: worker health. To study this question, we use data on lesser-skilled workers from the 1993-2014 Behavioral Risk Factor … wage increases lead to improvements in overall worker health. In fact, we find some evidence that minimum wage increases … may decrease some aspects of health, especially among unemployed male workers. We also find evidence that increases reduce …

This paper provides new estimates of the medium and long-term impacts of Head Start on the health and behavioral … neighboring a single discontinuity). Participation in the program reduces the incidence of behavioral problems, serious health …

individuals) and individuals without public health insurance coverage. However, we find no effects when we include in the analysis … changes in BP in a high-income country. We use data from clinical health assessments carried out in 2010 (baseline) and 2014 …

find a decrease by 0.5 admissions (-6.5%) due to asthma per day, per 1 million population. The health prevention effects …

health insurance and pensions. Benefit bundling may increase informality and decrease welfare. Indeed, if some of the … concentrated among independent workers. -- informal sector ; pensions ; health insurance ; social protection ; Colombia … key reform is the unification of the payment systems for health and pension, which made it more difficult to contribute …

effectiveness of four different health care cost containment measures within an integrated framework. The four measures investigated … were introduced in Germany in 1997 to reduce moral hazard and public health expenditures in the market for convalescent … health spa stays did not significantly reduce demand. -- health expenditures ; cost containment measures ; copayment …

This study contributes to the literature on supply-side adjustments to insurance expansions by examining the effect of …

In this study we examine the impact of a value-based insurance design (V-BID) program implemented between 2010 and 2013 …, advanced imaging, and surgeries). Using a differences-in-differences design coupled with granular, administrative health … insurance claims data, we estimate the change in low value healthcare service utilization among beneficiaries before and after …

We examine how substance use disorder (SUD) treatment providers respond to private health insurance expansions induced …