We study the efficiency and distributional effects of financing universal health-insurance coverage, using a computational general equilibrium model of the United States for 1991, with considerable disaggregation among families. Aggregate efficiency losses (primarily from labor supply...

This article models the allocation of contributions by a Political Action Committee (PAC) among a group of candidates running in different races, assuming utility maximizing behavior on the part of the PAC and the candidates. Under various assumptions about objectives, contributions are found to...

We analyze four methods to measure unexplained gaps in mean outcomes: three decompositions based on the seminal work of Oaxaca (1973) and Blinder (1973) and an approach involving a seemingly naive regression that includes a group indicator variable. Our analysis yields two principal findings. We...

We analyze four methods to measure unexplained gaps in mean outcomes: three decompositions based on the seminal work of Oaxaca (1973) and Blinder (1973) and an approach involving a seemingly naïve regression that includes a group indicator variable. Our analysis yields two principal findings....

In many industries, such as higher education, hospitals, and museums, nonprofit organizations control great wealth. Public and private donations, tax subsidies, and volunteered services have typically made that wealth accumulation possible. In return for the various forms of assistance,...

We analyze four methods to measure unexplained gaps in mean outcomes: three decompositions based on the seminal work of Oaxaca (1973) and Blinder (1973) and an approach involving a seemingly naïve regression that includes a group indicator variable. Our analysis yields two principal findings....

This book features a dozen essays addressing access to health care.