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Objective: To identify factors for healthcare utilization and to describe effect of Mutual Health Insurance on health … utilization. Conclusion: Enrolment to mutual health insurance increases healthcare utilization. Presence of illness in the … Health Insurance scheme should be targeted during escalating of healthcare utilization. …
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Presently, there is a growing concern about implementing sustainable practices among businesses worldwide. Risk management is observed to contribute to the promotion of exercised business sustainability significantly. The study aims to examine published articles focusing on the role of risk...
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We provide a concise introduction to a household-panel data infrastructure that provides the international research community with longitudinal data of private households in Germany since 1984: the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). We demonstrate the comparative strength of the SOEP data in...
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sensitivity to local unemployment rates varies by characteristics such as health, cognitive ability and non-cognitive ability … unemployment rate are associated with larger variations for those with poor health or with a low non-cognitive ability. This … pattern is found both among young and older individuals. The employment of the lower-educated also varies more with variations …
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model allows for health effects on employment risks, on productivity, on longevity, the correlation between health risks …Based on a dynamic life cycle model, this study analyzes health-related risks of consumption and old-age poverty. The …, productivity and preferences, and the financial incentives of the German public insurance schemes. The estimation uses data on male …
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cohort relevant changes in education and health is examined and discussed. Further, country differences in the impact from … education and health is examined. Results show that the largest increase in labour force participation among people aged 65 …
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employment and wages of the local population. I show that male immigrants were fully integrated into the labor market, while … population's employment but not on wages. The initial displacement effects are particularly large for men, but they disappear … female immigrants faced significant wage and employment gaps upon arrival, and their assimilation was slow. Using an IV …
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Rising obesity is not only a pressing global public health problem. There is also substantial evidence that obese … people, particularly women, are less likely to be employed and, when employed, are likely to earn lower wages. There is some …
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larger, more productive, and pay higher wages than other firms in the same industry. Positive performance effects of engaging …
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standard hourly wage of some workers and encourage work sharing that increases employment, with particular advantages for … female workers. However, regulation of overtime raises employment costs, setting in motion economic forces that can limit …, neutralize, or even reduce employment. And increasing the coverage of overtime pay regulations has little effect on the share of …
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