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Lawrence King
Researcher at University of Massachusetts Amherst
Publications - 98
Citations - 3913
Lawrence King is an academic researcher from University of Massachusetts Amherst. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Life expectancy. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 96 publications receiving 3394 citations. Previous affiliations of Lawrence King include Yale University & Tallinn University of Technology.
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Mass privatisation and the post-communist mortality crisis: a cross-national analysis
TL;DR: Rapid mass privatisation as an economic transition strategy was a crucial determinant of differences in adult mortality trends in post-communist countries; the effect of privatisation was reduced if social capital was high.
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IMF conditionality and development policy space, 1985–2014
TL;DR: The authors revisited two long-standing controversies: Has the policy content of IMF programs evolved to allow for more policy space? Do these programmes now allow for the protection of labour and social policies?
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Mass incarceration can explain population increases in TB and multidrug-resistant TB in European and central Asian countries.
TL;DR: Differences in incarceration rates are a major determinant of differences in population TB outcomes among eastern European and central Asian countries, and treatment expansion alone does not appear to resolve the effect of mass incarceration on TB incidence.
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WHO's budgetary allocations and burden of disease: a comparative analysis
TL;DR: Comparisons of WHO biennial budgetary allocations with the burden of disease from 1994–95 to 2008–09 and the implications of the present misalignment of global health priorities and disease burden for health research worldwide are considered.