Background: Compulsory healthcare insurance in Switzerland entails a deductible system for cost-sharing between insurer and insuree up to a chosen deductible1. No study has so far tested the presence of price sensitivity for healthcare resources consumption after exceeding one's chosen...

In the light of fears that the SARS-CoV-2 virus might be transmitted via cash - fears that were stoked by statements in the media and from public authorities - this paper aims to address the following issues: (1) to provide a descriptive account of the change in the circulation of euro banknotes...

Objectives: A clinical dashboard is a data-driven clinical decision support tool visualizing mul-tiple key performance indicators in a single report while minimizing time and effort for data gat-hering. Evidence showed that including patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in clinical...

This Policy Note reports on the analyses undertaken in a number of wiiw Working Papers that are the output of two projects financed by the Anniversary Fund of the Austrian National Bank (Project no. 18474 and no. 17166). Four of the papers are based on survey data from the FIMAS dataset, which...

Die Diskussionen zur Krankenhausreform in Deutschland, die mit den Veröffentlichungen der Regierungskommission Ende 2022 starteten, sind nunmehr durch den eingeläuteten Gesetzgebungsprozess (Krankenhaustransparenzgesetz bzw. Krankenhausversorgungsverbesserungsgesetz) in formale Bahnen gelenkt...

Der demografische Wandel und die damit einhergehende Alterung der Gesellschaft sowie Reduktion der Erwerbsbevölkerung stellen große gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen dar. Der Bedarf an familiärer Pflege wird infolge der zunehmenden Alterung der Gesellschaft weiter steigen. Die...

German fertility rates are far below the replacement level, meaning that its population is projected to shrink. This implies a threat to sustainable economic growth and the stability of the social security system. Thus, fertility behavior is of highest interest for policymakers. Economic...

In Deutschland fühlt sich etwa jede zehnte Person oft oder sehr oft einsam. Der Großteil von 60 Prozent hat dieses Gefühl nur selten oder nie. Das zeigen Auswertungen aktueller Daten des Sozio-ökonomischen Panels (SOEP) aus dem Jahr 2017. Entgegen der häufigen Annahme, dass die Einsamkeit...

This dissertation consists of five distinct empirical papers covering two large areas of research that are rather independent from each other: the economics of ageing and the economics of innovation. The first three chapters cover the impact of intergeneration interaction on the parents of adult...