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Consumer resistance against regulation : the case of health care

Zweifel, Peter (contributor); Telser, Harry (contributor); … - 2005

Regulation fostering Managed Care alternatives in health insurance is spreading. This work reports on an experiment designed to measure the amounts of compensation asked by the Swiss population (in terms of reduced premiums) for Managed-Care type restrictions in the provision of health care. It...

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Are all high-skilled cohorts created equal? : unemployment, gender, and research productivity

Conley, John P.; Önder, Ali Sina; Torgler, Benno - 2012

may also be at work. -- Research Productivity ; Human Capital ; Graduate Education ; Gender Differences …

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China and the United States: Different economic models but similarly low levels of socioeconomic mobility

van der Weide, Roy; Narayan, Ambar - 2019

The United States and China are the world's largest economies. Together they are responsible for about one-third of the world's economic output. This paper aims to examine whether the two economic giants are also lands of opportunity where resources are allocated in a way that minimizes...

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Patterns, trends and policy implications of private spending on skills development in Mexico and the United States

Székely, Miguel; Mendoza, Pamela - 2017

This paper explores families' investment in skills development through education in a high-inequality, low-education … quality country such as Mexico, comparing it to a lower-inequality, higher-quality education country such as the United States … years and different methodological approaches. Of particular interest is the analysis of education expenditure patterns …

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