Reto Odermatt,Alois Stutzer
Reto Odermatt
The consequences of tobacco control policies for individual welfare are difficult to assess, even more so when related consumption choices challenge people's willpower. We therefore evaluate the impact of smoking bans and cigarette prices o...
Malaria eradication and economic outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Uganda [0.03%]
消灭疟疾与撒哈拉以南非洲的经济结果：来自乌干达的证据
Jeremy Barofsky,Tobenna D Anekwe,Claire Chase
Jeremy Barofsky
This study evaluates the economic consequences of a 1959-1960 malaria eradication campaign in southwestern Uganda. The effort constitutes a rare, large-scale, and well-documented attempt to eliminate malaria in sub-Saharan Africa and produc...
Parental health shocks, child labor and educational outcomes: Evidence from Tanzania [0.03%]
家长健康冲击、儿童劳动及教育成果——来自坦桑尼亚的证据
Shamma Adeeb Alam
Shamma Adeeb Alam
This paper examines the impact of parental illness on children's education. We find that only father's illness decreases children's school attendance. Father's illness also has long-term impacts on child education, as it decreases children'...
An anatomy of old-age disability: Time use, affect and experienced utility [0.03%]
老年残疾的构成要素：时间利用、情感和经历的效用
Gabriela Flores,Michael Ingenhaag,Jürgen Maurer
Gabriela Flores
Complementing the commonly used concepts of evaluative wellbeing and decision utility, emotional wellbeing and experienced utility are important welfare criteria to assess individuals' subjective wellbeing, especially for valuing health and...
Benjamin W Cowan,Dustin R White
Benjamin W Cowan
We study the effect of state-level merit aid programs (such as Georgia's HOPE scholarship) on alcohol consumption among college students. Such programs have the potential to affect drinking through a combination of channels--such as raising...
Mandatory universal drug plan, access to health care and health: Evidence from Canada [0.03%]
强制性全民药物计划、医疗保健获取和健康：来自加拿大的证据
Chao Wang,Qing Li,Arthur Sweetman et al.
Chao Wang et al.
This paper examines the impacts of a mandatory, universal prescription drug insurance program on health care utilization and health outcomes in a public health care system with free physician and hospital services. Using the Canadian Nation...
Comparative Study
Journal of health economics. 2015 Dec:44:80-96. DOI:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2015.08.004 2015
Premium copayments and the trade-off between wages and employer-provided health insurance [0.03%]
自选自负额与工资和雇主提供的健康保险之间的权衡关系
Darren Lubotsky,Craig A Olson
Darren Lubotsky
This paper estimates the trade-off between salary and health insurance costs using data on Illinois school teachers between 1991 and 2008 that allow us to address several common empirical challenges in this literature. Teachers paid about 1...
Laurence C Baker,M Kate Bundorf,Daniel P Kessler
Laurence C Baker
We test whether the generosity of employer-sponsored health insurance facilitates the exercise of market power by hospitals. We construct indices of health plan generosity and the price and volume of hospital services using data from Truven...
Can Walmart make us healthier? Prescription drug prices and health care utilization [0.03%]
沃尔玛能让我们更健康吗？处方药价格与医疗保健利用情况的关系
Florencia Borrescio-Higa
Florencia Borrescio-Higa
This paper analyzes how prices in the retail pharmaceutical market affect health care utilization. Specifically, I study the impact of Walmart's $4 Prescription Drug Program on utilization of antihypertensive drugs and on hospitalizations f...
Do financial incentives trump clinical guidance? Hip Replacement in England and Scotland [0.03%]
经济激励超越临床指导吗？——来自英国和苏格兰的人工髋关节置换术的证据
Irene Papanicolas,Alistair McGuire
Irene Papanicolas
Following devolution in 1999 England and Scotland's National Health Services diverged, resulting in major differences in hospital payment. England introduced a case payment mechanism from 2003/4, while Scotland continued to pay through glob...
Comparative Study
Journal of health economics. 2015 Dec:44:25-36. DOI:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2015.08.001 2015