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Adverse Selection and Private Health Insurance Coverage in India
Vellakkal, Sukumar - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
universal and comprehensive healthcare to its citizens, alternative healthcare financing strategies like health insurance are … being widely accepted. However, despite health insurance being an equitable and efficient solution, the health insurance … insurance coverage with special reference to private health insurance. The study analyses the rational behaviour of insurance …
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Emerging through Technological Capability - An Overview of India’s Technological Trajectory
Ray, Amit Shovon - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
to a large extent, to its sustained efforts towards technological learning and capacity building. In this paper we … successfully nurtured its high-end human capital for technological learning and is poised for a smooth transition to a knowledge …
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Managerial Efficiency in Family Owned Firms in Pakistan - An Examination of Listed Firms
Zaidi, Rida; Aslam, Ahmad - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
level of training, education and experience across this business form. We find great degree of concentration of family …
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Inefficient Worker Turnover
Jacquet, Nicolas L. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
This paper considers the efficiency properties of risk-neutral workers mobility decisions in an equilibrium model with search frictions, but no search externalities, when the rent accruing to a match is split through bargaining. Matches are ex ante homogeneous and their true productivity is...
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Challenges in Health Services Trade : Philippine Case
Dacanay, Jovi C.; Rodolfo, Maria Cherry Lyn S. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
waiting lines in hospital facilities; the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of the United States; and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363424
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Healthcare Delivery and Stakeholder’s Satisfaction under Social Health Insurance Schemes in India : An Evaluation of Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) and Exservicemen Cont...
Vellakkal, Sukumar; Juyal, Shikha; Mehdi, Ali - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
proposal to replace the schemes with health insurance for several reasons. The empanelled private healthcare providers are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650934
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Healthcare Delivery and Stakeholder’s Satisfaction under Social Health Insurance Schemes in India : An Evaluation of Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) and Exservicemen Cont...
Vellakkal, Sukumar; Juyal, Shikha; Mehdi, Ali - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
proposal to replace the schemes with health insurance for several reasons. The empanelled private healthcare providers are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650941
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Climate Variability, SCF, and Corn Farming in Isabela, Philippines : a Farm and Household Level Analysis
Reyes, Celia M.; Domingo, Sonny N.; Mina, Christian D.; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
Seasonal Climate Forecast (SCF) is one of the tools, which could help farmers and decision makers better prepare for seasonal variability. Using probabilistic principles in projecting climatic deviations, SCF allows farmers to make informed decisions on the proper choice of crop, cropping...
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Assessing the Value of SCFs on Farm-level Corn Production through Simulation Modeling
Reyes, Celia M.; Gonzales, Kathrina G.; Predo, Canesio D.; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
Rainfall variability greatly influences corn production. Thus, an accurate forecast is potentially of value to the farmers because it could help them decide whether to grow their corn now or to delay it for the next cropping opportunity. A decision tree analysis was applied in estimating the...
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Assessing the Impact of International Natural Resource Management Research - The Case of Zero Tillage in India’s Rice-Wheat Systems
Laxmi, Vijay; Erenstein, Olaf - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
A conservative ex-ante assessment of supply-shift gains alone (excluding social and environmental gains), shows that the investment in zero tillage (ZT) R&D by the Rice-Wheat Consortium and CIMMYT was highly beneficial with a benefit-cost ratio of 39, a net present value of US$ 94 million and an...
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