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Health Care Reform and the Number of Doctor Visits - An Econometric Analysis
Winkelmann, Rainer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
The paper evaluates the German health care reform of 1997, using the individual number of doctor visits as outcome measure. A new econometric model, the Probit-Poisson-log-normal model with correlated errors, describes the data better than existing count data models. Moreover, it has an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822340
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A Dynamic Analysis of the Demand for Health Insurance and Health Care
Bolhaar, Jonneke; Lindeboom, Maarten; van der Klaauw, Bas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We investigate the presence of moral hazard and advantageous or adverse selection in a market for supplementary health insurance. For this we specify and estimate dynamic models for health insurance decisions and health care utilization. Estimates of the health care utilization models indicate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822176
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A Balancing Act at Times of Austerity: Matching the Supply and Demand for Skills in the Greek Labour Market
Pouliakas, Konstantinos - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper provides an evidence-based assessment of the current situation prevailing in the Greek market for skills and jobs. The synthesis of available skills intelligence for Greece, the country most severely affected by the global economic crisis of 2008, is crucial as it is currently faced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884076
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Steady-State Labor Supply Elasticities: A Survey
Bargain, Olivier; Peichl, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
focus here on time changes and estimation methods as key contributors of the differences across studies. Both factors can … the Hausman estimation approach to discrete-choice models with tax-benefit simulations). Meta-analysis evidence suggests …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884275
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Structural Labor Supply Models and Wage Exogeneity
Loeffler, Max; Peichl, Andreas; Siegloch, Sebastian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
between preferences and wages is key. To overcome this restriction, we propose a flexible estimation strategy that nests …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884371
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Policy Discontinuity and Duration Outcomes
den Berg, Gerard J. van; Bozio, Antoine; Costa Dias, Monica - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Causal effects of a policy change on hazard rates of a duration outcome variable are not identified from a comparison of spells before and after the policy change, if there is unobserved heterogeneity in the effects and no model structure is imposed. We develop a discontinuity approach that...
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Tax and Transfer Policies and the Female Labor Supply in the EU
Kaliskova, Klara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
This study contributes to the female labor supply responsiveness literature by measuring the effect of tax-benefit policies on female labor supply based on a broad sample of 26 European countries in 2005-2010. The tax-benefit microsimulation model EUROMOD is used to calculate a measure of work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011214036
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Bayesian Procedures as a Numerical Tool for the Estimation of Dynamic Discrete Choice Models
Haan, Peter; Kemptner, Daniel; Uhlendorff, Arne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
apply Bayesian procedures as a numerical tool for the estimation of a female labor supply model based on a sample size which … assumptions which are consistent with economic theory, e.g. log-normally distributed consumption preferences, the Bayesian method … Bayesian procedures can be a beneficial tool for the estimation of dynamic discrete choice models. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279342
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Comparing Labor Supply Elasticities in Europe and the US: New Results
Bargain, Olivier; Orsini, Kristian; Peichl, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We suggest the first large-scale international comparison of labor supply elasticities for 17 European countries and the US, separately by gender and marital status. Measurement differences are netted out by using a harmonized empirical approach and comparable data sources. We find that own-wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011252285
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Decomposition Analysis for a Binary Choice Model
Yun, Myeong-Su - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
This paper introduces a new and simple decomposition method for a binary choice model that is equivalent to the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis for wage differentials. The decomposition method is first developed for a single probit model and later generalized to a simultaneous equations...
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