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Reducing poverty and social disparities in Lithuania

Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki - 2020

. Although it has declined lately, relative poverty remains high in international comparison and is distributed unevenly across … population groups with the elderly, people with disabilities, lone parents, the low-educated and the unemployed being …

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Competition in Health Care Markets

Gaynor, Martin - 2011

This paper reviews the literature devoted to studying markets for health care services and health insurance. There has been tremendous growth and progress in this field. A tremendous amount of new research has been done in this area over the last 10 years. In addition, there has been increasing...

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Change, Consolidation, and Competition in Health Care Markets

Gaynor, Martin; Haas-Wilson, Deborah - 2021

The health care industry is being transformed. Large firms are merging and acquiring other firms. Alliances and contractual relations between players in this market are shifting rapidly. Within the next few years, many markets are predicted to be dominated by a few large firms. Antitrust...

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The Role of Labor Market Changes in the Slowdown of European Productivity Growth

Dew-Becker, Ian L. - 2008

slowdown was largely offset by faster growth in employment per capita, leaving little difference in growth of output per capita … between the EU and US going back to 1980. This paper is about the strong negative tradeoff between productivity and employment … between productivity and employment growth, and we show that there is a robust negative correlation between productivity and …

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Making the most of skills in Denmark

Jamet, Stéphanie; Koen, Vincent - 2014

Surveys suggest that Denmark ranks close to or slightly above the OECD average in terms of student and adult skills, even though Denmark spends more than many OECD countries on education, labour market policies and adult learning. Sluggish productivity growth over the past two decades raises the...

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The Impact of the ACA Medicaid Expansion on Disability Program Applications

Schmidt, Lucie - 2019

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) expanded the availability of public health insurance, decreasing the relative benefit of participating in disability programs but also lowering the cost of exiting the labor market to apply for disability program benefits. In this paper, we explore the impact of...

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Flexibility and Job Creation : Lessons for Germany

Heckman, James J. - 2021

This paper examines the performance of the German economy and the role of the regulation and welfare state policies in affecting its performance. While the German economy is still strong, incentives in place are likely to impair future German competitiveness and productivity

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Old Europe Ages : Reforms and Reform Backlashes

Börsch-Supan, Axel H. - 2010

The extent of the demographic changes in Europe is dramatic and will deeply affect future labor, financial and goods markets. The expected strain on public budgets and especially social security has already received prominent attention, but aging poses many other economic challenges that...

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Premium Levels and Demand Response in Health Insurance : Relative Thinking and Zero-Price Effects

Douven, Rudy - 2017

. This contrasts with the Netherlands where equilibrium premiums are well above zero. In an empirical test using hypothetical …

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Structural reforms to reduce unemployment and restore competitiveness in Ireland

Pina, Álvaro Manuel - 2011

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