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Modern Infectious Diseases: Macroeconomic Impacts and Policy Responses
Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2020
We discuss and review literature on the macroeconomic effects of epidemics and pandemics since the late 20th century. First, we cover the role of health in driving economic growth and well-being and discuss standard frameworks for assessing the economic burden of infectious diseases. Second, we...
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The sociology of groups and the economics of incentives: theory and evidence on compensation systems
Encinosa, William E.; Gaynor, Martin; Rebitzer, James B. - 2005
When working together, people engage in non-contractual and informal interactions that constitute the sociology of the group. We use behavioral models and a unique survey of medical groups to analyze how group sociology influences physician incentive pay and behavior. We conclude that informal...
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Occupational mismatch and moonlighting among Spanish physicians: do couples matter?
Dolado, Juan José; Felgueroso, Florentino - 2008
physicians have lower participation rates than male physicians plus they are subject to higher occupational mismatch, and (ii …) moonlighting is more frequent among male physicians. In this paper we investigate whether such differences are related to the … university graduates, Spanish physicians are the ones most often coupled to partners with the same educational level and/or same …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268616
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Vaccination Take-up and Health: Evidence from a Flu Vaccination Program for the Elderly
Brilli, Ylenia; Lucifora, Claudio; Russo, Antonio; … - 2020
We analyze the effects of a vaccination program providing free flu vaccine to individuals aged 65 or more on take-up behavior and hospitalization. Using both administrative and survey data, we implement a regression discontinuity design around the threshold at age 65, and find that the effect of...
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On the sorting of physicians across medical occupations
Courty, Pascal; Marschke, Gerald - 2008
possibility of differential productivity across occupations. The model combines moral hazard and matching of physicians and … occupations with pre-matching investments. In equilibrium assortative matching takes place; more able physicians join occupations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269167
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The captain of the men of death and his shadow: Long-run impacts of early life pneumonia exposure
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Venkataramani, Atheendar - 2011
We exploit the introduction of sulfa drugs in 1937 to identify the causal impact of exposure to pneumonia in infancy on later life well-being and productivity in the United States. Using census data from 1980-2000, we find that cohorts born after the introduction of sulfa experienced increases...
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Gradients of the intergenerational transmission of health in developing countries
Bhalotra, Sonia; Rawlings, Samantha - 2009
This paper investigates the sensitivity of the intergenerational transmission of health to exogenous changes in income, education and public health, changes that are often delivered by economic growth. It uses individual survey data on 2.24 million children born to 600000 mothers during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269601
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Will there be blood? Incentives and substitution effects in pro-social behavior
Lacetera, Nicola; Macis, Mario; Slonim, Robert - 2009
We examine how economic incentives affect pro-social behavior through the analysis of a unique dataset with information on more than 14,000 American Red Cross blood drives. Our findings are consistent with blood donors responding to incentives in a standard way; offering donors economic...
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Taxes, cigarette consumption, and smoking intensity: Reply
Adda, Jérôme; Cornaglia, Francesca - 2012
This paper shows that smoking intensity, i.e. the amount of nicotine extracted per cigarette smoked, responds to changes in excise taxes and tobacco prices. We exploit data covering the period 1988 to 2006 across many US states. Moreover, we provide new evidence on the importance of cotinine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284023
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The impact of the macroeconomy on health insurance coverage: Evidence from the great recession
Cawley, John; Moriya, Asako S.; Simon, Kosali - 2011
This paper investigates the impact of the macroeconomy on the health insurance coverage of Americans using panel data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) for 2004-2010, a period that includes the Great Recession of 2007-09. We find that a one percentage point increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282427