Search for dissertations about: "Swedish insurance model"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 55 swedish dissertations containing the words Swedish insurance model.
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1. Sickness Insurance: Design and Behavior
Abstract : The first essay presents the results from a questionnaire study of sickness insurance and sickness absence behavior in Sweden. In the first part, people’s preferences for the design of a sickness insurance are discussed. READ MORE
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2. Demand, Competition and Redistribution in Swedish Dental Care
Abstract : Essay 1: Individuals with higher socioeconomic status (SES) also tend to enjoy better health. Evidence from the economics literature suggests that a potential mechanism behind this “social health gradient” is that human capabilities, that form SES, also facilitate health-promoting behaviors. READ MORE
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3. Towards community-based injury prevention : the Motala model
Abstract : In the Swedish County of Östergötland a comprehensive health policyprogramme including accidents was decided by the health authorities in 1988. An accident prevention programme (the "Motala Accident Prevention Study") had already started with an epidemiological analysis of accidents in the community. READ MORE
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4. Studies on the Swedish Parental Insurance
Abstract : This thesis contains an introductory chapter and three essays, all considering different aspects of the Swedish parental insurance. In the first two essays, different aspects of temporary parental leave (leave from work to take care of a sick child) are investigated, whereas the third essay considers parental leave (leave from work to take care of a new-born child). READ MORE
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5. Moral Hazard and Insurance: Optimality, Risk and Preferences
Abstract : The thesis consists of an introductory chapter, followed by three chapters which all deal with theoretical issues related to moral hazard and insurance. In Chapter 2 we assume symmetric and perfect information. READ MORE