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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009755343
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010148177
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010568573
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012807266
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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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Efficiency versus Equity in the Allocation of Medical Specialty Training Positions in Spain: A Health Policy Simulation Based on a Discrete Choice Model
Harris, Jeffrey E.; López-Valcárcel, Beatriz G.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Background. In Spain's "MIR" system of allocating residency training positions, medical school graduates are ranked according to their performance on a national exam and then sequentially choose from the remaining available training slots. We studied how changes in the MIR system might address...
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Plan Selection in Medicare Part D: Evidence from Administrative Data
Winter, Joachim; Heiss, Florian; Leive, Adam; McFadden, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
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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Beitragssatz, Kassenwettbewerb und Gesundheitsreform, Eine empirische Analyse
Andersen, Hanfried H.; Grabka, Markus M.; Schwarze, Johannes - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 227 (2007) 5+6, pp. 429-450
The premium rates paid for statutory health insurance in Germany play a key role in the competition among health care funds. With the most recent health care reform (GKV-Wettbewerbsstaerkungsgesetz GKV-WSG), a range of new products have been introduced that could erode the advantageous selling...
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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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