What do self-reports of wellbeing say about life-cycle theory and policy? [0.03%]
幸福感的自我报告对生命周期理论与政策有何启示？
Angus Deaton
Angus Deaton
I respond to Atkinson's plea to revive welfare economics, and to considering alternative ethical frameworks when making policy recommendations. I examine a measure of self-reported evaluative wellbeing, the Cantril Ladder, and use data from...
Governance and the effectiveness of public health subsidies: Evidence from Ghana, Kenya and Uganda [0.03%]
治理与公共卫生补贴效果：来自加纳、肯尼亚和乌干达的证据
Rebecca Dizon-Ross,Pascaline Dupas,Jonathan Robinson
Rebecca Dizon-Ross
Distributing subsidized health products through existing health infrastructure could substantially and cost-effectively improve health in sub-Saharan Africa. There is, however, widespread concern that poor governance - in particular, limite...
Pension-Spiking, Free-Riding, and the Effects of Pension Reform on Teachers' Earnings [0.03%]
养老金、搭便车行为以及养老金改革对教师工资的影响
Maria D Fitzpatrick
Maria D Fitzpatrick
In many states, local school districts are responsible for setting the earnings that determines the size of pensions, but are not required to make contributions to cover the resulting state pension fund liabilities. In this paper, I documen...
Does front-loading taxation increase savings? Evidence from Roth 401(k) introductions [0.03%]
前端征税能否增加储蓄？来自罗斯401（k）计划推出的证据
John Beshears,James J Choi,David Laibson et al.
John Beshears et al.
Can governments increase private savings by taxing savings up front instead of in retirement? Roth 401(k) contributions are not tax-deductible in the contribution year, but withdrawals in retirement are untaxed. The more common before-tax 4...
Bunching at the kink: implications for spending responses to health insurance contracts [0.03%]
分段合同中的拥挤问题：对健康保险支出反应的影响
Liran Einav,Amy Finkelstein,Paul Schrimpf
Liran Einav
A large literature in empirical public finance relies on "bunching" to identify a behavioral response to non-linear incentives and to translate this response into an economic object to be used counterfactually. We conduct this type of analy...
Special Interests and the Media: Theory and an Application to Climate Change [0.03%]
特殊利益集团与媒体：理论及气候变迁的应用实例
Jesse M Shapiro
Jesse M Shapiro
A journalist reports to a voter on an unknown, policy-relevant state. Competing special interests can make claims that contradict the facts but seem credible to the voter. A reputational incentive to avoid taking sides leads the journalist ...
Innovation under Regulatory Uncertainty: Evidence from Medical Technology [0.03%]
监管不确定性下的创新研究——来自医疗器械行业的证据
Ariel Dora Stern
Ariel Dora Stern
This paper explores how the regulatory approval process affects innovation incentives in medical technologies. Prior studies have found early mover regulatory advantages for drugs. I find the opposite for medical devices, where pioneer entr...
Michael Frakes,Anupam B Jena
Michael Frakes
We assess the potential for medical liability forces to deter medical errors and improve health care treatment quality, identifying liability's influence by drawing on variations in the manner by which states formulate the negligence standa...
Kathleen J Mullen,Stefan Staubli
Kathleen J Mullen
A key component for estimating the optimal size and structure of disability insurance (DI) programs is the elasticity of DI claiming with respect to benefit generosity. Yet, in many countries, including the United States, all workers face i...
The fiscal cost of weak governance: Evidence from teacher absence in India [0.03%]
治理不善的财政代价——来自印度教师旷工问题的证据
Karthik Muralidharan,Jishnu Das,Alaka Holla et al.
Karthik Muralidharan et al.
The relative return to strategies that augment inputs versus those that reduce inefficiencies remains a key open question for education policy in low-income countries. Using a new nationally-representative panel dataset of schools across 12...