The purpose of this study is to analyse the determinants of life expectancy as proxy for health status of the OECD … countries' population. A production function of health is used to explain expectancy life at birth for total and ageing … population and according to gender. Socio-economic factors, health resources and lifestyles are defined as the main determinants …

health condition. However little is known about the side effects of governmental policies that aim to promote the unemployed …'s reintegration into the labor market on the health status of participants. On the one hand, these interventions could have positive … health effects if they increase the chances of finding new employment, however, on the other hand, they might also have …

contrast to earlier studies, this paper approaches the economies of scale issue by analysing the break-ups of municipal health … efficiency of health centres in Finland between 1990 and 2003. To address potential non-random or endogenous treatment assignment … healthcare costs have grown considerably faster for the seceded health centres than for the similar non-seceded ones, while …

In 2018, the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) was fully implemented by all EU member states. It intends to … harmonize the insurance market, provide the right incentives for the agents and protect the consumers. But why? The core … the latest changes in the insurance business require these limitations and monitoring. This paper offers a literature …

Our paper analyses the effect of natural catastrophes on insurance demand in a developing economy and the specific role … of insurance regulation in this relationship. We base our analysis on a theoretical model as well as a panel regression … insurance regulation in recent years. The theoretical results indicate that a loss experience should have a less positive effect …

I revisit the question of which motive underlies insurance demand. I draw on the literature of state-dependent utility … and on the literature of imperfectly divisible consumption to argue that the general purpose of insurance is not a risk … transfer, but meeting a conditional need. In this way, insurance aligns the risk in one's ftnancial endowment with the risk in …

This paper examines the effect of soda taxes on the consumption behaviour and health of school-aged children in Europe …: Hungary imposed a "Public Health Product Tax" on several unhealthy products including sodas in 2011. France introduced solely …

This paper examines the effect of two different soda taxes on consumption behaviour and health of school-aged children … in Europe: Hungary imposed a Public Health Product Tax (PHPT) on several unhealthy products in 2011. France introduced …

This paper studies health effects from restricting the access of high-emission vehicles to innercities by implementing … in urban areas and that these improvements in air quality translate into population health benefits. We find that the …

.8 percentage points. Such impact is especially strong among the more vulnerable elder parents with worse health and little pension … sizes and compelling old parents in bad health to continue working. …