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Outsourcing, Unemployment and Welfare Policy [PDF]

The paper investigates the consequences of outsourcing of labor intensive activities to low-wage economies. This trend challenges the two basic functions of the welfare state, redistribution and social insurance when private unemployment insurance ...
Christian Keuschnigg, Evelyn Ribi
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Social insurance programs and later-life mortality: Evidence from new deal relief spending. [PDF]

J Health Econ, 2022
Noghanibehambari H, Engelman M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Topological Properties of International Commodity Market: How Uncertainty Affects the Linkages?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study aims to explore the network topology of the international commodity market by examining the interconnections among 21 commodity futures across various categories, including energy, precious and industrial metals, and agriculture. We analyze the market structure of these commodity futures under both low and high uncertainty conditions
Ibrahim Yagli, Bayram Deviren
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Moral hazard in a mutual health-insurance system: German Knappschaften, 1867-1914 [PDF]

This paper studies moral hazard in a sickness-insurance fund that provided the model for social-insurance schemes around the world. The German Knappschaften were formed in the medieval period to provide sickness, accident, and death benefits for miners ...
Jochen Streb, Timothy W. Guinnane
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Disability Insurance Plans: Trends in Employee Access and Employer Costs [PDF]

, 2015
[Excerpt] Short- and long-term disability insurance programs replace some of the wages lost by people who cannot work because of a disabling injury or illness that is not work-related. Short-term disability insurance typically covers periods lasting less
Monaco, Kristen
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Frequency-Range-Specific Hand–Arm Vibration Exposure and the Risk of Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Upper Extremities: The German Hand–Arm Vibration Study

Vibration
To quantify the effect of frequency-range-specific hand–arm vibration (FRS-HAV) exposure on the risk of musculoskeletal disorders of the upper limb (UMSDs), we performed an analysis among the study sample of the German Hand–Arm Vibration Study. In total,
Yi Sun, Frank Bochmann, Winfried Eckert, Uwe Nigmann, Christian van den Berg, Uwe Kaulbars, Nastaran Raffler   +6 more
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In-service training policy during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of the agents of the farmers, rural people, and nomads social insurance fund. [PDF]

Front Public Health, 2023
Ghadermarzi H, Ataei P, Mottaghi Dastenaei A, Bassullu C.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Too Complex to Choose? The Role of Heuristics in Shaping Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Income Stabilization Tool in Italy

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT European agriculture is increasingly exposed to economic instability driven by extreme weather events, market volatility, and geopolitical tensions. To manage these growing risks, farmers are encouraged to adopt innovative risk management strategies such as the Income Stabilization Tool (IST), which offers protection against severe income ...
Alice Stiletto, Ruggiero Rippo, Samuele Trestini, Elisa Giampietri, Roberta Raffaelli, Simone Cerroni   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The German social long-term care insurance - structure and reform options [PDF]

Regarding social needs in Germany long-term care is an important issue due to an ageing population. Shrinking social networks are leading to a greater need for a public long-term care system.
Arntz, Melanie, Sacchetto, Ralf, Spermann, Alexander, Steffes, Susanne, Widmaier, Sarah   +4 more
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China Employment Law Update - October 2011 [PDF]

, 2011
[Excerpt] As of October 15, 2011, all foreign nationals working in China under a work permit must participate in China’s social insurance system. Further details on this can be accessed via this link.
Baker & McKenzie
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