the model is calibrated to pre-industrial mortality data from England, France and Sweden. By fitting parameters to match …

Netherlands and Sweden) – with regard to the diffusion and the effects of modern information and communication technology (ICT …, motor vehicle construction, banking and distribution. On the basis of the available scientific literature on the “New …

The insurance industry plays a substantive vitality in the growth of the economy. However, there is limited literature … on the activities of the insurance industry and economic growth in Ghana. As one of the fastest-growing economies in sub … economy, of which insurance cannot be underscored. Moreover, proxies used to measure insurance for developing economies …

The financial system in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has a history of relative soundness, particularly in banking … in the financial sector. The working hypothesis is that the insurance industry has improved its position, resulting in …

We investigate the effect of firms' participation in an insurance scheme on the long-term sickness absence of their … two weeks of sickness. The insurance scheme is provided by government authority and is designed to help small firms with … that the minimum cost of the present insurance scheme is similar to about 1100 man-years. On top of that comes a …

reform launched in Sweden in 2015, which introduced different thresholds for insurance reimbursement depending on firm size …This paper presents evidence on how firms react to a more generous insurance against high sick pay costs. We exploit a … evidence indicating that the more generous insurance made firms more inclined to employ more sick-prone individuals. Further …