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Adverse selection in Australia health insurance
"...This paper examines the issue of adverse selection in the context of the market for private health insurance in Australia ... [Major reform] created a financial incentive for consumers to enter the insurance market at earlier ages."
(Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, October 2008,
23 pages)
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The cost incidence of the UK's NHS system
"We examine the cost incidence of the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) through application of the concepts of fiscal imbalance (FI) and generational imbalance (GI). We find significant disparities of costs by gender, region and type..."
(Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, October 2008,
25 pages)
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UK: Employee Benefits' HR Salary Survey 2009
“Employee Benefits surveyed 621 people responsible for managing benefits in UK organisations for its Employee Benefits Salary Survey 2009. … The survey showed compensation and benefits experience is highly valued in HR departments…”
(Employee Benefits Magazine (UK), 1 Nov 2009,
5 pages)
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Impact of mergers in Indian banking
"...This paper offers an insight into the effectiveness of mergers in the Indian Banking System by examining the efficiency benefits of mergers ... . We find that the mergers don't seem to impact the cost and profit efficiency in an adverse manner..."
(South Asian Journal of Management, Apr-Jun 2009,
21 pages)
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UK: Organisational design impacts HR's influence
Most companies are one of four types, and each of these organisational structures has its own, distinct impact on how much influence HR will have and on its ability to facilitate change, organisational design expert Jerry Brown says in this article.
(Human Resources Magazine (UK), 1 Oct 2009,
2 pages)
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US social security update: Portugal, Japan, EC
Japan's creation of a new pension agency, a new pay-as-you-go social security system in Portugal and an EC report on member countries' finances are featured in the November issue of the US Social Security Administration's monthly international update.
(US Social Security Administration, November 2009,
3 pages)
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UK index of leadership trust 2009
For this Index of Leadership Trust survey, over 5,000 UK employees were asked to rate the importance of six dimensions of trust. The survey provides leaders and managers with the tools to shape behaviours to improve trust.
(Institute of Leadership and Management, 1 Sept 2009,
20 pages)
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Pensions in pain: New treatments for a new time
"...This article explores the most recent interpretive problems, strategies and solutions found and utilized both by the sponsors of single employer pension plans and the PBGC as they seek their way through this newly darkened landscape."
(Tax Management Financial Planning Journal, October 20, 2009,
10 pages)
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Survey of primary care physicians in 11 countries
In this survey, more than 10,000 primary care physicians in 11 countries were asked about access to care, quality of care, information technology and financial incentives. All of the countries surveyed use financial incentives to improve quality.
(The Commonwealth Fund, November 2009,
36 pages)
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Designing global recognition programs
This article discusses the challenges employers face in trying to design global employee recognition programs and offers a three-tiered framework for achieving that goal.
(Workspan, November 2009,
4 pages)
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