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Die Separierung von Kompakttarifen in der Pensions- und Lebensversicherung
Dreher, Loïc - In: German Risk and Insurance Review (GRIR) 6 (2010) 1, pp. 1-33
Kompakttarife finden nicht nur in der Pensionsversicherung, sondern auch in der (Einzel-) Lebensversicherung Verwendung … Besonderheiten bei der Lebensversicherung und wichtige Aspekte der Bilanzierung vorgestellt. Den Abschluss bildet ein Algorithmus zur …
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Welfare Time Limits in the United States – Experiences with a New Welfare-to-Work Approach
Ochel, Wolfgang - CESifo - 2004
This paper reviews the evidence on welfare time limits in the United States. It primarily refers to experimental and econometric evaluations. Time limits affect welfare recipients both before and after their limits are reached. Time limits reduce welfare receipt and increase employment before...
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An Examination of Life Insurers’ Risk Attitudes
Machnes, Yaffa - In: Frontiers in Finance and Economics 7 (2010) 2, pp. 125-137
This paper presents evidence of a significant positive relationship between the ratios of life insurance premiums quoted to smokers relative to the premiums quoted to non-smokers, and the financial strength of the insurance company. This suggests that life insurers reveal increasing relative...
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Barriers to Household Risk Management; Evidence from India
Townsend, Robert M.; Cole, Shawn; Tobacman, Jeremy; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
Why do many households remain exposed to large exogenous sources of non-systematic income risk? We use a series of randomized field experiments in rural India to test the importance of price and non-price factors in the adoption of an innovative rainfall insurance product. Demand is...
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Brazil; Financial System Stability Assessment
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
The paper discusses the stability of Brazil's financial system, which is diversified and shows sustained economic progress. Fiscal and monetary policies have been aimed to improve bank reserves, and foreign exchange intervention has been streamlined to curb volatility in the exchange market....
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Kingdom of Netherlands; Netherlands: Financial System Stability Assessment
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
The Netherlands has been heavily affected by the global financial crisis. The “Twin Peaks†supervision model, with Netherlands Central Bank - De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) as the prudential supervisor, and the Authority for Financial Markets (AFM) responsible for conduct-of-business...
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Discontinued German life insurance portfolios: rules-in-use, interest rate risk, and Solvency II
Paetzmann, Karsten - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 19 (2011) May, pp. 117-138
appropriate consequence not only for foreign insurers ceasing their business in Germany but also for domestic insurance groups …
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Guest worker employment, with special reference to the Federal Republic of Germany, France and Switzerland : lessons for the United States?
WR, Boehning - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1980
ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper on a comparison of employment policies for migrant workers in Germany, Federal Republic … given work permits from 1950 to 1979, and studies indicators of family migration, inactivity, duration of stay and return …
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Job Recruitment and Vacany Durations in Germany
Davis, Steven J.; Röttger, Christof; Warning, Anja; … - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität … - 2014
is a new position. We measure recruitment duration and the lag from recruitment to first day of work (start lag), which … sum to the full vacancy duration. In addition, we link our micro data on recruitments and new hires to additional data on … duration of 49 calendar days or 34 working days and a mean start lag of 27 calendar days and 19 working days, for a total …
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Risk-Averse by Nation or by Religion?: Some Insights on the Determinants of Individual Risk Attitudes
Bartke, Stephan; Schwarze, Reimund - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2008
, representative German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). To understand the importance of nationality, we focus on emigrants to Germany. The …
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