Lida Fan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4313005 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lida Fan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lida |
| FAMILY NAME | Fan |
| SIGNATURE | FAN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lakehead University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3059-8264 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Willingness to pay more taxes to improve public healthcare in the Covid-19 era
The objective of this study is to examine the factors that influence willingness to pay more taxes to improve public healthcare (WTP) during the COVID-19 era. The multilevel regression model is employed in an international survey conducted across 19 countries to test several hypotheses about the factors predicting WTP. An increase in COVID-19 mortality reduces WTP. Our findings suggest, therefore, that the citizenry views the increase in COVID-19…
Effect of the contextual (community) level social trust on women’s empowerment
The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of contextual (community) level social trust on women’s empowerment. The specific knowledge gap explored in this study is that the previous studies theorized that community trust has a positive impact on women’s empowerment. Thus, an increase in trust in the community will empower women. However, such an assumption has been never empirically tested and confirmed. Against this backdrop, the presen…
Height and life‐satisfaction nexus
Height and life satisfaction
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effect of height on life satisfaction. METHODS: We use data from a recent multi-country survey that was conducted in 27 nations. RESULTS: Our main finding is that height does have a strong positive effect on life satisfaction. These findings remain positive and significant when we use a comprehensive set of well-known covariates of life-satisfaction at both the individual and country levels. These findings also remain …
Influence of height on likelihood of employment, occupational sorting, and earnings in 27 post‐communist countries
OBJECTIVES: We study the influence of height on labour market outcomes using micro-data from a recent survey that cover 27 post-communist countries. Specifically, we focus on the influence of height on three dimensions of labour market outcome: (1) likelihood of employment, (2) occupational sorting, and (3) earnings. METHODS: We use micro-data from 2016 Life-In-Transition survey (LITS) which was jointly conducted by the European Bank for Reconstr…
The Effects of Corruption on Satisfaction with Local and National Governments. Does Corruption ‘Grease the Wheels’
A causal association was found between higher levels of corruption and lower levels of satisfaction with local and national governments. However, interaction term analysis provides suggestive evidence that: first, as public service satisfaction increases, the effects of corruption change from negative values to positive values for both local and national governments; second, as political situations improve, the negative effects of corruption dimi…
Influence of interpersonal and institutional trusts on welfare state support revisited
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on the effects of interpersonal and institutional trust on welfare state support in the countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (FSU). Design/methodology/approach The authors use micro-data from two rounds of a multinational survey conducted in these countries in 2010 and 2016. The outcome variable of interest is the willingness to pay more taxes to support the welfare state. The autho…
Explaining Support for Structural Attribution of Poverty in Post-Communist Countries
We examine support for the structural attribution of poverty in 24 post-communist countries (N = 37,307) for the period from 2006 to 2010 by considering: (1) individual-level characteristics, (2) country- level characteristics, and (3) interactions between individual- and country-level characteristics. At the individual-level, adherence to the norms of equity, the market economy, and work ethics all significantly weaken structural attribution of …
Analyzing the Poverty Reduction Effectiveness of the Canadian Provinces
The implementation of the Canada Health and Social Transfer in 1996 marked a new era for the Canadian welfare state, as greater discretion in the area of social welfare policy and programming was granted to the provinces. In this study, the authors analyzed nationally representative data to determine if the governing provincial parties, characterized by distinct ideological and party platform positions, differed in regards to their poverty reduct…
Social Policy and Migration in China
Devolution and the Poverty Reduction Effectiveness of Canada's Provincial Social Welfare Programs
The process of devolution initiated in the mid-1990s dramatically changed the landscape of social welfare policy within Canada. This study assesses the impact of devolution on the poverty reduction effectiveness of Canada's provincial social welfare programs by analyzing data obtained from a series of nationally representative surveys for the years 1996 to 2005. The primary finding was that the overall poverty reduction effectiveness of the provi…
Does prenatal healthcare improve child birthweight outcomes in Azerbaijan? Results of the national Demographic and Health Survey
