analyze economic issues by considering the implications of allowing for health state dependence in the utility function. Our … concavity than log utility. We also find that controlling for health dependence generally reduces these estimates. Our results … also suggest that the marginal utility of income increases when health deteriorates. …

potential reduction in the corporate income tax on employment. We show that a reduction in corporate income tax leads to …

employment growth. We find that states with greater economic freedom - defined as the protection of private property and private … markets operating with minimal government interference - experienced greater rates of employment growth. In addition, we find … that less restrictive state and national government labor market policies have the greatest impact on employment growth in …