The decline in health insurance coverage among workers from 1979 to 1995 can be accounted for almost entirely by the fact that per capita health care spending rose much more rapidly than personal income during this time period. We simulate health insurance coverage levels for 1996–2005 under alternative assumptions concerning the rate of growth of spending. We conclude that reduction in spendin...

Papaya (Carica papaya L.) is well known for the its exceptional nutritional and medicinal properties throughout world. From past, whole plant including leaves, seeds, ripe unripe fruits their juice used as a traditional medicine. The fruit has large oval shape, yellowish – green yellow flesh. Phytochemically it contains enzymes papain, chymopapin, which biologically actives value. They also con...

This paper uses longitudinal data from the Dutch OSA Labor Supply Panel (1980-2000) to examine the phenomenon of unemployment scarring in the Netherlands. The study extends current research by not only asking if earlier unemployment damages subsequent employment careers and wages but also explores variation by the level of unemployment insurance benefits and key individual characteristics such ...

We applied a decision tool for rationing choices, with a predetermined budget of about 11 US dollars per household per year, to identify priorities of poor people regarding health insurance benefits in India in late 2005. A total of 302 individuals, organized in 24 groups, participated from a number of villages and neighborhoods of towns in Karnataka and Maharashtra. Many individuals were illit...