We evaluate the effect of a pro-competition reform gradually introduced in France over the 2004-2008 period on hospital … and financial autonomy as well as their reimbursement systems and incentives for competition before the reform, but they … are all under a DRG-based payment system after the reform. For each hospital status, we assess the benefits of local …

examine how California's first in the nation paid family leave (PFL) program affected leave-taking by mothers following … childbirth, as well as subsequent labor market outcomes. We obtain robust evidence that the California program more than doubled …

Using data on 24 teachers and 982 students from a 2006 survey of California high school economics classes, we assess …

hospital financial data from California (1999-2006). My results indicate that uninsured patients have an economically … - the in-hospital mortality rate of insured heart attack patients. I employ panel data models using patient discharge and … spillover effects is increased hospital uncompensated care costs. Although data limitations constrain my capacity to check how …

Proposition 209 banned using racial preferences in admissions at California's public colleges. We analyze unique data … for all applicants and enrollees within the University of California (UC) system before and after Prop 209. After Prop 209 …

,123 schoolchildren grades 6-10 in 15 California schools participated in the experiment. Although the program significantly increased …

-level data on the University of California system during a period in which racial preferences were in place, we show significant …