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is therefore a puzzle that most countries have placed some kind of restrictions on what type of health information …
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Genetic insurance can deal with the negative effects of genetic testing on insurance coverage and income distribution when the insurer has access to information about test status. Hence, efficient testing is promoted. When information about prevention and test status is private, two types of...
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This paper surveys the theoretical approaches used in the literature to study the phenomenon of delayed graduation and university dropout. The classical human capital model does not contemplate failure, which the amended human capital model does. Delayed graduation and university dropout are two...
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This paper surveys the theoretical approaches used in the literature to study the phenomenon of delayed graduation and university dropout. The classical human capital model does not contemplate failure, which the amended human capital model does. Delayed graduation and university dropout are two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012149211
account (covering education and training), and a health account (covering insurance against sickness and disability). Instead … health and education services, providing social safety nets and redistributing incomes more efficiently. …
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In a model where consumers have quasi-hyperbolic preferences, we compare immediate subsidies paid for health …-conscious consumption and future subsidies rewarding good health outcome. We characterize the subsidy rates which implement the unbiased …
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This paper studies the interplay between climate, health, and the economy in a stylized world with four heterogeneous … regions, labeled 'West' (cold and rich), 'China' (cold and poor), 'India' (warm and poor), and 'Africa' (warm and very poor …). We introduce health impacts into a simple integrated assessment model where both the local cooling effect of aerosols as …
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We use nine waves of BHPS data to examine interactions between spouses in terms of a behaviour with important health …
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This paper studies the interplay between climate, health, and the economy in a stylized world with four heterogeneous … regions, labeled ‘West’ (cold and rich), ‘China’ (cold and poor), ‘India’ (warm and poor), and ‘Africa’ (warm and very poor …). We introduce health impacts into a simple integrated assessment model where both the local cooling effect of aerosols as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003996958
approaches to the evaluation of life and health can only serve as a decision-making aid. Forthermore it turns out that rationing …
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