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Preparing for future pandemics: stress tests and wargames
Milne, Frank; Longworth, David J. - 2020
There is an important interdependence between economic, financial and health policy actions. The recent Covid-19 crisis has demonstrated that, apart from the direct economic consequences from illness and death from the virus, the main economic and financial costs have been due to the varying...
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Decline in mobility : public transport in Poland in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic
Wielechowski, Michał; Czech, Katarzyna; Grzęda, Łukasz - In: Economies : open access journal 8 (2020) 4/78, pp. 1-24
in public transport depending on the level of stringency of anti-COVID-19 regulation policy both in Poland and all …
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Populism and COVID19 : how populist governments (mis)handle the pandemic
Bayerlein, Michael; Boese, Vanessa Alexandra; Gates, Scott - 2021
Populist parties and actors now govern various countries around the world. Often elected by the public in times of crises and over the perceived failure of ‘the elites’, the question stands as to how populist governments actually perform once elected, especially in times of crisis. Using the...
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Regulation of pharmaceutical prices : evidence from a reference price reform in Denmark ; conference paper
Kaiser, Ulrich; Méndez, Susan; Rønde, Thomas; … - 2013 - This version: February 23, 2013
Reference prices constitute a main determinant of patient health care reimbursement in many countries. We study the effects of a change from an "external" (based on a basket of prices in other countries) to an "internal" (based on comparable domestic products) reference price system. We find...
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Childcare subsidy policy : what it can and cannot accomplish : what are the implications of childcare subsidies for care quality, family well-being, and child development?
Tekin, Erdal - 2014
Most public expenditure on childcare in the US is made through a federal program, the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), established as part of landmark welfare reform legislation in 1996. The main goal of the reform was to increase employment and reduce welfare dependence among low-income...
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Greece in economic crisis : the case of health and education
Dassiou, Xeni - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 84 (2015) 3, pp. 145-164
In 2010 the Greek economy entered a deep economic crisis. This was the result of an accumulation of structural problems in the economy, including overspending and loss of competitiveness during the previous decades, translating into persistently large budget and trade deficits. In 2015, under...
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The effect of statutory sick pay regulations on workers' health
Halla, Martin; Pech, Susanne; Zweimüller, Martina - 2015
Social insurance programs typically comprise sick leave insurance. An important policy parameter is how the cost of sick leave are shared between workers, firms, and the social security system. We show that this sharing rule affects not only absence behavior, but also workers' subsequent health....
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The effect of statutory sick pay regulations on workers' health
Halla, Martin; Pech, Susanne; Zweimüller, Martina - 2015
Social insurance programs typically comprise sick leave insurance. An important policy parameter is how the cost of sick leave are shared between workers, firms, and the social security system. We show that this sharing rule affects not only absence behavior, but also workers' subsequent health....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011284261
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Nutzen und Kosten der derzeitigen Regulierung des Apothekenmarktes in Deutschland : benefits and costs of current regulations in the German pharmacy sector
Schulenburg, Johann-Matthias von der (contributor);  … - 2008
have to be offset by the costs of regulation. These costs consist first of direct costs due to the regulation itself, since … costs of regulation in the German pharmacy sector. It then describes the deregulation measures needed to avoid regulation … investment in drug distribution. In contrast to the present situation, Germany could be a pioneer with regard to the regulation …
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