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Understanding International Differences in the Gender Pay Gap
Blau, Francine D. - 2001
institutions are responsible for an important portion of international differences in wage inequality, the inverse relationship … between the gender pay gap and male wage inequality suggests that wage-setting mechanisms, such as encompassing collective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470524
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The Role of Public Health Improvements in Health Advances : The 20th Century United States
Cutler, David M. - 2004
Mortality rates in the US fell more rapidly during the late 19th and early 20th Centuries than any other period in American history. This decline coincided with an epidemiological transition and the disappearance of a mortality "penalty" associated with living in urban areas. There is little...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468182
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The Contribution of Behavior Change and Public Health to Improved U.S. Population Health
Stewart, Susan T. - 2014
Adverse behavioral risk factors contribute to a large share of deaths. We examine the effects on life expectancy (LE) and quality-adjusted life expectancy (QALE) of changes in six major behavioral risk factors over the 1960-2010 period: smoking, obesity, heavy alcohol use, and unsafe use of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458034
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Technology Regulation Reconsidered : The Effects of Certificate of Need Policies on the Quantity and Quality of Diagnostic Imaging
Horwitz, Jill R.; Nichols, Austin; Colla, Carrie Hoverman; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Estimates of the impact of Certificate of Need laws on medical care have been inconsistent, possibly because not all CON laws apply to all services. Using an original dataset identifying imaging-related CON laws, we estimate the effects of CON on CT and MRI, using regression discontinuities at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014486234
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The Minimum Wage and Inequality Between Groups
Blau, Francine D.; Cohen, Isaac; Comey, Matthew L.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
state and federal minimum wage policies on gender, race, and ethnic inequality throughout the wage distribution, focusing on … lower-tail inequality between men and women, Blacks and Whites, and Hispanics and Whites. We use estimates from three … empirical strategies -- two reduced-form, one structural -- to provide counterfactual simulations of between-group inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372482