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The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between individuals' satisfaction with amenities and … infrastructure) and applying Probit regressions, our results show that satisfaction with amenities and environmental quality … more pronounced in urban areas, particularly in large cities. We also find that individuals' satisfaction with amenities …
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We conduct a stated-choice experiment where respondents are asked to rate various insurance products aimed to protect … equilibrium for long-term care insurance using the framework developped by Einav et al. (2010). We investigate in turn causes for … the low observed take-up of long-term care insurance in Canada despite substantial residual out-of-pocket financial risk …
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higher satisfaction with free time, while time spent on hobbies increases to a lesser extent than home production …. Additionally, satisfaction with family life increases, which may be a hidden benefit of being unemployed. In contrast, satisfaction …
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that extended health insurance to one-quarter of the population to achieve universal coverage while keeping health spending …
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We consider lifetime health insurance contracts in which ageing provisions are used to smooth the premium profile. The … stock of capital accumulated for each individual can be split into two parts: a premium insurance and an annuitised life … insurance, where the latter would be transferable between insurers without triggering premium changes through risk segmentation …
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in counties with large expansions of health insurance coverage since the Affordable Care Act, presumably fearing the roll …
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Despite the widespread provision of retiree health insurance for public sector workers, little attention has been paid … to its effects on employee retirement. This is in contrast to the large literature on health-insurance-induced "job …-lock" in the private sector. I use the introduction of retiree health insurance for public school employees in combination with …
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Innovation is part idea generation and part development. We build a model of "innovating-by-doing," whereby ideas come to practitioners. Successful innovation requires that practitioners' ideas be developed through costly effort. Our model nests existing theories of laboratory research and...
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Through changing the connection between insurance and employment, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has affected people … fields that would facilitate employment in low-insurance industries. Our results are robust to controlling for confounders …
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We use difference-in-difference methods and data from the 2008 Survey of Income and Program Participation to test whether the ACA dependent care provision is associated with family structure and public program participation among young adults. Findings indicate that implementation of the...
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