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Rethinking Social Insurance [PDF]
American Economic Review, 2005 economics. 1 Social insurance programs have become the most important, the most expensive, and often the most controversial aspect of government domestic policy, not only in the United States but also in many other countries, including developing and industrialized nations.
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On the Optimal Provision of Social Insurance [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015 In this paper we compute the optimal tax and education policy transition in an economy where progressive taxes provide social insurance against idiosyncratic wage risk, but distort the education decision of households. Optimally chosen tertiary education subsidies mitigate these distortions.
Alexander Ludwig +3 more
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Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2017 Objective: In an automated dose dispensing (ADD) service, medicines are dispensed in unit-dose bags according to administration times. When the service is initiated, the patient’s medication list is reconciled and a prescription review is conducted.
Juha Sinnemäki +3 more
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Social Insurance and Health [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017 Abstract This chapter reviews the existing empirical evidence on how social insurance affects health. Social insurance encompasses programs primarily designed to insure against health risks, such as health insurance, sick leave insurance, accident insurance, long-term care insurance, and disability insurance as well as other programs, such as ...
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Scientific Reports, 2023 The use of face masks became mandatory during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Wearing masks may lead to complaints about laboured breathing and stress. The influence of different masks on cardiopulmonary performance was investigated in a partially double-blinded ...
Eike-Maximillian Marek +14 more
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IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2012 Abstract The paper argues that a comprehensive activation strategy is called for – in both unemployment and disability insurance – to minimize the conflict between income insurance and work incentives and to prevent the economic crisis from causing a long-lasting decline in labor force participation. A review of recent empirical evidence,
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 IntroductionPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are carcinogenic to humans and are formed by incomplete combustion. PAHs are always present during firefighting operations, and fire department members can be exposed to them in the workplace.MethodsIn ...
Stephan Koslitz +11 more
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Does Social Security Crowd Out Private Savings? The Case of Bismarck’s System of Social Insurance
, 2018 Imperial chancellor Bismarck’s system of social insurance (with its three pillars health, accident and pension insurance) was an important role model for social security systems across Europe and in the US.
Sibylle Lehmann-Hasemeyer, Jochen Streb
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From pool to profile: Social consequences of algorithmic prediction in insurance
Big Data & Society, 2020 The use of algorithmic prediction in insurance is regarded as the beginning of a new era, because it promises to personalise insurance policies and premiums on the basis of individual behaviour and level of risk.
Alberto Cevolini, E. Esposito
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Unemployment, Crime and Social Insurance [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2014 We study an individual's incentive to search for a job in the presence of random criminal opportunities. These opportunities extenuate moral hazard, as the individual sometimes commits crime rather than searching. Even when he searches, he applies less effort. We then revisit the design of optimal unemployment insurance in this environment.
Long, Iain W., Polito, Vito
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