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Age-differentiated QALI Losses
Praag, Bernard M.S. van; Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002
In this paper we evaluate the QALY loss, which may be assigned to the prevalence of specific chronic illnesses and physical handicaps. The analysis is based on an individual self-rating health satisfaction question asked in the British Household Panel Survey data set. This question provides a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255621
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Age-differentiated QALI Losses
Praag, Bernard M.S. van; Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - Tinbergen Institute - 2002
In this paper we evaluate the QALY loss, which may be assigned to the prevalence of specific chronic illnesses and physical handicaps. The analysis is based on an individual self-rating health satisfaction question asked in the British Household Panel Survey data set. This question provides a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137313
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Entrepreneurial Moral Hazard in Income Insurance
Ejrnaes, Mette; Hochguertel, Stefan - Tinbergen Institute - 2008
We study risk behavior of Danish self-employed entrepreneurs, whose income risk may be driven by both exogenous factors and effort choice (moral hazard). Partial insurance is available through voluntary unemployment insurance (UI). Additional incentives to sign insurance contracts stem from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005144470
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US and European Household Debt and Credit Constraints
Crook, Jonathan; Hochguertel, Stefan - Tinbergen Institute - 2007
the determinants of household debt holding and to investigate whether or not credit constraints are important for … household debt holding. We extend the existing literature in important ways. First, we present comparative evidence for four … settings for debt incidence, debt outstanding and credit constraints. We also explore the implications for debt holding from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137368
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US and European Household Debt and Credit Constraints
Crook, Jonathan; Hochguertel, Stefan - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
the determinants of household debt holding and to investigate whether or not credit constraints are important for … household debt holding. We extend the existing literature in important ways. First, we present comparative evidence for four … settings for debt incidence, debt outstanding and credit constraints. We also explore the implications for debt holding from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257319
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The Anatomy of Subjective Well-being
Praag, B.M.S. van; Frijters, P.; Ferrer-i-Carbonell, A. - Tinbergen Institute - 2002
This paper contributes to the literature on subjective well-being (SWB) by taking into account different aspects of life, called domains, such as health, financial situation, job, leisure, housing, and environment. We postulate a two-layer model where individual total SWB depends on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137176
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The Subjective Costs of Health Losses due to Chronic Diseases
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Praag, Bernard M.S. van - Tinbergen Institute - 2002
This paper proposes a method to evaluate health losses or gains by looking at the impact on well-being of a change in health status. The paper presents estimates of the equivalent income change that would be necessary to change general satisfaction with life to the same extent as a change in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005281771
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The Subjective Costs of Health Losses due to Chronic Diseases
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Praag, Bernard M.S. van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002
This paper proposes a method to evaluate health losses or gains by looking at the impact on well-being of a change in health status. The paper presents estimates of the equivalent income change that would be necessary to change general satisfaction with life to the same extent as a change in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256903
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The Anatomy of Subjective Well-being
Praag, Bernard M.S. van; Frijters, P.; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002
This paper contributes to the literature on subjective well-being (SWB) by taking into account different aspects of life, called domains, such as health, financial situation, job, leisure, housing, and environment. We postulate a two-layer model where individual total SWB depends on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257056
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Making Work pay for the Indebted. The Effect of Debt Services on the Exit Rates of Unemployed Individuals
Koning, Pierre - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014
Assistance (SA) recipients with debt problems. With a large share of the income gains of work resumption were transferred to the … intervention were therefore twofold: the restructuring of personal debts and the prevention of new debt problems to arise. We use … the timing-of-events method to identify the effects of debt programs on SA spells. Our key finding is that the provision …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255448