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SOCIAL DETERMINANTS, CULTURAL ALIGNMENT, AND DEMOGRAPHIC INFLUENCES ON LIFE INSURANCE DEMAND: EVIDENCE FROM CIVIL SERVANTS IN NIGERIA

International Journal of Social and Educational Innovation
This study examines the influence of social factors, cultural context, and demographic characteristics on the demand for life insurance products among civil servants in Alausa, Lagos State, Nigeria.
Ahmed Oluwatobi ADEKUNLE
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Can the health insurance reforms stop an increase in medical expenditures for middle- and old-aged persons in Japan? [PDF]

Using two-period panel data from the Nippon Life Insurance Research Institute, this paper tests the hypothesis that an increase in the self-pay ratio of medical expenditures associated with the Japanese health insurance reforms of April 2003 reduced ...
Masaru Sasaki, Tamie Matsuura
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Large Language Model‐Based Chatbots in Higher Education

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
The use of large language models (LLMs) in higher education can facilitate personalized learning experiences, advance asynchronized learning, and support instructors, students, and researchers across diverse fields. The development of regulations and guidelines that address ethical and legal issues is essential to ensure safe and responsible adaptation
Defne Yigci, Merve Eryilmaz, Ail K. Yetisen, Savas Tasoglu, Aydogan Ozcan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of Demand for Life Insurance: The Example of Farmers from North-West Poland

Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu, 2019
Life insurance is a voluntary and additional element of protection and financial security for the future of insured and financially dependent persons. This safeguard should be of particular importance in the agricultural sector, which is characterized by
Agnieszka Kurdyś-Kujawska, Agnieszka Sompolska-Rzechuła   +1 more
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Ex-ante Moral Hazard and Primary Prevention, evidence from Portugal [PDF]

This paper provides evidence on ex-ante moral hazard in Portugal. The issue is addressed in a setting where people buy voluntary private health insurance, on top of existing Government coverage.
Aida Isabel Tavares, Pedro Pita Barros
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A Robotic Urinary Bladder Enabling Volume Monitoring and Assisted Micturition

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
An implantable robotic bladder is presented that can store urine in an origami‐designed enclosure. An inductance sensing principle can monitor and transfer the urine volume in real‐time. It can actively expand based on the amount of urine collected from kidneys and apply on‐demand mechanical compression to assist urination.
Izadyar Tamadon, Michele Ibrahimi, Federica Semproni, Veronica Iacovacci, Arianna Menciassi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Attention, Demographics, and the Stock Market [PDF]

Do investors pay enough attention to long-term fundamentals? We consider the case of demographic information. Cohort size fluctuations produce forecastable demand changes for age-sensitive sectors, such as toys, bicycles, beer, life insurance, and ...
Joshua M. Pollet, Stefano DellaVigna
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De Gustibus Est Disputandum: The role of agricultural and applied economists in an era of behavior change initiatives and endogenous preferences

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Popular society increasingly questions preferences that drive many resource allocations and production decisions, with many groups actively seeking to alter those preferences to achieve changes to resource use. Agricultural and applied economists, who are already equipped with excellent technical skills to undertake consumer preference and ...
Brian E. Roe
wiley   +1 more source

Competence in Health Care - An Industrial Systems Analysis Using Competence Bloc Theory to Compare European and US Health Care [PDF]

While European health care systems are mostly public and similar the contrast is large to the US health industry based to a large extent in the market. Using competence bloc theory the industrial potential of Swedish and European health care is assessed ...
Eliasson, Gunnar, Eliasson, Åsa
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Economics of land‐based carbon mitigation

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Agricultural land holds tremendous potential to contribute to net zero greenhouse gas emission goals by providing low carbon renewable energy to displace fossil fuels and by serving as a sink for sequestering carbon in the soil with climate‐smart practices. This potential is, however, far from being realized.
Madhu Khanna
wiley   +1 more source