In the early 1990s, several U.S. states enacted community rating regulations to equalize the health insurance premiums … substantial public insurance expansions, coverage rates in several of these states had improved significantly. As theory predicts … the incidence of public insurance and community rating regulations are tightly intertwined …

study is on determining whether a lack of health insurance significantly impacted vaccination propensities. If it is indeed … the case that a lack of health insurance mattered, this would be informative for policymakers since they tried to address … vaccines were made available free of cost to the public in the United States, irrespective of their insurance status. A policy …

expenditures in education, health, and infrastructure on economic growth, poverty, and income distribution in the past 20 years …

public spending on human capital and their correlates in Africa. The study found public spending on health and education in … Africa to be inefficient. Efficiency was much higher in health spending than in educational spending. Factors such as …

The world has enjoyed huge improvements in population health during the last half century. But major health problems … deal with noncommunicable diseases. Several classic arguments for public spending on health have buttressed governments …’ efforts to improve health. These efforts have now been further spurred by new economic arguments that better population health …

health condition. However little is known about the side effects of governmental policies that aim to promote the unemployed …'s reintegration into the labor market on the health status of participants. On the one hand, these interventions could have positive … health effects if they increase the chances of finding new employment, however, on the other hand, they might also have …

analogy to medical treatments, the individual exposure to these tools may have side effects. We study effects on health using … outcomes before and after exposure to training and sanctions. We find that training improves cardiovascular and mental health … sanctions cause a short-run deterioration of mental health, possibly due higher stress levels, but this tapers out quickly. …

analogy to medical treatments, the individual exposure to these tools may have side effects. We study effects on health using … outcomes before and after exposure to training and sanctions. We find that training improves cardiovascular and mental health … sanctions cause a short-run deterioration of mental health, possibly due higher stress levels, but this tapers out quickly. …