were not sufficiently insured. One explanation why individuals reject to obtain insurance cover against natural hazards is … theoretical analysis and points out the existing empirical problems regarding this issue. -- natural hazard insurance ; market …

.3%-0.4%. Mandatory insurance regimes in Europe absorb the negative short-run effect of a flood, while the National Flood Insurance … ; insurance ; dynamic panel GMM …

This paper provides an overview on the existing systems of natural hazards insurance in Europe, their structural … system change are numerous, including failure to recognise the role of state guarantees in enabling private insurance markets …, mistaken legal objections against mandatory insurance, distributional conflicts between central and state governments and re …

between different contracts of atypical employment is low. Effect sizes are country specific and depend on the health outcome … 'healthy worker effect' may lead to an overestimation of the impact of workers' atypical employment contract on the health … contracts and worker's health. We examine 52 studies covering 26 countries in the time period 1984 - 2010 with a combined sample …

Health is an important dimension of welfare comparisons across individuals, regions or states. In the following paper … we focus on the question whether the health status between geographical subunits (local communities) converged …/diverged in the time period 1969 - 2004 in Austria. We use age standardized mortality rates as indicators for the health status …

's counterfactual work behavior. We show that extending parental leave has significant positive e.ects on children's health and human …