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An Application of Price and Quantity Indexes in the Analysis of Changes in Expenditures on Physician Services
Denton, Frank T.; Feaver, Christine H.; Spencer, Byron G. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2008
, Canada, using newly available data files for 1992 and 2004. Price indexes for such services are found to have increased less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763298
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An Application of Price and Quantity Indexes in the Analysis of Changes in Expenditures on Physician Services
Denton, Frank T.; Feaver, Christine H.; Spencer, Byron G. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2008
, Canada, using newly available data files for 1992 and 2004. Price indexes for such services are found to have increased less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181118
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Comparing Racial and Immigrant Health Status and Health Care Access in Later Life in Canada and the United States
Prus, Steven G.; Tfaily, Rania; Lin, Zhiqiu - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2010
Little comparative research exists on health experiences and conditions of minority groups in Canada and the United …. Logistic regression analysis of data from the 2002–2003 Joint Canada/United States Survey of Health shows that the joint effect … largely insignifi cant in Canada but considerable in the U.S. Non-White native and foreign-born Americans within both 45-to-64 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693062
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The Relationship between Age, Socio-Economic Status, and Health among Adult Canadians
Prus, Steven G. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2001
The relationship between socio-economic status and the health status of Canadians is well documented. However, the dynamics of this relationship over the adult life course remain largely unexplored. This paper uses data from the 1998-1999 Canadian National Population Health Survey to examine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005404450
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Measuring Differences in the Effect of Social Resource Factors on the Health of Elderly Canadian Men and Women
Prus, Steven G.; Gee, Ellen - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2001
It is well-documented that differences in the exposure to social resources play a significant role in influencing gender inequalities in health in old age. It is less clear in the literature if social factors have a differential impact on the health of older men and women. This paper examines...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005635203
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Aggregation and Other Biases in the Calculation of Consumer Elasticities for Models of Arbitrary Rank
Denton, Frank T.; Mountain, Dean C. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2011
Consumer-related policy decisions often require analysis of aggregate responses or mean elasticities. However, in practice these mean elasticities are seldom used. Mean elasticities can be approximated using aggregate data, but that introduces aggregation bias for full and compensated price...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009324085
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Exploring the Effects of Aggregation Error in the Estimation of Consumer Demand Elasticities
Denton, Frank T.; Mountain, Dean C. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2007
Errors introduced by using aggregate data in estimating a consumer demand model have long been a concern. We study the effects of such errors on elasticity estimates derived from AIDS and QUAIDS models. Based on a survey of published articles, a generic parameterization of the income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763260
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Time Series Properties and Stochastic Forecasts: Some Econometrics of Mortality from the Canadian Laboratory
Denton, Frank T.; Feaver, Christine H.; Spencer, Byron G. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2001
Methods for time series modeling of mortality and stochastic forecasting of life expectancies are explored, using Canadian data. Consideration is given first to alternative indexes of aggregate mortality. Age-sex group system models are then estimated. Issues in the forecasting of life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763277
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Exploring the Effects of Aggregation Error in the Estimation of Consumer Demand Elasticities
Denton, Frank T.; Mountain, Dean C. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2007
Errors introduced by using aggregate data in estimating a consumer demand model have long been a concern. We study the effects of such errors on elasticity estimates derived from AIDS and QUAIDS models. Based on a survey of published articles, a generic parameterization of the income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405528
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Biases in Consumer Elasticities Based on Micro and Aggregate Data: An Integrated Framework and Empirical Evaluation
Denton, Frank T.; Mountain, Dean C. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2015
Policy analysis frequently requires estimates of aggregate (or mean) consumer elasticities. However, estimates are often made incorrectly, based on elasticity calculations at mean income. We provide in this paper an overall integrated analytical framework that encompasses these biases and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011144258