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Covid-19 full-dose vaccination across uninsured populations : evidence across counties in the United States

Goel, Rajeev K.; Nelson, Michael A. - 2022

study is on determining whether a lack of health insurance significantly impacted vaccination propensities. If it is indeed … the case that a lack of health insurance mattered, this would be informative for policymakers since they tried to address … vaccines were made available free of cost to the public in the United States, irrespective of their insurance status. A policy …

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Does reference pricing drive out generic competition in pharmaceutical markets? : evidence from a policy reform

Brekke, Kurt R.; Canta, Chiara; Straume, Odd Rune - 2022

Policy makers use reference pricing to curb pharmaceutical expenditures by reducing coverage of expensive branded drugs. In a theoretical analysis we show that the net effect of reference pricing is generally ambiguous when accounting for entry by generic producers. Reference pricing shifts...

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Exploring the heterogeneous effects of state price transparency laws on charge prices, negotiated prices, and operating costs

Linde, Sebastian; Siebert, Ralph - 2021

To limit the dramatic growth of U.S. health care expenditures, some states have mandated that medical providers …

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Does pharmaceutical price regulation affect the adoption of generic competition? : evidence from the OECD, 1999-2008

Varol, Nebibe; Costa-Font, Joan; McGuire, Alistair - 2011

efficiency and stimulates pharmaceutical innovation. There is no prior study that has empirically analysed the relative delays in …

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The effects of the 2010 Affordable Care Act dependent care provision on family structure and public program participation among young adults

Chatterji, Pinka; Liu, Xiangshi; Yörük, Barış K. - 2018

We use difference-in-difference methods and data from the 2008 Survey of Income and Program Participation to test whether the ACA dependent care provision is associated with family structure and public program participation among young adults. Findings indicate that implementation of the...

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Do pandemics change healthcare? : evidence from the great influenza

Esteves, Rui Pedro; Mitchener, Kris; Nencka, Peter; … - 2022

healthcare responded to pandemic intensity, suggesting that large health shocks do not necessarily lead to increased public … provision of health services. …

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Evaluation of Development Policy: Treatment versus Program Effects

Elbers, Chris; Gunning, Jan Willem - 2009

There is a growing interest, notably in development economics, in extending project evaluation methods to the evaluation of multiple interventions (“programs”). In program evaluations one is interested in the aggregate impact of a program rather than the effect on individual beneficiaries....

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Estimating Equilibrium Effects of Job Search Assistance

Gautier, Pieter; Muller, Paul; van der Klaauw, Bas; … - 2012

Randomized experiments provide policy relevant treatment effects if there areno spillovers between participants and nonparticipants. We show that thisassumption is violated for a Danish activation program for unemployed workers.Using a difference-in-difference model we show that the...

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Evaluation of Development Programs: Using Regressions to assess the Impact of Complex Interventions

Elbers, Chris; Gunning, Jan Willem - 2012

presence of selection effects and treatment heterogeneity. As an example we present an estimate of the TPE for a rural water …

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The volatility curse : revisiting the paradox of plenty

Ploeg, Frederick van der; Poelhekke, Steven - 2009

The volatility of unanticipated output growth in income per capita is detrimental to long-run development, controlling for initial income per capita, population growth, human capital, investment, openness and natural resource dependence. This effect is significant and robust over a wide range of...

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