Determinants of accessibility and affordability of health care in post-socialist Tajikistan
There is increasing evidence of rising levels of inequality in health care utilisation in the post-socialist countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus. Against this backdrop, we investigate the determinants of accessibility and affordability of health care utilisation in Tajikistan. A modified version of the Andersen Behavioural Model is used to conceptualise the determinants of health care utilisation in Tajikistan. Poisson and Ordered Logit re…
Determinants of maternity health care utilization in Tajikistan
Measuring Interprovincial Flows of Human Capital in China
Comparison of inequality reduction and income security in Canada from a mixed to neo-liberal welfare regime
Using micro-data from two nationally representative surveys, we quantify and explain intertemporal evolution in inequality reduction effectiveness of income security programmes in Canada caused by change from a mixed to a neo-liberal welfare regime. The presented empirical evidence shows that the overall inequality reduction effectiveness of income security declined significantly as a result of regime change. The new neo-liberal welfare regime of…
Targeting social assistance in Azerbaijan
This article investigates the targeting performance of social assistance programmes in Azerbaijan, a low‐income country in transition from a centrally‐planned economy to a market economy. Micro‐data from a nationally‐representative household survey are used, through the employment of several empirical approaches, to assess the extent to which social assistance identified the neediest households. The set of empirical evidence presented in this art…
Modelling prenatal health care utilization in Tajikistan using a two-stage approach
Since the transition from a centrally planned to a market economy, Tajikistan has witnessed a high rate of child and maternal mortality, a decline in the birth rate and a significant drop in public expenditures on health care. Against this backdrop, this paper analyses the determinants of prenatal health care utilization using Andersen's behavioural model, which has been modified to the context of Tajikistan. We applied a two-stage sequential mod…
Poverty Reduction and Social Security in Canada from Mixed to Neo-Liberal Welfare Regimes
Drawing on two nationally representative household surveys, this paper investigates changes in poverty reduction effectiveness of social programs in Canada caused by dismantling the mixed welfare regime in favor of a liberal welfare regime. We measure and explain how the social security system affects poverty before and after regime changes and what types of social security programs become more effective in poverty reduction. The paper shows that…
Social protection and poverty in Azerbaijan, a low‐income country in transition
Using a nationally representative survey, this study examines the performance of social protection in Azerbaijan from the perspective of poverty reduction. Empirical evidence presented suggests that social protection programmes have an important impact on poverty alleviation. However, poverty is still widespread. The findings demonstrate that the current system of social protection has several important limitations. First, a significant proportio…
Social Assistance and the Challenges of Poverty and Inequality in Azerbaijan, a low-income country in transition
Although low-income countries in transition are facing the challenges of poverty and inequality, evidence on the performance of safety nets in these countries is scarce. This article uses micro-file data from a nationally representative household budget survey to analyze the existing social assistance programs in Azerbaijan, a low income country in transition, from the perspectives of poverty and inequality reduction. The empirical evidence prese…
The Effects of Corruption on Satisfaction with Local and National Governments. Does Corruption ‘Grease the Wheels’
A causal association was found between higher levels of corruption and lower levels of satisfaction with local and national governments. However, interaction term analysis provides suggestive evidence that: first, as public service satisfaction increases, the effects of corruption change from negative values to positive values for both local and national governments; second, as political situations improve, the negative effects of corruption dimi…
Social protection and poverty in Azerbaijan, a low‐income country in transition
Using a nationally representative survey, this study examines the performance of social protection in Azerbaijan from the perspective of poverty reduction. Empirical evidence presented suggests that social protection programmes have an important impact on poverty alleviation. However, poverty is still widespread. The findings demonstrate that the current system of social protection has several important limitations. First, a significant proportio…
Determinants of maternity health care utilization in Tajikistan
Modelling prenatal health care utilization in Tajikistan using a two-stage approach
Since the transition from a centrally planned to a market economy, Tajikistan has witnessed a high rate of child and maternal mortality, a decline in the birth rate and a significant drop in public expenditures on health care. Against this backdrop, this paper analyses the determinants of prenatal health care utilization using Andersen's behavioural model, which has been modified to the context of Tajikistan. We applied a two-stage sequential mod…
