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How Do Workplace Smoking Laws Work? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Local Laws in Ontario, Canada

Carpenter, Christopher S. - 2007

There are very large literatures in public health and economics on the effects of workplace smoking bans, with most studies relying on cross-sectional variation. We provide new quasi-experimental evidence on the effects of workplace bans by using the differential timing of adoption of over 100...

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Employment and Adverse Selection in Health Insurance

Bhattacharya, Jay - 2006

We construct and test a new model of employer-provided health insurance provision in the presence of adverse selection in the health insurance market. In our model, employers cannot observe the health of their employees, but can decide whether to offer insurance. Employees sort themselves among...

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The Structure of Health Incentives : Evidence from a Field Experiment

Carrera, Mariana - 2017

The use of incentives to encourage healthy behaviors is increasingly widespread, but we have little evidence about how best to structure these programs. We explore how different incentive designs affect behavior on the extensive and intensive margins through an experiment offering incentives to...

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Unhealthy Insurance Markets : Search Frictions and the Cost and Quality of Health Insurance

Cebul, Randall - 2010

We analyze the role of search frictions in the market for commercial health insurance. Frictions increase the cost of insurance by enabling insurers to set price above marginal cost, and by creating incentives for inefficiently high levels of marketing. Frictions also lead to price dispersion...

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Impact of First Occupation on Health at Older Ages

Sindelar, Jody L. - 2010

Occupation is discussed as a social determinant of health. Occupation has received little attention in this light in the economics literature. We examine occupation in a life-course framework and use measures of first-occupation, initial health, and mother's education. We contend that first...

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What Do Workplace Wellness Programs Do? Evidence from the Illinois Workplace Wellness Study

Jones, Damon - 2018

Workplace wellness programs cover over 50 million workers and are intended to reduce medical spending, increase productivity, and improve well-being. Yet, limited evidence exists to support these claims. We designed and implemented a comprehensive workplace wellness program for a large employer...

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Longitudinal Patterns of Compliance with Osha Health and Safety Regulations in the Manufacturing Sector

Gray, Wayne B.; Jones, Carol Adaire - 2021

We examine the impact of OSHA enforcement on company compliance with agency regulations in the manufacturing sector, with a unique plant-level data set of inspection and compliance behavior during 1972-1983, the first twelve years of the agency operation. The analysis suggests that, for an...

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Price and the Health Plan Choices of Retirees

Buchmueller, Thomas C. - 2021

This study analyzes health plan choices of retirees in an employer-sponsored health benefits program that resembles "premium support" models proposed for Medicare. In this program, out-of-pocket premiums depend on when an individual retired and his or her years of service as of that date. Since...

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Maternal Stress and Child Outcomes : Evidence from Siblings

Aizer, Anna - 2012

We study how maternal stress affects offspring outcomes. We find that in-utero exposure to elevated levels of the … stress hormone cortisol negatively affects offspring cognition, health and educational attainment. These findings are based … literature linking exogenous exposure to stress hormones in-utero with declines in offspring cognitive, behavioral and motor …

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Weathering the Storm : Hurricanes and Birth Outcomes

Currie, Janet - 2012

stress, our results are supportive of the idea that stressful events in pregnancy can damage the health of the fetus. However …

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