This paper analyzes the impact of rainfall fluctuations during the gestational period on health at birth. We … health. We find that negative rainfall shocks are robustly correlated with higher infant mortality, lower birth weight, and … minimized when the local public health infrastructure is sufficiently developed (municipality coverage of piped water and …

This paper provides field evidence on (a) how price framing affects consumers' decision to switch health insurance … plans and (b) how the price elasticity of demand for health insurance can be influenced by policymakers through simple … regulatory efforts. In 2009, in order to foster competition among health insurance companies, German federal regulation required …

effectiveness of four different health care cost containment measures within an integrated framework. The four measures investigated … were introduced in Germany in 1997 to reduce moral hazard and public health expenditures in the market for convalescent … health spa stays did not significantly reduce demand. …

and car insurance using data from the UK. The main empirical results are: - higher labor income risk induces a higher … demand for car insurance. - the effects of increases in labor income risk after 1979 seem to be more than offset by a more …

insurance. For this we specify and estimate dynamic models for health insurance decisions and health care utilization. Estimates …We investigate the presence of moral hazard and advantageous or adverse selection in a market for supplementary health … of the health care utilization models indicate that moral hazard is not important. Furthermore, we find strong evidence …

central problems in public finance, including the optimal structure of health insurance and optimal life cycle savings. In …If the marginal utility of consumption depends on health status, this will affect the economic analysis of a number of … this paper, we describe the promises and challenges of various approaches to estimating the effect of health on the …

examines the effect of credit, insurance, and poverty (defined as more than just low income). It also explains bonded child …

The world has enjoyed huge improvements in population health during the last half century. But major health problems … deal with noncommunicable diseases. Several classic arguments for public spending on health have buttressed governments …' efforts to improve health. These efforts have now been further spurred by new economic arguments that better population health …