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Dementia vs. somatic conditions in the German LTC-system : a longitudinal analysis
Ehing, Daniel; Hagist, Christian - 2015
a dementia disorder and/or a long-term care status. Using claim data from a social sickness funds in Germany (AOK … in long-term care and dementia. In long-term care 50 percent of all women (men) are dead after 44 (25) months, whereas … about 57 (49) percent of all women (men) with dementia are alive after the end of our 48 month long observation period. The …
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Do bilateral social security agreements deliver on the portability of pensions and health care benefits? : a summary policy paper on four migration corridors between EU and non-EU...
Holzmann, Robert - 2016
This policy paper summarizes four corridor studies on bilateral social security agreements (BSSAs) between four EU Member and two non-Member States, draws conclusions on their results, and offers recommendations. BSSAs between migrant-sending and migrant-receiving countries are seen as the most...
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Financing Health Care - A Dialogue between South Eastern Europe and Germany
Laaser, Ulrich - 2007
The health care financing system has direct impact on the accessibility of care for people in need. Poor access to health services rapidly leads to poverty and smaller future chances for a decent standard of living. In short, the way health care is financed has a strong influence where in...
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Status and Progress in Cross-Border Portability of Social Security Benefits
Holzmann, Robert - 2018
The importance of cross-border portability of social benefits is increasing in parallel with the rise in the absolute number of international migrants and their share of the world population, and perhaps more importantly, with the rising share of world population that for some part of their life...
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Status and progress in cross-border portability of social security benefits
Holzmann, Robert; Wels, Jacques - 2018
The importance of cross-border portability of social benefits is increasing in parallel with the rise in the absolute number of international migrants and their share of the world population, and perhaps more importantly, with the rising share of world population that for some part of their life...
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Do bilateral social security agreements deliver on the portability of pensions and health care benefits? : a summary policy paper on four migration corridors between EU and non-EU...
Holzmann, Robert - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 5 (2016) 17, pp. 1-35
This policy paper summarizes four corridor studies on bilateral social security agreements (BSSAs) between four European Union (EU) member and two nonmember states, draws conclusions on their results, and offers recommendations. BSSAs between migrant-sending and migrant-receiving countries are...
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Short-run health consequences of retirement and pension benefits : evidence from China
Nikolov, Plamen; Adelman, Alan - 2019
This paper examines the impact of the New Rural Pension Scheme (NRPS) in China. Exploiting the staggered implementation of an NRPS policy expansion that began in 2009, we used a difference-in-difference approach to study the effects of the introduction of pension benefits on the health status,...
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Paying Tomorrow's Military
Williams, Cindy - 2006
Good compensation is an important part of the nation's compact with its men and women in uniform. In contrast to the private sector or other government employers, the U.S. military spends a large share of its compensation dollars on noncash benefits. Such benefits are extremely inefficient from...
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Empirical Data Analysis of HIV/AIDS in Sudan with Reference to Khartoum State
Mohamed, Issam A.W - 2011
The present paper introduces results of an analysis conducted on data collected from Khartoum state for the year 2009. It aims to apply statistical models for the HIV/AIDS data in Khartoum state centers of testing blood and counseling. AIDS is recognized as an emerging disease only in the early...
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Social Security and Retirement Around the World : Historical Trends in Mortality and Health, Employment, and Disability Insurance Participation and Reforms
Milligan, Kevin S.; Wise, David A. - 2011
This is the introduction and summary to the fifth phase of an ongoing project on Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World. The first phase described the retirement Incentives inherent in plan provisions and documented the strong relationship across countries between social...
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