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Crippled justice : the history of modern disability policy in the workplace
O'Brien, Ruth Ann - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004735602
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The big picture of lives saved by abortion on demand : user pays applied to pro-life advocates
Pope, Robin - 2009
Pro-life advocates focus on a single entity, the foetus. Pro-choice advocates focus on another single entity, the pregnant mother. There should also be a third focus, on all people already born on how a new entrant on average damages (or enhances) the whole community. Communal accounts are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003867210
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Economic vs. epidemiological approaches to measuring the human capital impacts of infectious disease elimination
Chuard, Caroline; Schwandt, Hannes; Becker, Alexander D.; … - 2022
A rich economic literature has examined the human capital impacts of disease-eliminating health interventions, such as the rollout of new vaccines. This literature is based on reduced-form approaches which exploit proxies for disease burden, such as mortality, instead of actual infection counts,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013275399
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Health Information Technology in the United States: Better Information Systems for Better Care, 2013.
DesRoches, Catherine M.; Painter, Michael W.; Jha, Ashish K. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010924562
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An Evaluation of Financial Incentive Policies for Organ Donations in the United States.
Wellington, Alison J.; Sayre, Edward A. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2011
This paper examines the association between financial incentives and organ donations. Although the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984 prohibits financial compensation for organs for transplant, the paper focuses on the impact of laws that influence the relative cost of deceased and live organ...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010609837
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Routine Emergency Department Use for Sick Care by Children in the United States
Halfon, Neal; Newacheck, Paul W.; Wood, David L.; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 1996
The use of the emergency departments as a regular source of sick care has been increasing, despite the fact that it is costly and is often an inappropriate source of care. This study examines factors associated with routine use of emergency departments by using a national sample of US children.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011100715
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Health Information Technology in the United States: Better Information Systems for Better Care, 2013
DesRoches, Catherine M.; Painter, Michael W.; Jha, Ashish K. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011101019
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Welfare income and employment : an economic analysis of family choice
Durbin, Elizabeth F. - 1969
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000565014
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Child care subsidies, wages, and employment of single mothers
Tekin, Erdal - 2002
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of employment and child care payment decisions of single mothers in the … estimate a model that examines the effects of the price of child care and the wage rate on employment decision as well as the … decision to use paid child care among single mothers. The model distinguishes between the full-time and part-time employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411860
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The impact of welfare reform : balancing safety nets and behavior modification
Larrison, Christopher R. (ed.);  … - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003228307