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The impacts of recent smoking control policies on individual smoking choice : the case of Japan

Yuda, Michio - In: Health economics review 3 (2013) 4, pp. 1-13

This article comprehensively examines the impact of recent smoking control policies in Japan, increases in cigarette … taxes and the enforcement of the Health Promotion Law, on individual smoking choice by using multi-year and nationwide … simple binary choice model based on a random utility model to examine the effects of smoking control policies on individual …

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The impacts of recent smoking control policies on individual smoking choice : the case of Japan

Yuda, Michio - In: Health economics review 3 (2013) 4, pp. 1-13

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Viewpoint: Comparing features of convenient estimators for binary choice models with endogenous regressors

Lewbel, Arthur; Dong, Yingying; Yang, Thomas Tao - In: Canadian Journal of Economics 45 (2012) 3, pp. 809-829

We discuss the relative advantages and disadvantages of four types of convenient estimators of binary choice models when regressors may be endogenous or mismeasured or when errors are likely to be heteroscedastic. For example, such models arise when treatment is not randomly assigned and...

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The case for presenteeism — Evidence from Norway's sickness insurance program

Markussen, Simen; Mykletun, Arnstein; Røed, Knut - In: Journal of Public Economics 96 (2012) 11, pp. 959-972

Can a work-first strategy control moral hazard problems in temporary disability insurance, and accelerate recovery? Based on empirical analysis of Norwegian data, we show that it can. Activation requirements not only bring down benefit claims, they also reduce the likelihood that long-term...

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Estimating the causal effect of alcohol consumption on well-being for a cross-section of 9 former Soviet Union countries

Mentzakis, Emmanouil; Suhrcke, Marc; Roberts, Bayard; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 89 (2013) C, pp. 1-7

While the adverse health and economic consequences attributable to alcohol consumption are widely acknowledged, its impact on psychological wellbeing is less well understood. This is to a large extent due to the challenge of establishing causal effects of alcohol consumption when using standard...

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Inequality, infrastructure, and institutions : empirical studies in public economics and political economy

Dorn, Florian - 2021

Florian Dorn erstellte diesen Beitrag während seines Promotionsstudiums an der Universität München (LMU). Die Studie wurde im September 2020 abgeschlossen und von der Fakultät für Volkswirtschaftslehre als Dissertation angenommen. Die Dissertation trägt zur Empirie der Ökonomie des...

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Optimal Formula Instruments

Borusyak, Kirill; Hull, Peter - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

When estimating the effects of treatments defined by complex formulas, researchers often use simple functions of exogenous shocks as instruments. A leading example is "simulated instruments" for public policy eligibility, which capture variation in state-level policy generosity. We show how more...

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Suit the action to the word, the word to the action: Hypothetical choices and real decisions in Medicare Part D

Kesternich, Iris; Heiss, Florian; McFadden, Daniel; … - In: Journal of Health Economics 32 (2013) 6, pp. 1313-1324

In recent years, consumer choice has become an important element of public policy. One reason is that consumers differ in their tastes and needs, which they can express most easily through their own choices. Elements that strengthen consumer choice feature prominently in the design of public...

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Plan selection in Medicare Part D: Evidence from administrative data

Heiss, Florian; Leive, Adam; McFadden, Daniel; Winter, … - In: Journal of Health Economics 32 (2013) 6, pp. 1325-1344

We study the Medicare Part D prescription drug insurance program as a bellwether for designs of private, non-mandatory health insurance markets, focusing on the ability of consumers to evaluate and optimize their choices of plans. Our analysis of administrative data on medical claims in Medicare...

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State and self investments in health

Fichera, Eleonora; Sutton, Matt - In: Journal of Health Economics 30 (2011) 6, pp. 1164-1173

theoretical model of insurance and protection. We apply this model to the smoking cessation decision made by individuals diagnosed … smoking cessation advice. We find that unobservable characteristics affecting the prescription of drugs are positively … correlated with those affecting smoking advice and negatively correlated with those affecting the propensity to quit. Our results …

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