The British National Insurance Act

Robert F. Foerster

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1912, vol. 26, issue 2, 275-312

Abstract: I. General significance, 275. — II. Sickness and Disablement Insurance, 280. — Number and kind of persons insured, 281. — Tripartite source of contributions, 284. — Character of workmen's contribution, 285.— The kinds of benefit, 287.— Administration by "approved societies," 289. — "Deposit contributors," 294. — Insurance Committees and the doctor situation, 295. — National administration, 297. — III. Unemployment Insurance, 298. — The innovation of compulsion, 299. — Character of contributions, 300.— Administration, 301.— Constructive arrangements, 302.— Trade unions and voluntary provisions, 304. — IV. Ulterior effects, 305. — Economy and rising costs, 305. — Is an increasing sickness rate a sign of inefficiency? 307. — Effect on births, 309. — The minimum wage principle and its effects, 310. — The moral potency of risk and insurance, 311.

Date: 1912
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