Influence of interpersonal and institutional trusts on welfare state support revisited
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on the effects of interpersonal and institutional trust on welfare state support in the countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (FSU). Design/methodology/approach The authors use micro-data from two rounds of a multinational survey conducted in these countries in 2010 and 2016. The outcome variable of interest is the willingness to pay more taxes to support the welfare state. The autho…
Targeting social assistance in Azerbaijan
This article investigates the targeting performance of social assistance programmes in Azerbaijan, a low‐income country in transition from a centrally‐planned economy to a market economy. Micro‐data from a nationally‐representative household survey are used, through the employment of several empirical approaches, to assess the extent to which social assistance identified the neediest households. The set of empirical evidence presented in this art…
Explaining Support for Structural Attribution of Poverty in Post-Communist Countries
We examine support for the structural attribution of poverty in 24 post-communist countries (N = 37,307) for the period from 2006 to 2010 by considering: (1) individual-level characteristics, (2) country- level characteristics, and (3) interactions between individual- and country-level characteristics. At the individual-level, adherence to the norms of equity, the market economy, and work ethics all significantly weaken structural attribution of …
Social Assistance and the Challenges of Poverty and Inequality in Azerbaijan, a low-income country in transition
Although low-income countries in transition are facing the challenges of poverty and inequality, evidence on the performance of safety nets in these countries is scarce. This article uses micro-file data from a nationally representative household budget survey to analyze the existing social assistance programs in Azerbaijan, a low income country in transition, from the perspectives of poverty and inequality reduction. The empirical evidence prese…
Poverty Reduction and Social Security in Canada from Mixed to Neo-Liberal Welfare Regimes
Drawing on two nationally representative household surveys, this paper investigates changes in poverty reduction effectiveness of social programs in Canada caused by dismantling the mixed welfare regime in favor of a liberal welfare regime. We measure and explain how the social security system affects poverty before and after regime changes and what types of social security programs become more effective in poverty reduction. The paper shows that…
Social protection and poverty in Azerbaijan, a low‐income country in transition
Using a nationally representative survey, this study examines the performance of social protection in Azerbaijan from the perspective of poverty reduction. Empirical evidence presented suggests that social protection programmes have an important impact on poverty alleviation. However, poverty is still widespread. The findings demonstrate that the current system of social protection has several important limitations. First, a significant proportio…
Comparison of inequality reduction and income security in Canada from a mixed to neo-liberal welfare regime
Using micro-data from two nationally representative surveys, we quantify and explain intertemporal evolution in inequality reduction effectiveness of income security programmes in Canada caused by change from a mixed to a neo-liberal welfare regime. The presented empirical evidence shows that the overall inequality reduction effectiveness of income security declined significantly as a result of regime change. The new neo-liberal welfare regime of…
Targeting social assistance in Azerbaijan
This article investigates the targeting performance of social assistance programmes in Azerbaijan, a low‐income country in transition from a centrally‐planned economy to a market economy. Micro‐data from a nationally‐representative household survey are used, through the employment of several empirical approaches, to assess the extent to which social assistance identified the neediest households. The set of empirical evidence presented in this art…
Modelling prenatal health care utilization in Tajikistan using a two-stage approach
Since the transition from a centrally planned to a market economy, Tajikistan has witnessed a high rate of child and maternal mortality, a decline in the birth rate and a significant drop in public expenditures on health care. Against this backdrop, this paper analyses the determinants of prenatal health care utilization using Andersen's behavioural model, which has been modified to the context of Tajikistan. We applied a two-stage sequential mod…
Determinants of accessibility and affordability of health care in post-socialist Tajikistan
There is increasing evidence of rising levels of inequality in health care utilisation in the post-socialist countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus. Against this backdrop, we investigate the determinants of accessibility and affordability of health care utilisation in Tajikistan. A modified version of the Andersen Behavioural Model is used to conceptualise the determinants of health care utilisation in Tajikistan. Poisson and Ordered Logit re…
