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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 …-law significantly reduced SHS exposure among blue collar workers by 25-30 percent, and we confirm that workplace smoking laws reduce …

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How Can Inclusive Agricultural Health Policy Intervention Promote Shared Agricultural Productivity in Nigeria? Evidence from Randomized Control Trial

Olowogbon, Toyin Samuel - 2019

We engaged randomized control trial to measure the effects of an agricultural health training intervention among 480 randomly assigned crop farmers from 24 farming communities in Nigeria. Structured questionnaire, interviews and random farm visit were used for data collection. The intervention...

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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

developing more effective workplace and public policies to improve health in older ages …

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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 … comprehensive workplace wellness program for a large employer with over 12,000 employees, and randomly assigned program eligibility …

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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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The Structure of Health Incentives : Evidence from a Field Experiment

Carrera, Mariana - 2017

margins through an experiment offering incentives to employees of a Fortune 500 company to use their workplace gym. Overall …

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Will Divestment from Employment-Based Health Insurance Save Employers Money? The Case of State and Local Governments

Goldhaber-Fiebert, Jeremy - 2014

Reforms introduced by the Affordable Care and Patient Protection Act (ACA) build new sources of coverage around employment-based health insurance. But what if firms find it cheaper to have their employees obtain insurance from these sources, even after accounting for penalties (for non-provision...

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Using Implementation Intentions Prompts to Enhance Influenza Vaccination Rates

Milkman, Katherine L. - 2011

We evaluate the results of a field experiment designed to measure the effect of prompts to form implementation intentions on realized behavioral outcomes. The outcome of interest is influenza vaccination receipt at free on-site clinics offered by a large firm to its employees. All employees...

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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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