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An Analysis of Hospital Efficiency and Productivity Growth Using the Luenberger Productivity Indicator

Barros, Carlos Pestana; Menezes, António Gomes de; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

We analyze the efficiency and productivity growth of a representative sample of Portuguese hospitals from 1997 to 2004 …, using an innovative approach by employing the directional distance function and the Luenberger productivity indicator. The … productivity indicator that is decomposed into the usual constituents of productivity growth: technological change and efficiency …

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The Impact of Teams on Output, Quality and Downtime: An Empirical Analysis Using Individual Panel Data

Kato, Takao; Jones, Derek C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

enhances productivity and quality through mechanisms including employees becoming better motivated, more informed and paying … greater attention to product details, we find that membership in offline teams: (i) initially enhances individual productivity …

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Parallel Private Health Insurance in Australia: A Cautionary Tale and Lessons for Canada

Hurley, Jeremiah; Vaithianathan, Rhema; Crossley, Thomas F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

access to the public system (e.g., by reducing wait times), and improve quality in the public system (through competition … reduce quality and access to publicly financed health care as those with the financial means (and often the strongest voice … and private insurance sectors are complex and unavoidable; (5) quality plays a key role in driving the dynamics between …

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Self-Employment and the Role of Health Insurance

Gumus, Gulcin; Regan, Tracy L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

We investigate the effect of health insurance on labor market transitions in and out of self-employment as well as on the likelihood of being self-employed. We consider the role of individual health insurance coverage along with that from a spouse. Next, we examine a series of tax deductions...

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Conjugal Bereavement Effects on Health and Mortality at Advanced Ages

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Lindeboom, Maarten; Portrait, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

We specify a model for the lifetimes of spouses and the dynamic evolution of health, allowing spousal death to have causal effects on the health and mortality of the survivor. We estimate the model using a longitudinal survey that traces many health status aspects over time, and that is linked...

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Tax Incentives as a Solution to the Uninsured: Evidence from the Self-Employed

Gumus, Gulcin; Regan, Tracy L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

Between the years 1996 and 2003, a series of amendments were made to the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (TRA86) that gradually increased the tax credit for health insurance purchases by the self-employed from 25 to 100 percent. We study how these changes in the tax code have influenced the likelihood...

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Wage Effects of Recruitment Methods: The Case of the Italian Social Service Sector

Mosca, Michele; Pastore, Francesco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper uses a unique data set containing detailed micro-information on organisations, managers, workers and volunteers belonging to public, private forprofit and private nonprofit institutions delivering social services in Italy. The analysis aims to estimate the determinants of wages across...

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Relative Efficiency, Scale Effect, and Scope Effect of Public Hospitals: Evidence from Australia

Wang, Jian; Zhao, Zhong; Mahmood, Amir - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Using the 1997-1998 New South Wales public-hospitals comparison data, we investigate the hospital-level inefficiency by applying a stochastic-frontier multiproduct cost function. We use a flexible translog cost function to reduce the measurement errors of the outputs of the hospital. The main...

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The Health Returns to Education: What Can We Learn from Twins?

Lundborg, Petter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper estimates the health returns to education, using data on identical twins. I adopt a twin-differences strategy in order to obtain estimates that are not biased by unobserved family background and genetic traits that may affect both education and health. I further investigate to what...

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The Effect of Private Health Insurance on Medical Care Utilization and Self-Assessed Health in Germany

Hullegie, Patrick; Klein, Tobias J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

In Germany, employees are generally obliged to participate in the public health insurance system, where coverage is universal, co-payments and deductibles are moderate, and premia are based on income. However, they may buy private insurance instead if their income exceeds the compulsory...

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