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Labor Supply Effects of Social Insurance [PDF]

This chapter examines the labor supply effects of social insurance programs. We argue that this topic deserves separate treatment from the rest of the labor supply literature because individuals may be imperfectly informed as to the rules of the programs
Alan B. Krueger, Bruce D. Meyer
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Measuring Nutrition Security Using the Consumer Food Data System Datasets

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nutrition security is an emerging concept lacking a consensus definition, conceptualization, or standardized measure. This perspectives manuscript synthesizes findings from two previously published analyses to assess the feasibility of using available measures of key dimensions of nutrition security from two Consumer Food Data System (CFDS ...
Vibha Bhargava, Jung Sun Lee, Travis A. Smith   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How is long-term sickness absence due to different mental disorders associated with future disability pension risk? A population-based prospective cohort study in Finland

BMJ Open
Objectives The rise in mental disorders in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries warrants close consideration, as mental disorders cause long-term sickness absences (LTSA) and increase the risk of disability pensioning ...
Jenni Blomgren, Riku Perhoniemi
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Social Insurance [PDF]

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1917
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Equilibrium Social Insurance with Policy-Motivated Parties [PDF]

We study the political economy of social insurance with double heterogeneity of voters (i.e., different income and risk levels). Social insurance is financed through distortionary taxation and redistributes across income and risks.
Philippe, DE DONDER, Jean, HINDRIKS
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Why Didn't I Get a Payout? Understanding Farmer Choices, Index Insurance, and Basis Risk

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Index insurance, while heralded as a potential solution to alleviate poverty and food insecurity among agricultural households, has its own set of challenges, notably basis risk. Basis risk is the discrepancy between the insurance payout and losses incurred, posing a significant deterrent to the adoption of index insurance.
S. Lucille Blakeley, Sean Posey, Kathy Baylis, Daniel Osgood, Stuart Sweeney   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Circulating long non-coding RNA GAS5 (growth arrest-specific transcript 5) as a complement marker for the detection of malignant mesothelioma using liquid biopsies

Biomarker Research, 2020
Background For the detection of malignant mesothelioma additional markers are needed besides the established panel consisting of calretinin and mesothelin. The aim of this study was the identification and verification of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) as
Daniel G. Weber, Swaantje Casjens, Alexander Brik, Irina Raiko, Martin Lehnert, Dirk Taeger, Jan Gleichenhagen, Jens Kollmeier, Torsten T. Bauer, Thomas Brüning, Georg Johnen, the MoMar study group   +11 more
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Coping With Production Risk: Effects of Sown Plant Diversity on the Attractiveness of Crop Insurance in Grasslands

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increased frequency of extreme weather events, particularly droughts, threatens grassland farming by destabilizing yields and farms' economic viability. We examine, theoretically and through numerical simulations, how sown plant diversity (natural insurance) influences the attractiveness of indemnity and drought index insurance (formal ...
Nicolas Alou, Sergei Schaub, Martin Quaas, Robert Finger   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

EMA approved orphan medicines since the implementation of the orphan legislation

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Background In the European Union (EU), the orphan legislation, aiming to increase the number of pharmacotherapies available for rare diseases, came into force in April 2000. This study examined the development of the selection of orphan medicines granted
Eveliina Hahl, Terhi Kurko, Hanna Koskinen, Marja Airaksinen, Kati Sarnola   +4 more
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On the Economics of US Agricultural Policy

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents an economic analysis of US agricultural policy, building on a modified version of Gardner's efficient redistribution. We argue that agricultural policy is motivated as an attempt to implement an efficient redistribution scheme that redistributes income toward farmers who, as a group, have been adversely affected by ...
Jean‐Paul Chavas
wiley   +1 more source