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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Long-Term Care Insurance in the Netherlands
Get PDFThe Netherlands was the first country to introduce a universal mandatory social health insurance scheme (AWBZ) for covering a broad range of long-term care (LTC) services provided in a variety of care settings. Compared with most other Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, coverage of LTC services is relatively comprehensive. This comprehensive coverage might explain why, in comparison with most other OECD countries, both total and public expenditure on LTC in the Netherlands are high, particularly since the percentage of elderly is similar to the OECD average (OECD, 2005). This can at least partly be explained by the relatively generous social health insurance scheme.</p
PUBLIC-PRIVATE INTERACTIONS AND INTERGENERATIONAL PHENOMENA IN LONG-TERM CARE FINANCING
No full textThis thesis aims to shed light on the interaction between the public sector, families and private insurance in the ambit of long-term care (LTC) financing. In the actual context of ageing populations, lack of informal caregivers’ supply and increasing LTC needs, understanding the interactions between these three actors and its economic implications is crucial to better manage LTC risks. To this end, this thesis presents four essays based on both theoretical and empirical evidence. In the first essay, we study the theoretical effect of estate recovery on private LTC insurance demand, informal care and social welfare. We find that estate recovery tends to encourage LTC insurance purchase and reduces, and may even eliminate, the crowding out effect of public support on LTC insurance demand. We also demonstrate that a more comprehensive LTC public support financed by estate recovery helps to overcome several inefficiencies in LTC financing and can improve social welfare. In the second essay we analyse, from a theoretical and empirical perspective, the effect of estate recovery and compulsory financial assistance on the take-up of nursing home subsidies. The level of nursing home costs, the elderly’s wealth and the average revenue of non-exempt inheritors are among the main theoretical and empirical drivers of the take-up decision. In the third essay, we study the effect of LTC public benefits and private insurance on informal care in Italy and Spain. Our findings tend to confirm that the effect of public support on informal care depends on the typology of public coverage for LTC, whereby access to proportional benefits negatively influences informal care reception while access to cash benefits exerts a positive effect. Finally, the fourth and last essay investigates the determinants and motives of adult children to influence their parents to purchase LTC insurance. We show that those individuals self-reporting interest about LTC insurance, living with their children and having provided informal help with personal care are more likely to influence their parents. We also find that the motives to influence parental LTC insurance ownership can be classified either as altruistic or self-interested. The findings of this thesis can provide guidance to governments and other institutions and extend the academic literature in the field, raising new questions in the analysis of LTC financing.
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L’objectif de cette thèse est l’étude des interactions entre le secteur public, les familles et l’assurance privée dans le cadre du financement des soins de longue durée. Dans le contexte actuel, marqué par le vieillissement des populations, la réduction du nombre d’aidants informels et l’augmentation des besoins en soins de dépendance, comprendre les interactions entre ces trois acteurs et leurs implications économiques est fondamental pour mieux gérer les risques liés à la dépendance. Dans ce but, cette thèse présente quatre essais. Dans le premier essai, nous étudions de façon théorique l’effet du recours sur successions sur la demande d’assurance dépendance privée, les soins informels et le bien-être social. Nous constatons que le recours sur successions a tendance à encourager l’achat d’assurance dépendance et réduit, et peut même éliminer, l’effet d’éviction de l’aide publique sur la demande d’assurance dépendance. Nous démontrons également qu’un soutien public plus généreux aux personnes dépendantes, financé par une récupération sur successions, permet de surmonter plusieurs inefficacités inhérentes dans le financement des soins de longue durée et peut améliorer le bien-être social. Dans le deuxième essai nous analysons, d’un point de vue théorique et empirique, l’effet du recours sur successions et de l’aide alimentaire sur le recours aux aides publiques à l’hébergement en maison de retraite. Le coût de l’hébergement en établissement, la richesse du résident et le revenu moyen des héritiers non-exonérés figurent parmi les principaux déterminants théoriques et empiriques de la décision de recourir aux aides publiques à l’hébergement. Dans le troisième essai, nous étudions l’effet des aides publiques et de l’assurance dépendance privée sur les soins informels en Italie et en Espagne. Nos résultats ont tendance à confirmer que l’effet du soutien public sur les soins informels dépend de la nature de la couverture publique. Tandis que l’accès à des prestations proportionnelles a un impact négatif sur les soins informels, l’accès aux prestations en espèce exerce l’effet opposé. Finalement, le quatrième et dernier essai examine les déterminants et les motivations des enfants adultes à inciter leurs parents à souscrire une assurance dépendance. Nous montrons que les personnes qui se déclarent intéressés pour souscrire une assurance dépendance pour eux-mêmes, qui vivent avec leurs enfants ou qui ont fourni une aide informelle sont plus susceptibles d’influencer leurs parents. Nous constatons également que les raisons pour influencer les parents à souscrire une assurance dépendance peuvent être classés en tant qu’altruistes et non- altruistes. Les résultats de cette thèse peuvent être riches d’enseignement pour les gouvernements et autres institutions publiques. Ils permettent aussi d’étendre la littérature académique en soulevant des nouvelles questions concernant le financement des soins de dépendance
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