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We quantify the importance of idiosyncratic health risk in a calibrated general-equilibrium model ofSocial Security. We construct an overlapping-generations model with rational-expectations households,idiosyncratic labor income and health risk, profit-maximizing firms, incomplete insurance...
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Alcohol policies have significant potential to curb alcohol-related harms, improve health, increase productivity, reduce crime and violence, and cut government expenditure. The WHO Global Strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol provides a menu of policy options based on international...
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The potential need for long-term care (LTC) is one of the greatest financial risks faced not only by the elderly, but also by their adult children, who often provide care or financial assistance. We investigate adult children's role in the demand for LTC insurance. Similar to flood insurance, we...
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After the reform and opening, “religious belief fevers” can be seen in many regions of rural China. Using a rural household dataset from Song County in He Nan Province, this research, by a Logit regression model, has analyzed the key factors that affect the religion choices of the villagers,...
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