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Getting Personal about Personal Insurance

open access: yesFinancial Planning Research Journal
Abstract This article reports research into an area of insurance, personal insurance. This is important as some research suggests that insurance literacy could be related to the level of insurance purchased. To consider this potential relationship this article reports a detailed analysis of interviews with consumers and financial ...
Tania Driver   +3 more
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Copayments in the German health system: does it work? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This paper examines the effect of copayments on doctor visits using the German health care reform of 2004 as a natural experiment. In January 2004, copayments of 10 euros for the first doctor visit in each quarter have been introduced for all adults in ...
Augurzky, Boris   +2 more
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Lifetime earnings inequality in Germany [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper documents the magnitude, pattern, and evolution of lifetime earnings inequality in Germany. Based on a large sample of earning biographies from social security records, we show that the intra-generational distribution of lifetime earnings of ...
Bönke, Timm   +2 more
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Demographic Changes and Their Implications on Some Aspects of Social Security in the Unified Germany: German Case Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 1991
A comparison of the demographic past of the two German states shows that, although some important similarities remained, some demographic patterns have had a diverging tendency, With respect to aging, this has resulted in a somewhat younger age structure
Büttner, T., Galler, H.P., Ott, N.
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Copayments in the German Health System – Do They Work? [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper examines the effect of copayments on doctor visits using the German health care reform of 2004 as a natural experiment. In January 2004, copayments of 10 euros for the first doctor visit in each quarter have been introduced for all adults in ...
Boris Augurzky   +2 more
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Liability rule failures? Evidence from German court decisions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Since 2007, all insurance intermediaries face negligence liability that is supposed to reallocate risks and set economic incentives. Nonetheless, further measures are taken to improve consumer protection.
Pape, Annika
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The evolution of tangibles, financial and social security wealth over the lifecycle: estimates for Germany [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
"Using survey and administrative micro data, the authors describe the wealth distribution in Germany between 1978 and 2003, focusing on the birth cohort 1939 to 1953 resident in West Germany.
Beckers, Benjamin   +2 more
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Early retirement in Germany: Loss of income and lifetime? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The public pension system in Germany allows early retirement albeit at the cost of pension deductions. Deductions are calculated under the assumption that life expectancy is independent of the age of retirement and apply equally for men and women.
Kühntopf, Stephan, Tivig, Thusnelda
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