expenditure and examine the impact of health insurance on probability of incurring catastrophic health expenditure. The study is … examine the impact of health insurance on catastrophic health care payments for six Indian states.[IGIDR WP -2008-016]. …It is argued that for households below poverty line any expenditure on health is catastrophic as they are unable to …

's modeling of health insurance coverage under a tax credit and examining the sensitivity of the results to changes in the model … family for private health insurance would reduce the number of uninsured individuals by between 17.5 and 28 percent and … effects of health insurance tax credits and suggest that progress on the issue of tax credits for health insurance will …

Countries that have universal or near universal access to healthcare have health financing mechanisms which are single … either covered by social insurance or buy private insurance. In contrast those who suffer a hand-to-mouth existence, a large … for India to move towards financing mechanisms that can create equity. It brings together data on India’s health …

This testimony describes the results of a study of the Employment Service (ES) conducted by Dr. Jacobson and Prof …

social security, consumption of edible items, consumption under PDS system, health, union awareness, time use, household …

indicators; employment and access, in view. Some gender sensitive policy options are discussed at the end.[Paper IV] …

Ill-health can be expected to reduce employment and income. But are the effects sustained over time? Do they differ …, on employment and income up to six years after the health shock using linked Dutch hospital and tax register data. On … either employment or income. The distribution of ill-health contributes to income inequality: a health shock is both more …