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Returns to childbirth technologies : evidence from preterm births

Daysal, N. Meltem; Trandafir, Mircea; Ewijk, Reyn van - 2013

We investigate the impact of obstetrician supervision, as opposed to midwife supervision, on the short-term health of low-risk newborns. We exploit a unique policy rule in the Netherlands that creates a large discontinuity in the probability of a low-risk birth being attended by an obstetrician...

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The gift of a lifetime : the hospital, modern medicine, and mortality

Hollingsworth, Alex; Thomasson, Melissa A.; Karbownik, … - 2022

of the hospital from a fringe institution to one essential to the practice of medicine. Despite the central role of …. In this paper, we explore how access to the hospital and modern medicine affects mortality. We do so by leveraging a … combination of novel data and a unique quasi-experiment: a large-scale hospital modernization program introduced by The Duke …

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The effects of unemployment on health, hospitalizations, and mortality - evidence from administrative data

Vodopivec, Matija; Laporšek, Suzana; Stare, Janez; … - 2021

Linking health to the employment history of the whole Slovenia's workforce, this paper employs three innovative features. First, it utilizes a novel "double proof" approach of addressing the reverse causality that tracks only healthy individuals, making sure that any unemployment spell that...

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The Indian ultrasound paradox

Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude; Rosenblum, Daniel - 2012

The liberalization of the Indian economy in the 1990s made prenatal ultrasound technology affordable and available to a large fraction of the population. As a result, ultrasound use amongst pregnant women rose dramatically in many parts of India. This paper provides evidence on the consequences...

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Spillover effects of drug safety warnings on health behavior

Daysal, N. Meltem; Orsini, Chiara - 2012

We examine the impact of new medical information on drug safety on preventive health behavior. We exploit the release of the findings of the Women's Health Initiative Study (WHIS) - the largest randomized controlled trial of women's health - which demonstrated in 2002 that long-term Hormone...

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Regulation of pharmaceutical prices : evidence from a reference price reform in Denmark

Kaiser, Ulrich; Méndez, Susan J.; Rønde, Thomas; … - 2013

Reference prices constitute a main determinant of patient health care reimbursement in many countries. We study the effects of a change from an "external" (based on a basket of prices in other countries) to an "internal" (based on comparable domestic products) reference price system. We find...

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The market for mules : risk and compensation of cross-border drug couriers

Bjerk, David; Mason, Caleb - 2014

This paper uses a unique dataset to examine the economics of cross-border drug smuggling. Our results reveal that loads are generally quite large (median 30 kg), but with substantial variance within and across drug types. Males and females, as well as U.S. citizens and non-U.S. citizens are all...

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The power of the little blue pill : innovations and implications of life style drugs in an aging population

LaRiviere, Jacob; Wolff, Hendrik - 2014

The launch of Viagra in April 1998 led to a historically unprecedented high usage of erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs. We test whether Viagra's introduction significantly influenced outcomes for its target population such as STD rates of older men, as well as its non-target populations, such as...

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The miracle drugs : hormone replacement therapy and labor market behavior of middle-aged women

Daysal, N. Meltem; Orsini, Chiara - 2014

In an aging society, determining which factors contribute to the employment of older individuals is increasingly important. We examine the impact of medical innovations on the employment of middle-aged women focusing on the specific case of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), a common treatment...

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The effect of medical marijuana laws on labor market outcomes

Sabia, Joseph J.; Thanh Tam Nguyen - 2016

A number of recent studies have found that medical marijuana laws (MMLs) are associated with increased marijuana use among adults, in part due to spillover effects into the recreational market. This study is the first to explore the labor market consequences of MMLs. Using repeated...

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