political economy, the authors explore how patient-citizens interact with their country's political institutions to determine the organisation of the health system. The book discusses a number of institutional influences of a health system, such as federalism, the nature of collective action, electoral competition, constitutional designs, political ideologies, the welfare effects of corruption and lobbying and, more generally, the dynamics of change. Whilst drawing on the theoretical concepts of political economy, this book describes an institution-grounded analysis of health systems in an accessible way. We hope it will appeal to both undergraduate and graduate students studying health economics, health policy and public policy. More generally, it can help health policy community to structure ideas about policy and institutional reform.

Research paper thumbnail of Post-Communist Health Transitions in Central and Eastern Europe

Economics Research International, Feb 8, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Health impacts of social determinants and lifestyle behaviours: some evidence from Canadian provinces

Health Promotion International

This study seeks to identify the impact of social determinants and lifestyle factors on life expe... more This study seeks to identify the impact of social determinants and lifestyle factors on life expectancy and self-perceived health as two measures of objective and subjective health, respectively, using data from Canadian provinces during 2007–21. Through a simple conceptual model, it lays out the direct and indirect pathways through which social and lifestyle determinants affect health. The conceptual model guides the formulation of empirical models, which are used to estimate the effects of social and lifestyle factors on health. The study uses ‘panel-corrected standard errors’ estimation method to obtain reliable results. The findings confirm that social determinants contribute directly and indirectly (through lifestyle) to life expectancy. For self-perceived health, however, the contributions of both social and lifestyle determinants are only direct. The latter result may be explained by the immediacy of lifestyle and its impact on health in individuals’ minds, a notion that is c...

Research paper thumbnail of The Covid-19 pandemic economic impacts and government responses across welfare regimes

International Review of Applied Economics

Research paper thumbnail of Long-term Employment and Health Inequalities in Canadian

This study examines the long-term unemployment rate and various health outcomes across Canadian c... more This study examines the long-term unemployment rate and various health outcomes across Canadian communities to estimate employment-related health inequalities in these communities. The study uses cross-sectional community-level health data along with data on the long-term employment rate for various communities across Canada to quantify health inequalities among these communities. The health outcomes that are considered in this study include total and disease specific mortality rates; health conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, injuries, and self rated health; and life expectancies at birth and at age 65. Health inequalities are estimated using the concentration index, which is used to measure health inequalities along socioeconomic dimensions. The concentration index is estimated by a regression of weighted relative health (ill health) over weighted cumulative relative rank of the populations. All the estimates are provided separately for males and females. The findings of the study support the existence of inequalities in community health outcomes as related to the long-term employment rates in those communities. Communities with lower long term employment rates (higher unemployment rates) have poorer health outcomes in terms of higher mortality rates, worse health conditions, and shorter life expectancies. Health inequalities related to long-term employment have important policy implications. They call for policies that would increase and maintain long term employment rates as part of a broader socioeconomic approach to health. Long term employment ensures income security and prevents the psychosocial experiences leading to mental and physical ill health.