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Cawley, John; Ruhm, Christopher J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky...

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Traits, Imitation, and Evolutionary Dynamics

Schnedler, Wendelin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

In this article, a modelling framework for the information transmission between agents in an evolutionary game setting is proposed. Agents observe traits which reflect past and present behaviour and success of other agents. If agents imitate more successful agents based on these traits, the...

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The Effect of Labor Migration on the Diffusion of Democracy: Evidence from a Former Soviet Republic

Mahmoud, Toman Omar; Rapoport, Hillel; Steinmayr, Andreas; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Migration contributes to the circulation of goods, knowledge, and ideas. Using community and individual-level data from Moldova, we show that the emigration wave that started in the late 1990s strongly affected electoral outcomes and political preferences in Moldova during the following decade...

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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 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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Defensive Investments and the Demand for Air Quality: Evidence from the NOx Budget Program and Ozone Reductions

Deschenes, Olivier; Greenstone, Michael; Shapiro, Joseph S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Demand for air quality depends on health impacts and defensive investments that improve health, but little research …

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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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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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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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