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Battles Among Licensed Occupations: Analyzing Government Regulations on Labor Market Outcomes for Dentists and Hygienists
Kleiner, Morris M.; Park, Kyoung Won - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
Occupational licensing is among the fastest-growing labor market institutions in the U.S. economy. One of the key features of occupational licensing is that the law determines who gets to do the work. In those cases where universally licensed occupations are both complements to and substitutes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727871
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Empowering Women Through Education: Evidence from Sierra Leone
Mocan, Naci H.; Cannonier, Colin - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
We use data from Sierra Leone where a substantial education program provided increased access to education for primary-school … age children but did not benefit children who were older. We exploit the variation in access to the program generated by … regarding violence against women. An increase in education has also reduced the number of desired children by women and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011227910
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What's the "Interest" in FDA Drug Advisory Committee Conflicts of Interest?
Golec, Joseph; Vernon, John - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) drug advisory committee members sometimes have financial interests tied to drug companies. Congress and the public have become concerned that these financial interests lead to conflicts of interest. They conclude that the conflicts bias committee...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004961457
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Re-examining the Effects of Medicaid Expansions for Pregnant Women
Dave, Dhaval M.; Kaestner, Robert; Simon, Kosali Ilayperuma - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
This paper analyzes the effect of Medicaid eligibility expansions on the health insurance coverage of women giving birth and on the use of prenatal care and infant health, controlling for year and state effects and state-specific trends that may be correlated with expansions in Medicaid...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005710727
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School Nutrition Programs and the Incidence of Childhood Obesity
Millimet, Daniel L.; Tchernis, Rusty; Husain, Muna - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
In light of the recent rise in childhood obesity, the School Breakfast Program (SBP) and National School Lunch Program … (NSLP) have received renewed attention. Using panel data on over 13,500 primary school students, we assess the relationship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005829440
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Medicaid Expansions and Fertility in the United States
DeLeire, Thomas; Simon, Kosali Ilayperuma; Lopoo, Leonard M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
Beginning in the mid 1980s and extending through the early to mid 1990s, a substantial number of women and children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005774738
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Health Insurance and the Labor Market
Gruber, Jonathan - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1998
A distinctive feature of the health insurance market in the U.S. is the restriction of group insurance availability to the workplace. This has a number of important implications for the functioning of the labor market, through mobility from job-to-job or in and out of the labor force, wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005778143
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Black Box Warnings and Drug Safety: Examining the Determinants and Timing of FDA Warning Labels
Begosh, Allan; Goldsmith, John; Hass, Ed; Lutter, Randall W. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
Comparing the safety of prescription drugs over time is difficult due to the paucity of reliable quantitative measures of drug safety. Both the academic literature and popular press have focused on drug withdrawals as a proxy for breakdowns in the drug safety system. This metric, however, is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005575064
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The Cognitive Effects of Micronutrient Deficiency: Evidence from Salt Iodization in the United States
Feyrer, James; Weil, David; Politi, Dimitra - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
Iodine deficiency is the leading cause of preventable mental retardation in the world today. The condition, which was common in the developed world until the introduction of iodized salt in the 1920s, is connected to low iodine levels in the soil and water. We examine the impact of salt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010678469
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Relaxing Occupational Licensing Requirements: Analyzing Wages and Prices for a Medical Service
Kleiner, Morris M.; Marier, Allison; Park, Kyoung Won; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Occupational licensing laws have been relaxed in a large number of U.S. states to give nurse practitioners the ability to perform more tasks without the supervision of medical doctors. We investigate how these regulations may affect wages, employment, costs, and quality of providing certain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821818