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implement increased competition in the health insurance system of Germany (or somewhere else), detailed analyses are needed and …
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We investigate two determinants of the price sensitivity of health plan demand: the size of the choice set and the salience of premium differences. Using variation in both features in the German Social Health Insurance (SHI) and information on health plan switches of retirees in the German Socio...
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implement increased competition in the health insurance system of Germany (or somewhere else), detailed analyses are needed and …
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The premium rates paid for statutory health insurance in Germany play a key role in the competition among health care … information about premium rates of all statutory health insurance funds in Germany. Applying a multinomial logit model, we show … used to evaluate the future developments in statutory health insurance in Germany, assuming that customer mobility will …
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SOEP for West Germany, and the PSID for the USA, a factor decomposition method described by Shorrocks (1982) is applied … contribution to overall inequality in relation to its share in disposable income. This applies to Germany and the USA in particular …
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In response to increasing health expenditures and a high number of physician visits, the German government introduced a copayment for ambulatory care in 2004 for individuals with statutory health insurance (SHI). Because persons with private insurance were exempt from the copayments, this health...
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individual-based microdata from the GSOEP for 2006, we confirm that this relationship exists for Germany as well. More …
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evidence for a significant gender wealth gap of about 30,000 euros in Germany, which amounts to almost 50,000 euros for married …
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