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Are current levels of air pollution in England too high?The impact of pollution on population mortality
Janke, Katharina; Propper, Carol; Henderson, John - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007
We examine the relationship between common sources of airborne pollution and population mortality in present day … with excess deaths. We examine all cause mortality and deaths from specific cardiovascular and respiratory causes that are … associated with higher mortality rates. The size of the effects we find translates into around 4,500 deaths per annum.[...] …
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Beyond the business cycle – factors driving aggregate mortality rates
Hanewald, Katja - Sonderforschungsbereich Ökonomisches Risiko <Berlin> - 2008
This article provides a comprehensive econometric analysis of factors driving aggregate mortality rates over time. It …-2004, indicates that sex- and age-specific mortality rates varysubstantially in their response to external factors. Strongest …
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Health and (other) Asset Holdings
Hugonnier, Julien; Pelgrin, Florian; St-Amour, Pascal - National Centre of Competence in ResearchFinancial … - 2009
The empirical literature on the asset allocation and medical expenditures ofU.S. households consistently shows that risky portfolio shares are increasing inboth wealth and health whereas health investment shares are decreasing in thesesame variables. Despite this evidence, most of the existing...
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Quality Differentiationif Market Share matters
Ellert, Alexander; Urmann, Oliver - Universität <Hamburg> / Institut für … - 2010
market shares. The rms are facing variable costs ofquality improvement and choose their prices under the constraint of …
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Is it ever Enough? Food Consumption,Satiation and Obesity
Manig, Corinna - Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von … - 2010
In order to explain the growth of obesity in industrialized and transitioneconomies, a behavioral approach to food intake and overconsumption of caloriesis presented. It is argued that changes in food consumption patterns are one of themain drivers behind the imbalance of calories consumed and...
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Wage Effects of Recruitment Methods : The Case of the Italian Social Service Sector
Mosca, Michele; Pastore, Francesco - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
This paper uses a unique data set containing detailed micro-information on organisations, managers, workers and volunteers belonging to public, private forprofit and private nonprofit institutions delivering social services in Italy. The analysis aims to estimate the determinants of wages across...
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Das deutsche und schweizer Krankenversicherungssystem : Kosten, Leistungen und Anreizwirkungen aus Sicht der Versicherten
Eling, Martin; Parnitzke, Thomas - Institut für Versicherungswirtschaft <Sankt Gallen> - 2006
Seit einigen Jahren wird in Deutschland über Veränderungen in der Finanzierungund im Leistungskatalog des Krankenversicherungssystems intensiv diskutiert. Dabeiwerden häufig problematische Anreizstrukturen im Hinblick auf das Verhaltender Versicherten genannt. Insbesondere haben Versicherte...
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Tax Incentives as a Solution to the Uninsured:Evidence from the Self-Employed
Gumus, Gulcin; Regan, Tracy L. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Between the years 1996 and 2003, a series of amendments were made to the Tax ReformAct of 1986 (TRA86) that gradually increased the tax credit for health insurance purchases bythe self-employed from 25 to 100 percent. We study how these changes in the tax code haveinfluenced the likelihood that...
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Bewertung der Immobilien von Akutkrankenhäusernder Regelversorgungunter Beachtung des neuen DRGorientiertenVergütungssystems fürstationäre Leistungen
Jacob, Dieter; Uhlig, Tilo; Stuhr, Constanze - Technische Universität <Freiberg> / Fachbereich … - 2005
Die sich verändernde Altersstruktur in Deutschland bedingt eine Veränderung der Finanzierungsmodalitätenim deutschen Gesundheitswesen. Ein Schritt dazu ist die Einführung derFallpauschalen (englisch DRG: Diagnosis Related Groups) zur Entlohnung von stationärenLeistungen. Allgemein wird...
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Benefits and costs of current regulations in the Germanpharmacy sector
Schulenburg, Johann-Matthias von der; Hodek; Jan-Marc - Universität <Hannover> / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche … - 2008
ZUSAMMENFASSUNGDer Apothekenmarkt unterliegt in vielen europäischen Ländern nach wie vor einer starkenstaatlichen Regulierung. Sie besteht – je nach Land – in der Eigentümerregulierung, derRegulierung des Geschäftsbetriebes, der Öffnungszeiten, der Personalausstattung, derPreisbildung,...
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