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Returns to Childbirth Technologies: Evidence from Preterm Births

Daysal, N. Meltem; Trandafir, Mircea; van Ewijk, Reyn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We investigate the impact of obstetrician supervision, as opposed to midwife supervision, on the short-term health of low-risk newborns. We exploit a unique policy rule in the Netherlands that creates a large discontinuity in the probability of a low-risk birth being attended by an obstetrician...

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Saving Lives at Birth: The Impact of Home Births on Infant Outcomes

Daysal, N. Meltem; Trandafir, Mircea; van Ewijk, Reyn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Many developed countries have recently experienced sharp increases in home birth rates. This paper investigates the impact of home births on the health of low-risk newborns using data from the Netherlands, the only developed country where home births are widespread. To account for endogeneity in...

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The Sociology of Groups and the Economics of Incentives: Theory and Evidence on Compensation Systems

III, William E. Encinosa; Gaynor, Martin; Rebitzer, James B. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

When working together, people engage in non-contractual and informal interactions that constitute the sociology of the group. We use behavioral models and a unique survey of medical groups to analyze how group sociology influences physician incentive pay and behavior. We conclude that informal...

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Physician-Leaders and Hospital Performance: Is There an Association?

Goodall, Amanda H. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Although it has long been conjectured that having physicians in leadership positions is valuable for hospital … executive officers of these hospitals are then traced by hand. The CEOs are classified into physicians and non …

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Occupational Mismatch and Moonlighting among Spanish Physicians: Do Couples Matter?

Dolado, Juan José; Felgueroso, Florentino - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

physicians have lower participation rates than male physicians plus they are subject to higher occupational mismatch, and (ii …) moonlighting is more frequent among male physicians. In this paper we investigate whether such differences are related to the … university graduates, Spanish physicians are the ones most often coupled to partners with the same educational level and/or same …

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The Effectiveness of Health Screening

Hackl, Franz; Halla, Martin; Hummer, Michael; Pruckner, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Using a matched insurant-general practitioner panel data set, we estimated the effect of a general health-screening program on individuals' health status and health care cost. To account for selection into treatment, we used regional variations in the intensity of exposure to supply-determined...

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The Rise in Obesity across the Atlantic: An Economic Perspective

Brunello, Giorgio; Michaud, Pierre-Carl; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

We provide comparable evidence on the patterns and trends in obesity across the Atlantic and analyse whether there are economic rationales for public intervention to control obesity. We take into account equity issues as well as efficiency considerations, which are organized around three...

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Understanding the Economic Consequences of Shifting Trends in Population Health

Michaud, Pierre-Carl; Goldman, Dana P.; Lakdawalla, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

The public economic burden of shifting trends in population health remains uncertain. Sustained increases in obesity, diabetes, and other diseases could reduce life expectancy − with a concomitant decrease in the public-sector's annuity burden − but these savings may be offset by worsening...

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Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis

Naudé, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Lavopa, Alejandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

To date there has been few systematic and comparative empirical analyses of the nature of economic development in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). We contribute to addressing this gap by exploring the patterns of structural change between 1980 and 2010, focusing on the...

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The Effects of Shared School Technology Access on Students Digital Skills in Peru

Bet, German; Cristia, Julián P.; Ibarrarán, Pablo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper analyzes the effects of increased shared computer access in secondary schools in Peru. Administrative data are used to identify, through propensity-score matching, two groups of schools with similar observable educational inputs but different intensity in computer access. Extensive...

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