Is there adverse selection in the U.S. social security system?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2020.108995
Abstract: Abstract Despite facing some of the same challenges as private insurance markets, little is known about the role of adverse selection in Old-Age Social Security. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, we perform… read more here.
Keywords: system; selection; selection social; adverse selection ... See more keywords
Science of Selection: Social Technologies in the Norwegian Educational and Vocational Fields 1910–1940
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DOI: 10.1111/johs.12131
Abstract: This article analyses how applied psychology redefined societies' views on abilities and disabilities during the early twentieth century. It studies the making of this new knowledge as two interrelated processes: first, the experimental laboratory developments… read more here.
Keywords: educational vocational; science selection; norwegian educational; selection social ... See more keywords