Espen Bratberg,Tor Helge Holmås,Egil Kjerstad et al.
Espen Bratberg et al.
The association between unemployment and health is well documented, but causality remains unclear. This paper investigates how pre-existing health conditions amplify the effects of adverse labor market shocks. Using variation in local unemp...
The Effect of Ecological Fiscal Transfers on Child Mortality: Evidence From China [0.03%]
生态财政转移支付对中国儿童死亡率的影响——来自中国的证据
Weijun Lu,Ziyi Jin
Weijun Lu
This paper studies how ecological fiscal transfers (EFT) can affect child health by exploiting a county-level panel dataset, using variation across counties and over time in the implementation of EFT policy in China. Our estimates indicate ...
Insurer Size and Negotiated Hospital Prices: Insights From the Affordable Care Act in Arkansas [0.03%]
《平价医疗法案》视角下的保险公司规模与协商医院定价关系研究——基于阿肯色州的证据
Jee-Hun Choi
Jee-Hun Choi
This paper examines the role of insurer size in price negotiations between commercial health insurers and hospitals in the United States. The empirical analysis focuses on a dominant insurer in the Arkansas individual health insurance marke...
Evaluating LTC Policies Around the World: A Virtual Special Issue Promoted by the Gateway to Global Aging Data Project [0.03%]
全球长期护理政策评估：来自全球老龄化数据项目虚拟特刊的推动
Giacomo Pasini,David Knapp,Marco Angrisani et al.
Giacomo Pasini et al.
To promote the evaluation of existing long-term care (LTC) policies and the involvement of the scientific community in future LTC policymaking, the Gateway to Global Aging Data project organized a conference in November 2023. This LTC Polic...
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The Effect of Information From Black Health Care Professionals on COVID Vaccination Take-Up [0.03%]
非洲裔医疗专业人士的新冠疫苗接种推广效果研究
Martin Abel,Tanya Byker,Jeffrey Carpenter
Martin Abel
This study experimentally tests the impact of providing information about vaccine safety and efficacy delivered by Black health care professionals. We find that providing general information increases vaccination rates after 5 months by 8 p...
Xiaodan Liang,John Mullahy
Xiaodan Liang
The value-based payment reform prompted by the Affordable Care Act has stimulated vertical integrations of healthcare providers and insurers. The consequences of these integrations may vary significantly depending on the markets and entitie...
Behavioral Adaptation to Improved Environmental Quality: Evidence From a Sanitation Intervention [0.03%]
环境质量改善下的行为适应性变化——来自污水处理工程的证据
Lisa Cameron,An Huang,Paulo Santos et al.
Lisa Cameron et al.
This paper investigates behavioral adaptation to local improvements in environmental quality. Using exogenous variation in village sanitation coverage generated by the randomised allocation of financial incentives to latrine construction in...
Hidden Costs of Ban the Box Laws: Unraveling the Effects on Drug-Related Deaths [0.03%]
禁止勾选框法律的隐性成本：拆解其对药物相关死亡的影响
Oleksandra Cheipesh
Oleksandra Cheipesh
Ban the Box (BTB) laws delay criminal background checks until the later stages of the hiring process. This study provides new evidence that BTB laws that apply to both private and public employers have negative spillover effects beyond labo...
Digitalization of Access to Primary Care: Is There an Equity-Efficiency Trade-Off? [0.03%]
通向初级保健的数字化：公平和效率之间是否存在权衡？
Daniela Rodrigues,Noemi Kreif,Ara Darzi et al.
Daniela Rodrigues et al.
In the English National Health Service, most patients can use an online platform to send a written request to the practice, in addition to calling or visiting the practice in person. However, there are concerns that the availability of an o...
Karen Smith Conway,Andrea K Menclova
Karen Smith Conway
This study investigates if local walkability helped mitigate the well-documented mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Walkability may improve mental health by facilitating walking (which our data suggest occurred during the pande...