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Positively Aware? Conflicting Expert Reviews and Demand for Medical Treatment
Balat, Jorge; Papageorge, Nicholas W.; Qayyum, Shaiza - 2017
We study the impact of expert reviews on the demand for HIV treatments. A novel feature of our study is that we observe two reviews for each HIV drug and focus attention on consumer responses when experts disagree. Reviews are provided by both a doctor and an activist in the HIV lifestyle...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744631
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Effects of E-commerce on Local Labor Markets
Bauer, Anahid; Fernández Guerrico, Sofía - 2023
This paper studies the effect of e-commerce on local labor markets. We exploit cross-market variation in e-commerce … price advantage stemming from the enactment of the Amazon Tax-state-level legislation that mandates state sales taxes … collection to out-of-state online retailers. Introducing out-of-state sales taxes lowered employment and reduced wages in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377248
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Quality and Price Setting of High-Tech Goods
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Talavera, Oleksandr; Vu, Nam - 2021
This paper investigates the link between product quality and price setting for central processing units (CPUs). Using thousands of price quotes from a popular price-comparison website, we find that market fundamentals, such as the number of sellers, median price, share of convenient prices and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497959
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The Evolution of Income-Related Inequalities in Health Care Utilization in Switzerland over Time
Leu, Robert E.; Schellhorn, Martin - 2004
This study investigates equity in access to health care in Switzerland over time, using nationwide representative survey data from 1982, 1992, 1997 and 2002. Both simple quintile distributions and concentration indices are used to assess horizontal equity, i.e. the extent to which adults in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262059
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The Evolution of Income-Related Health Inequalities in Switzerland over Time
Leu, Robert E.; Schellhorn, Martin - 2004
This paper presents new evidence on income-related health inequality and its development over time in Switzerland. We employ the methods lined out in van Doorslaer and Jones (2003) and van Doorslaer and Koolman (2004) measuring health using an interval regression approach to compute...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262086
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Wages and the Demand for Health - A Life Cycle Analysis
Dustmann, Christian; Windmeijer, Frank - 2000
This paper presents a life cycle model for the demand for health, and derives empirical specifications that distinguish between permanent and transitory wage responses. Using panel data, we estimate dynamic health and health input demand equations. We find evidence of negative transitory wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262380
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Does the liberalization of trade advance gender equality in schooling and health?
Schultz, T. Paul - 2006
This paper assesses the empirical relationship between the liberalization of international trade and the economic status of women. Although historically globalization is not generally linked to the advancement of women, several recent country studies find export led growth in middle and low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268101
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Evaluation of the impact of the mother and infant health project in Ukraine
Nizalova, Olena Y.; Vyshnya, Maria - 2009
This paper exploits a unique opportunity to evaluate the impact of the quality change in the labor and delivery services on maternal and infant health. Since basic medical care has been universally available in Ukraine, implementation of the Mother and Infant Health Project allows addressing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269530
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Enhanced fee-for-service model and access to physician services: Evidence from Family Health Groups in Ontario
Kantarevic, Jasmin; Kralj, Boris; Weinkauf, Darrel - 2010
We study an enhanced fee-for-service model for primary care physicians in the Family Health Groups (FHG) in Ontario, Canada. In contrast to the traditional fee-for-service (FFS) model, the FHG model includes targeted fee increases, extended hours, performance-based initiatives, and patient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269806
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Overweight and obesity and the demand for primary physician care
Gupta, Nabanita Datta; Greve, Jane - 2009
The standard economic model for the demand for health care predicts that unhealthy behaviour such as being overweight or obese should increase the demand for medical care, particularly as clinical studies link obesity to a number of serious diseases. In this paper, we investigate whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271246