Es wird gezeigt, dass die heute bestehende statistische Basis ausreicht, den Übergang von einem kollektivistischen System der Absicherung von Arbeitslosigkeit zu einem individualistischen Trennsystem zu bewältigen. Zunächst wird die Methodik zur Bestimmung des individuellen ?realen""...

We examine whether and to what extent consolidation in the U.S. health insurance industry is leading to higher employer-sponsored insurance premiums. We make use of a proprietary, panel dataset of employer-sponsored healthplans enrolling over 10 million Americans annually between 1998 and 2006...

We examine whether and to what extent consolidation in the U.S. health insurance industry is leading to higher employer-sponsored insurance premiums. We make use of a proprietary, panel dataset of employer-sponsored healthplans enrolling over 10 million Americans annually between 1998 and 2006...