predictions based on comparative static analysis. Our empirical study considers the demand for health insurance, and empirical …We explore the effects that optimism bias has on the demand for insurance. Our theory is based on a simple binomial … model of the demand for insurance in which consumers make optimistically biased assessments concerning the likelihood of …

more precisely to be – expenses on education, health care and social insurance. It is well known the fact that not all … regarding men and women could be more clearly observed in such domains like education, health care and social insurance …

The paper provides an analysis of the determinants of health spending differentials among the Italian Regions for the … in terms of differences between historical and standard expenditure needs is reflected in regional health systems … quantity of health services supplied rather than by reducing inefficiency …

This working paper uses a new method to assess the fiscal sustainability of the Irish health system by considering the … effects of population change and income growth on both government revenue and health spending over time. Spending on … healthcare is comparatively high in Ireland, accounting for 8.4% of GNI in 2019. Health spending from public sources is projected …

financial crisis. -- Georgia ; Education ; Health Care Sector ; Public Service Delivery ; Development During the Financial … Crisis ; Financial Crisis in Georgia ; Georgia's education sector ; Georgia's health sector ; Georgia's macro indicators …

Health services are largely tax-financed in the United Kingdom and account for 14 per cent of general government … spending. This paper analyses how the National Health Service (NHS) has been dealing with the associated expenditure pressures …

In the early 1990s, several U.S. states enacted community rating regulations to equalize the health insurance premiums … substantial public insurance expansions, coverage rates in several of these states had improved significantly. As theory predicts … the incidence of public insurance and community rating regulations are tightly intertwined …

health insurance choices of the elderly. We find that having more social interactions, as measured by contacts with friends … the health insurance choices of the elderly and provide suggestive evidence that word-of-mouth information sharing may …Using data from the 1998 Wave of the Health and Retirement Study, we examine the effect of social interactions on the …

In this article, we discuss the public health provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). We … first set forth a framework to identify the key reforms that are needed for a robust public health system. These include … would make significant investment in public health (especially in wellness and prevention programs), it does little to …