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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012421275
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Change, Consolidation, and Competition in Health Care Markets
Gaynor, Martin - 1998
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472112
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461449
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The Role of Labor Market Changes in the Slowdown of European Productivity Growth
Dew-Becker, Ian - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464806
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010374404
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Flexibility and Job Creation : Lessons for Germany
Heckman, James J. - 2002
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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469516
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Old Europe ages : Reforms and Reform Backlashes
Boersch-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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462881
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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009689687
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The Sputtering Labor Force of the 21st Century. Can Social Policy Help?
Ellwood, David T. - 2001
This paper examines two questions: how will the labor force change over the next 20 years, and can social policy significantly alter its size and shape. In the last twenty years, the overall labor force grew by 35 percent and the so-called prime age workforce those aged 25-54 grew by a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470403