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Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract It is not uncommon that original aspirations of social policy go astray during implementation. Issues that are the focus of social policy are often tied to various competing social, political, and value positions, making them unfailingly ‘wicked’ and rendering the design and implementation of solutions inherently challenging.
Eloise Hummell +3 more
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Innovative Insurance to Improve US Patient Access to Cell and Gene Therapy
The Milbank Quarterly, Volume 103, Issue 1, Page 32-51, March 2025.Policy Points Cell and gene therapies (CGTs) offer treatment for rare and oftentimes deadly disease, but their prices are high, and payers may seek to limit spending. Total annual costs of covering all existing and expected CGTs for the entire US population 2023–2035 to amount to less than $20 per person and concentrate in commercial and state Medicaid
RENA M. CONTI +5 more
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The Modern Law Review, Volume 88, Issue 3, Page 467-501, May 2025.Globally, the number of cases of international parental child abduction has remained consistent in the past decade, despite the array of legal provisions designed to prevent it. The current legal approach is ineffective. Reflecting on the findings of an empirical study on parental abduction from the UK, the article considers a novel solution which aims
Nazia Yaqub
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Statistical Theory and Related Fields, 2021 This article considers the problem of selecting two-level designs under the baseline parameterisation when some two-factor interactions are important.
Anqi Chen, Cheng-Yu Sun, Boxin Tang
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The Old Regime (of Mutualisation) and the Revolution (of Big Data)
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In his classic work L'ancien régime et la révolution, Alexis de Tocqueville proposes a reinterpretation of the French Revolution: behind the spectacular ruptures associated with the event, profound continuities are at play. Beyond the specific case of the French Revolution, Tocqueville calls for vigilance in mobilizing the notion of revolution
Pierre Francois
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That's Not Fair! Navigating the Duality of Fairness in Insurance
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Insurance serves as a social good, providing financial protection against disasters whilst operating within a profit‐driven market. This dual role highlights the complex intersection of social and commercial interests, raising a fairness puzzle often portrayed as a trade‐off between solidarity and actuarial fairness.
Konstantinos Chalkias +3 more
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Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Department of Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics [PDF]
, 2004 openalex +2 more sources
Does Proactivity Affect Insurance Solidarity and Individual Responsibility?
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Over the past 20 years, the insurance industry has been experimenting with technological innovations that deeply affect its business model and social function. This article explores the use of digital technologies to monitor policyholders' behaviour and personalise their insurance coverage.
Alberto Cevolini, Elena Esposito
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The Arctan-X Family of Distributions: Properties, Simulation, and Applications to Actuarial Sciences [PDF]
, 2021 Ibrahim Alkhairy +3 more
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COVID‐19 in Australia: Systems resilience and outcome fairness
Geographical Research, EarlyView.Abstract We apply a relational multiscalar model of the sustainability of social organisation to the management of COVID‐19 in Australia to analyse systems resilience and outcome fairness. Our model encompasses the structures, processes, functions, and contents of social organisation across micro, meso, and macro scales.
Glen Rutherford +3 more
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