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Health care centralization : the health impacts of obstetric unit closures in the US
Fischer, Stefanie; Royer, Heather; White, Corey D. - 2023
Over the last few decades, health care services in the United States have become more geographically centralized. We … study how the loss of hospital-based obstetric units in over 400 counties affect maternal and infant health via a difference …-sections. In contrast to concerns voiced in the public discourse, the effects on a range of maternal and infant health outcomes are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014229781
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Minimum wages and teen employment : a spatial panel approach
Kalenkoski, Charlene; Lacombe, Donald J. - 2011
The authors employ spatial econometrics techniques and Annual Averages data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009379505
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The Labor Market Effects of Occupational Licensing in the Public Sector
Kleiner, Morris M.; Wang, Wenchen - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
aversion, we next examine how licensing impacts key labor market outcomes, such as wages, hours worked, and employment in the … other labor market institutions that also are more prevalent in the public sector such as unionization. Overall, our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014287314
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The case for presenteeism
Markussen, Simen; Mykletun, Arnstein; Røed, Knut - 2010
Can activation requirements control moral hazard problems in public sickness absence insurance and accelerate recovery? Based on empirical analysis of Norwegian data, we show that it can. Activation requirements not only bring down benefit claims, they also reduce the likelihood that long-term...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009312944
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Effects of Food and Agricultural Imports on Domestic Factors in the U.S. Agricultural Sector : A Translog Cost Function Framework
Kitenge, Erick - 2015
The translog cost function of the U.S. agricultural sector unveils dynamic relationships between foreign and domestic inputs. On average, capital and labour are weak substitutes, but they are strong substitutes to food and agricultural imports. Therefore, enhancing trade policies on food and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013017121
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The effect of occupational licensing on consumer welfare : early midwifery laws and maternal mortality
Anderson, D. Mark; Brown, Ryan; Charles, Kerwin Kofi; … - 2016
Occupational licensing is intended to protect consumers. Whether it does so is an important, but unanswered, question. Exploiting variation across states and municipalities in the timing and details of midwifery laws introduced during the period 1900-1940, and using a rich data set that we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011517692
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Health Care Centralization : The Health Impacts of Obstetric Unit Closures in the US
Fischer, Stefanie; Royer, Heather; White, Corey D. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Over the last few decades, health care services in the United States have become more centralized. We study how the … loss of hospital-based obstetric units in over 400 rural counties affect maternal and infant health via a difference … contrast to concerns voiced in the public discourse, the effects on a range of maternal and infant health outcomes are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334360
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Immigration Restrictions as Active Labor Market Policy: Evidence from the Mexican Bracero Exclusion
Clemens, Michael A.; Lewis, Ethan Gatewood; Postel, … - 2017
An important class of active labor market policy has received little rigorous impact evaluation: immigration barriers … the theory of endogenous technical change suggest that such policies could have limited or even perverse labor … workers. We build a simple model to clarify how the labor-market effects of bracero exclusion depend on assumptions about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653240
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Immigration restrictions as active labor market policy : evidence from the Mexican bracero exclusion
Clemens, Michael A.; Lewis, Ethan; Postel, Hannah M. - 2017
An important class of active labor market policy has received little rigorous impact evaluation: immigration barriers … the theory of endogenous technical change suggest that such policies could have limited or even perverse labor … workers. We build a simple model to clarify how the labor-market effects of bracero exclusion depend on assumptions about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607505
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The Effects of Minimum Wages on (Almost) Everything? A Review of Recent Evidence on Health and Related Behaviors
Neumark, David - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
related to health. I review and assess the large and growing body of evidence on minimum wage effects on a wide variety of … health outcomes and health-related behaviors …The evidence on overall physical health is mixed. The findings on diet and obesity either point to beneficial or null …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250208