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The Short-Term Population Health Effects of Weather and Pollution: Implications of Climate Change
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Schmitt, Maike; Karlsson, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This study comprehensively assesses the immediate effects of extreme weather conditions and high concentrations of ambient air pollution on population health. For Germany and the years 1999 to 2008, we link the universe of all 170 million hospital admissions, along with all 8 million deaths,...
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New paradigms in banking, financial markets and regulation?
Balling, Morten (ed.); Lierman, Frank (ed.);  … - New Paradigms in Money and Finance? <Veranstaltung> …; … - 2012
present volume look with critical eyes on financial theories, supervisory structures, (mis)pricing of risk and distorted … incentives, risk management models and procedures, conflicts of interest and bank strategies. Their perspectives are quite …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011711451
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What Methods May Be Used in Impact Evaluations of Humanitarian Assistance?
Puri, Jyotsna; Aladysheva, Anastasia; Iversen, Vegard; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Despite the widespread occurrence of humanitarian emergencies such as epidemics, earthquakes, droughts, floods and violent conflict and despite the significant financial resources devoted to humanitarian assistance, systematic learning from such interventions using rigorous theory-based impact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125874
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Life Satisfaction and Air Quality in Europe
Ferreira, Susana; Akay, Alpaslan; Brereton, Finbarr; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
-being in Europe. We use a unique dataset that merges three waves of the European Social Survey with a new dataset on … environmental quality including SO2 concentrations and climate in Europe at the regional level. We find a robust negative impact of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010695865
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Social Learning and Health Insurance Enrollment: Evidence from China's New Cooperative Medical Scheme
Liu, Hong; Sun, Qi; Zhao, Zhong - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper examines the role of social learning in household enrollment decisions for the New Cooperative Medical Scheme in rural China by estimating a static game with incomplete information. Using a rich dataset from the China Health and Nutrition Survey, we find that the social network...
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Impact of China's Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance on Health Care Utilization and Expenditure
Liu, Hong; Zhao, Zhong - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
In 2007, China launched a subsidized voluntary public health insurance program, the Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance, for urban residents without formal employment, including children, the elderly, and other unemployed urban residents. We estimate the impact of this program on health care...
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Concept and Unintended Consequences of Weather Index Insurance: The Case of Mexico
Fuchs, Alan; Wolff, Hendrik - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Recently, Weather Index Insurance (WII) has received considerable attention as a tool to insure farmers against weather related risks, particularly in developing countries. Donor organizations, local governments, insurance companies, development economists as well as agricultural economists are...
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A Dynamic Model of Demand for Private Health Insurance in Ireland
Finn, Claire; Harmon, Colm - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
The Irish health care system offers a tax financed, universal entitlement to public care at a nominal user fee, nonetheless 50% of the Irish population purchase private health insurance. This paper empirically models the propensity to insure as a function of individual and household...
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A Dynamic Analysis of the Demand for Health Insurance and Health Care
Bolhaar, Jonneke; Lindeboom, Maarten; van der Klaauw, Bas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We investigate the presence of moral hazard and advantageous or adverse selection in a market for supplementary health insurance. For this we specify and estimate dynamic models for health insurance decisions and health care utilization. Estimates of the health care utilization models indicate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822176
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The Dynamics of Market Insurance, Insurable Assets, and Wealth Accumulation
Koeniger, Winfried - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
in a model with non-durable and durable consumption. The stock of the durable is exposed to risk against which households … because agents can time-diversify their risk. Market insurance implies welfare gains of around .6% in terms of non …-durable consumption. Introducing labor income risk into the model does not necessarily increase the importance of market insurance if the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822601