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Cesarean Section Rates and Mobile Health's Role in Equitable Access to Prenatal Care. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Environ Res Public Health
Person-Rennell N   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Selection in car insurance when claims are heterogeneous

open access: yesJournal of Risk and Insurance, EarlyView.
Abstract Econometric studies of insurance markets have analyzed the Positive Correlation Property to test for the presence of asymmetric information. Car‐insurance studies frequently compare policies purchasing Mandatory Third‐Party Liability alone with policies that purchase additional coverage and use the presence of a liability claim as a measure of
Edmund Cannon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysing reforms of social security disability pension provision in a multistage overlapping generations model

open access: yesJournal of Risk and Insurance, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper introduces a multi‐stage Overlapping Generations (OLG) model of workers and retirees, segmented by disability status and eligibility for Disability Pension (DP) benefits. Extending Gertler (1999) with progressive disability stages of distinct productivity and transition probabilities, and calibrated to US data, the model generates ...
Hangsuck Lee   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

When indemnity insurance fails: Parametric coverage under binding budget and risk constraints

open access: yesJournal of Risk and Insurance, EarlyView.
Abstract In high‐risk environments, traditional indemnity insurance is often unaffordable or ineffective, despite its well‐known optimality under expected utility. We compare excess‐of‐loss indemnity insurance with parametric insurance within a common mean‐variance framework, allowing for fixed costs, heterogeneous premium loadings, and binding budget ...
Benjamin Avanzi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Oral Health Needs Assessment of Non‐Institutionalized Older Adults in South Texas

open access: yesJournal of Public Health Dentistry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Older adults bear a heavy burden of oral disease, but data on their needs in areas like South Texas are limited. Assessing oral health and sociodemographic influences is key to guiding targeted public health efforts. Objectives This study assessed oral health needs among non‐institutionalized older adults in South Texas.
Sohini Dhar   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Too Much Finance: Mechanisms That Harm Growth and Policy Implications

open access: yesThe Manchester School, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The mechanisms for the financial sector to harm growth arise through short‐termism of financial markets. This leads to the misallocation of resources in the private sector, leading to financial crises and damage to growth. However, harm to growth comes not only from financial crises, but also from the failure of short‐termist financial markets
Arup Daripa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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