This paper estimates a quasi-structural birthweight production function using data on counties for the years 1975-84. The analysis focuses on the effects of first trimester initiation of prenatal care, controlling for use of abortion services, cigarette smoking, birth order, and income. A...

This paper examines the factors affecting the length of stay of Medicaid psychiatric patients with a model of supply responses to different patient, environmental, and regulatory characteristics. The results indicate that providers respond to limitations in both coverage and reimbursement....

Intergovernmental transfers are potentially important tools for aligning the goals of lower levels of government, which produce public services, with those of higher levels of government, which finance these services. This paper makes use of a unique "natural experiment" in the design of...