Determinants of maternity health care utilization in Tajikistan
Measuring Interprovincial Flows of Human Capital in China
Devolution and the Poverty Reduction Effectiveness of Canada's Provincial Social Welfare Programs
The process of devolution initiated in the mid-1990s dramatically changed the landscape of social welfare policy within Canada. This study assesses the impact of devolution on the poverty reduction effectiveness of Canada's provincial social welfare programs by analyzing data obtained from a series of nationally representative surveys for the years 1996 to 2005. The primary finding was that the overall poverty reduction effectiveness of the provi…
Does prenatal healthcare improve child birthweight outcomes in Azerbaijan? Results of the national Demographic and Health Survey
Analyzing the Poverty Reduction Effectiveness of the Canadian Provinces
The implementation of the Canada Health and Social Transfer in 1996 marked a new era for the Canadian welfare state, as greater discretion in the area of social welfare policy and programming was granted to the provinces. In this study, the authors analyzed nationally representative data to determine if the governing provincial parties, characterized by distinct ideological and party platform positions, differed in regards to their poverty reduct…
Social Policy and Migration in China
Explaining Support for Structural Attribution of Poverty in Post-Communist Countries
We examine support for the structural attribution of poverty in 24 post-communist countries (N = 37,307) for the period from 2006 to 2010 by considering: (1) individual-level characteristics, (2) country- level characteristics, and (3) interactions between individual- and country-level characteristics. At the individual-level, adherence to the norms of equity, the market economy, and work ethics all significantly weaken structural attribution of …
The Effects of Corruption on Satisfaction with Local and National Governments. Does Corruption ‘Grease the Wheels’
A causal association was found between higher levels of corruption and lower levels of satisfaction with local and national governments. However, interaction term analysis provides suggestive evidence that: first, as public service satisfaction increases, the effects of corruption change from negative values to positive values for both local and national governments; second, as political situations improve, the negative effects of corruption dimi…
Influence of interpersonal and institutional trusts on welfare state support revisited
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on the effects of interpersonal and institutional trust on welfare state support in the countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (FSU). Design/methodology/approach The authors use micro-data from two rounds of a multinational survey conducted in these countries in 2010 and 2016. The outcome variable of interest is the willingness to pay more taxes to support the welfare state. The autho…
Height and life‐satisfaction nexus
Height and life satisfaction
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effect of height on life satisfaction. METHODS: We use data from a recent multi-country survey that was conducted in 27 nations. RESULTS: Our main finding is that height does have a strong positive effect on life satisfaction. These findings remain positive and significant when we use a comprehensive set of well-known covariates of life-satisfaction at both the individual and country levels. These findings also remain …
Influence of height on likelihood of employment, occupational sorting, and earnings in 27 post‐communist countries
OBJECTIVES: We study the influence of height on labour market outcomes using micro-data from a recent survey that cover 27 post-communist countries. Specifically, we focus on the influence of height on three dimensions of labour market outcome: (1) likelihood of employment, (2) occupational sorting, and (3) earnings. METHODS: We use micro-data from 2016 Life-In-Transition survey (LITS) which was jointly conducted by the European Bank for Reconstr…
Effect of the contextual (community) level social trust on women’s empowerment
The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of contextual (community) level social trust on women’s empowerment. The specific knowledge gap explored in this study is that the previous studies theorized that community trust has a positive impact on women’s empowerment. Thus, an increase in trust in the community will empower women. However, such an assumption has been never empirically tested and confirmed. Against this backdrop, the presen…
Willingness to pay more taxes to improve public healthcare in the Covid-19 era
The objective of this study is to examine the factors that influence willingness to pay more taxes to improve public healthcare (WTP) during the COVID-19 era. The multilevel regression model is employed in an international survey conducted across 19 countries to test several hypotheses about the factors predicting WTP. An increase in COVID-19 mortality reduces WTP. Our findings suggest, therefore, that the citizenry views the increase in COVID-19…
Economics (15 works) · Economic growth (13 works) · Political science (9 works) · Poverty (8 works) · Business (6 works) · Demographic economics (6 works) · Development economics (6 works) · Health care (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Public economics (6 works)