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Insurance Risk Classification: How much is socially optimal? [PDF]
Restrictions on insurance risk classification can lead to troublesome adverse selection. A simple version of the usual argument is as follows. If insurers cannot charge risk-differentiated premiums, more insurance is bought by higher risks and less ...
Tapadar, Pradip
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Trisomy 13 (T13) and trisomy 18 (T18) have historically been described as “lethal” or “incompatible with life,” contributing to diagnosis‐based limitations of care. Contemporary evidence demonstrates greater heterogeneity in survival and outcomes than previously recognized, including among selected children receiving intensive care or cardiac ...
H. L. Malherbe +9 more
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Full Coverage for Minor, Recurrent Losses? [PDF]
This note looks at insurance of minor, recurrent losses. The main concern is with efficiency properties of full coverage. As motivation and running example we concider a regime, currently operative in several European countries, that offers employees ...
Flåm, Sjur Didrik
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Influence of Molecular Genetic Classes on Behavior in Prader‐Willi Syndrome
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A wide range of behavioral phenotypes has been described in PWS patients including autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The prevalence of behavioral disorders was studied in 292 participants over 3 years with genetically confirmed PWS (N = 164 females and N = 128 males) with deletion (N = 182) and mUPD (maternal uniparental disomy) (N = 99).
Ranim Mahmoud +6 more
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Social Insurance of Short Spell Sickness [PDF]
This paper looks at social insurance of short term absence from work. The chief concern is with efficiency properties of full coverage. That arrangement is reviewed and criticized here in light of received theory. A main point is that positive loading of
Sjur Didrik Flåm
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The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton +2 more
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Partial Deposit Insurance and Moral Hazard in Banking [PDF]
: Countries with deposit insurances differ significantly on how much protection their insurance provides. We study the optimal coverage limit in a model of deposit insurance with capital requirements and risk sensitive premia to prevent moral hazard ...
Li, Gan, Wen-Yao, Wang
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was founded on principles of choice and control, for people with significant mental health challenges (what the NDIS calls ‘psychosocial disability’) these ideals often remain elusive. Support systems continue to be fractured and in the context of ongoing policy reforms, it is vital
Joel Hollier, Jennifer Smith‐Merry
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Barriers and Enablers for Effective Support Coordination in the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Support coordinators act as intermediaries between the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and participants, facilitating access to funded supports. To optimise outcomes, they must navigate NDIS complexities, identify services that meet individual needs and engage with diverse stakeholders.
Sharyn McDonald +3 more
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Welfare Reform, Labor Supply, and Health Insurance in the Immigrant Population [PDF]
Although the 1996 welfare reform legislation limited the eligibility of immigrant households to receive assistance, many states chose to protect their immigrant populations by offering state-funded aid to these groups.
George J. Borjas
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