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Physician payment mechanisms, hospital length of stay and risk of readmission : evidence from a natural experiment
Echevin, Damien; Fortin, Bernard - 2013
We provide an analysis of the effect of physician payment methods on their hospital patients' length of stay and risk of readmission. To do so, we exploit a major reform implemented in Quebec (Canada) in 1999. The Quebec Government introduced an optional mixed compensation (MC) scheme for...
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The effects of reducing the entitlement period to unemployment insurance benefits
Groot, Nynke de; Klaauw, Bas van der - 2014
This paper exploits a substantial reform of the Dutch UI law to study the effect of the entitlement period on job finding and subsequent labor market outcomes. Using detailed administrative data covering the full population we find that reducing the entitlement period increases the job finding...
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Education and health : the role of cognitive ability
Bijwaard, Govert; Kippersluis, Hans van; Veenman, Justus - 2013
unconditional survival differences between educational groups are due to a 'selection effect', primarily on basis of cognitive … ability. Conditional survival differences across those having finished just primary school and those entering secondary …
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Individuals' unemployment durations over the business cycle
Kalwij, Adriaan S. - 2001
Using a large panel of administrative records this study confirms the predictions of the ranking model of Blanchard and Diamond (1994) that an individual's probability of leaving unemployment decreases with unemployment duration and increases with economic growth. However, the ranking model of...
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Individuals' unemployment experiences : heterogeneity and business cycle effects
Kalwij, Adriaan S. - 2001
This study examines individuals' unemployment experiences from the age of 18 up to the age of 35 using a large panel of administrative records on unemployment related benefit claims of men in the United Kingdom over the past two decades. The main focus is on the extent to which individuals'...
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Were small businesses more likely to permanently close in the pandemic?
Fairlie, Robert W.; Fossen, Frank M.; Johnsen, Reid; … - 2022
Previous estimates indicate that COVID-19 led to a large drop in the number of operating businesses operating early in the pandemic, but surprisingly little is known on whether these shutdowns turned into permanent closures and whether small businesses were disproportionately hit. This paper...
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The effectiveness of medical and vocational interventions for reducing sick leave of self-employed workers
Baert, Stijn; Klaauw, Bas van der; Lomwel, Gijsbert van - 2016
We investigate whether interventions by (i) medical doctors and (ii) occupational specialists are effective in reducing sick leave durations among self-employed workers. To this end, we exploit unique administrative data comprising all sick leave claims by self-employed workers insured with the...
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Tax progressivity and self-employment dynamics
Arulampalam, Wiji; Papini, Andrea - 2021
Analysis of the relationship between taxes and self-employment should account for the interplay between responses in self-employment and wage employment. To this end, we estimate a two-state multi-spell duration model which accounts for both observed and unobserved heterogeneity using a large...
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Entrepreneurial persistence beyond survival : measurement and determinants
Caliendo, Marco; Göthner, Maximilian; Weißenberger, Martin - 2019
the determinants of entrepreneurial persistence. Next to observed survival we also construct a hybrid persistence measure … indicators emphasize different aspects of persistence. For the survival indicator, the predictive power is concentrated in … differ in survival chances, but they are more likely to lack a high psychological commitment to their business ventures. …
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Self-efficacy and entrepreneurial performance of start-ups
Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander; Rodríguez, Daniel; … - 2023
business outcomes up to 19 months after business creation. Outcomes include start-up survival and entrepreneurial income, as … important positive effects of high scores of self-efficacy on start-up survival and entrepreneurial income, which become even …
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