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Estimating the Value of a Statistical Life : The Importance of Omitted Variables and Publication Bias
Ashenfelter, Orley - 2004
In this paper we show that omitted variables and publication bias lead to severely biased estimates of the value of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468292
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Bias in U.S. Import Prices and Demand
Feenstra, Robert C. - 1994
The purpose of the paper is to measure the potential bias in the U.S. import price index due to the appearance of new … product varieties, or new foreign suppliers, and determine the effect of this bias on the estimated income elasticity of … share of import expenditure on the sampled products is falling over time, this will lead to an upward bias in the measured …
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How the Reformulation of OxyContin Ignited the Heroin Epidemic
Evans, William N. - 2018
We attribute the recent quadrupling of heroin death rates to the August, 2010 reformulation of an oft-abused prescription opioid, OxyContin. The new abuse-deterrent formulation led many consumers to substitute to an inexpensive alternative, heroin. Using structural break techniques and variation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012028935
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Excess Deaths in the United States During the First Year of COVID-19
Ruhm, Christopher J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Accurately determining the number of excess deaths caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is hard. The most important challenge is accurately estimating the counterfactual count of baseline deaths that would have occurred in its absence. This analysis used new methods to: estimate this baseline metric;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012696412
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The Measurement and Evolution of Health Inequality : Evidence from the U.S. Medicare Population
Skinner, Jonathan - 2004
Has U.S. health care for the elderly become more equitable during the past several decades? When inequality is measured by Medicare expenditures, the answer is yes. During 1987-2001, low income households experienced an increase of 78 percent ($2624) in per capita expenditures, double the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467847
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Sources of U.S. Longevity Increase, 1960-1997
Lichtenberg, Frank R. - 2002
Between 1960 and 1997, life expectancy at birth of Americans increased approximately 10% - from 69.7 to 76.5 years - and it has been estimated that the value of life extension during this period nearly equaled the gains in tangible consumption. We investigate whether an aggregate health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469960
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Area Differences in Utilization of Medical Care and Mortality Among U.S. Elderly
Fuchs, Victor R. - 2001
This paper examines 313 U.S. areas for differences in medical care utilization and mortality of whites ages 65-84 in 1990. The variables included in the analysis are education, real income, cigarette sales, obesity, air pollution, percent black, and dummy variables for seven regions and five...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470088
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The Gift of a Lifetime : The Hospital, Modern Medicine, and Mortality
Hollingsworth, Alex; Karbownik, Krzysztof; Thomasson, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
The past century witnessed a dramatic improvement in public health, the rise of modern medicine, and the transformation of the hospital from a fringe institution to one essential to the practice of medicine. In this paper, we explore how access to the hospital and modern medicine affects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013462711
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The Cyclicality of Births and Babies' Health, Revisited : Evidence from Unemployment Insurance
Dettling, Lisa J.; Kearney, Melissa Schettini - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We revisit the cyclical nature of birth rates and infant health and investigate to what extent the relationship between aggregate labor market conditions and birth outcomes is mitigated by the consumption smoothing income assistance delivered through unemployment insurance (UI). We introduce a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226134
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Sample Selection in the Estimation of Air Bag and Seat Belt Effectiveness
Levitt, Steven D. - 1999
Measurement of seat belt and air bag effectiveness is complicated by the fact that systematic data are collected only for crashes in which a fatality occurs. These data suffer from sample selection since seat belt and air bag usage influences survival rates which in turn determine whether a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471579