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Risikoselektion und Risikoausgleich am Beispiel der gesetzlichen Krankenkassen in Deutschland
Dieterich, Felix - 2005
This paper deals with the phenomenon of risk-selection and its appearance in the german compulsory health insurance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427438
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Risikoselektion und Risikoausgleich am Beispiel der gesetzlichen Krankenkassen in Deutschland
Dieterich, Felix - 2005
This paper deals with the phenomenon of risk-selection and its appearance in the german compulsory health insurance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010440437
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Risikoselektion und Risikoausgleich am Beispiel der gesetzlichen Krankenkassen in Deutschland
Dieterich, Felix - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
This paper deals with the phenomenon of risk-selection and its appearance in the german compulsory health insurance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005649813
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On the demand for telemedicine : evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic
Busso, Matias; Gonzalez, Maria P.; Scartascini, Carlos G. - 2021
Telemedicine can expand access to health care at relatively low cost. Historically, however, demand for telemedicine … demand for telemedicine experienced after the onset of the COVID-19 epidemic and the imposition of mobility restrictions. We … find a 233 percent increase in the number of telemedicine calls and a 342 percent increase in calls resulting in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012586138
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Partial insurance and investments in children
Carneiro, Pedro; Ginja, Rita - 2015
partial insurance of parental investments against permanent income shocks, but the magnitude of the estimated responses is … small. We cannot reject the hypothesis full insurance against temporary shocks. Another interpretation of our findings is … that there is very little insurance available, but the fact that skill is a non-separable function of parental investments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010510508
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Insuring your donation : an experiment
Buijze, Renate; Engel, Christoph; Hemels, Sigrid - 2015
that the donor may be sure to get a tax benefit. We interpret this function as insurance and test the option to insure … donations in the lab. Our participants indeed have a positive willingness to pay for insurance against either risk. Yet the … insurance option is only critical for their willingness to donate to a charity if the uncertainty affects the proper use of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011349366
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Partial insurance and investments in children
Carneiro, Pedro; Ginja, Rita - 2012
partial insurance of parental investments against permanent income shocks, and we cannot reject the hypothesis full insurance … 10% of family income leads, at most, to an increase in investments of 1.3% of a standard deviation. -- insurance ; human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009688539
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The dietary impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
O'Connell, Martin; Smith, Kate; Stroud, Rebekah - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant changes in where people work, eat and socialise. We use novel data on the food and non-alcoholic drink purchases from stores, takeaways, restaurants and other outlets to quantify the impact of the pandemic on the diets of a large, representative panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012583582
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Life Care Annuities - Trick or Treat for Insurance Companies?
Zhou-Richter, Tian - 2011
A life care annuity is a bundled insurance product comprised of a life annuity and long-term care insurance. Some … positive correlation between the two risks and the presence of adverse selection in the life care annuity market. We also … address the pricing risk and solvency risk insurance companies face when providing life care annuities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124297
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Emerging Practices in Consumer Education on Risk Management and Insurance
Dror, Iddo - 2012
Consumer education is often considered an integral part of microinsurance schemes; a win-win solution that benefits both microinsurance practitioners and their clients. It is supposed to help low-income households make sound choices and practitioners stimulate demand. The current lack of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106586