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Rainfall timing, forage growth, and insuring forage: Linking producer perceptions to observational data

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract The timing and amount of rainfall are crucial in forage growth. Producer perceptions of the rainfall distribution are likely to influence their choices related to the Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage Rainfall Index insurance program. Because of the scarcity of forage production data, diversity of forage production systems, and climates ...
Brittney Goodrich, Jisang Yu, Kelly Davidson, Gyuhyeong Goh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Healthcare utilization for inpatient rehabilitation among people with traumatic brain injury before the introduction of the specialized rehabilitation hospital system: a nationwide retrospective cohort study. [PDF]

Front Neurol
Bae SW, Shin J, Park WM, Kim J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Beyond health protection: Estimating the impact of public health insurance on home‐based livestock raising in rural China

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Livestock often serves as self‐insurance against health shocks for rural households in developing countries. However, little is known about how public health insurance affects livestock production decisions. This paper fills the gap by examining the impact of China's New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NRCMS) on household‐level livestock ...
Ran Li
wiley   +1 more source

Forgoing Healthcare and Insurance Premiums Trends: A 15-Year Population-Based Study in Geneva, Switzerland. [PDF]

Int J Public Health
Nehme M, Dumont R, Heritier H, Lamour J, Mechoullam S, De Ridder D, Guessous I.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Market regulation and productivity: The case of the Canadian Wheat Board

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Changes to regulatory environments influence firm‐level incentives, which can move the productivity frontier or reposition firms within an existing frontier. Estimating causal effects of policy changes requires a credible counterfactual for productivity in the absence of policy change.
Ryan Cardwell, Pascal L. Ghazalian
wiley   +1 more source

Key factors associated with China's basic medical insurance fund revenue-expenditure balance: a grey relational analysis. [PDF]

Cost Eff Resour Alloc
Gong G, Dan W, Wei H, Xiping L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Harvesting benefits: Exploring the effects of second‐best policies on enhancing soil organic carbon stocks in agriculture

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Agricultural subsidies can be an effective policy tool to enhance soil organic carbon sequestration. This paper assesses the effectiveness of a second‐best hypothetical policy which subsidizes additional canola hectares optimally for each soil zone in Saskatchewan in an effort to increase soil organic carbon.
Devin A. Serfas
wiley   +1 more source

Institutional design features of health insurance subsidy programmes in Africa: a narrative review. [PDF]

Int J Equity Health
Wafula A, Barasa E, Maritim B.
europepmc   +1 more source

Mitigating tough times? How material self‐interest influences citizens' welfare state behavior

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract It is a long‐standing view that citizens support the welfare state because it provides insurance against future income losses. However, existing studies have struggled to isolate the effect of future‐oriented material self‐interest from normative and political predispositions.
Matias Engdal Christensen
wiley   +1 more source

Private health insurance in Gulf Cooperation Council countries: A scoping review. [PDF]

Health Policy Open
Reka H, van Kessel R, Mossialos E, Groot W, Pavlova M.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source