We estimate the impact of parental health on adult children's labor market outcomes. We focus on health shocks which …

We estimate the impact of parental health on adult children's labor market outcomes. We focus on health shocks which …

This chapter provides an overview of the literature on child health in developed countries. I first lay out a simple … economic model of the demand for child health inputs, and discuss whether the evidence is consistent with that model. Next, two … main causes of market failure in the market for child health inputs — lack of information and externalities — are analyzed …

We consider an economy where most of the health care is publicly provided,and where there is waiting time for several … cost, the self-selection induced redistribution may implythat it is socially optimal to provide health care publicly and at … for public health treatment. Moreover, we studythe interaction between this quality decision and the optimal tax …

Major disparities in the cost of health care have made the pricing of specialist and hospital services a contentious … experiences on the pricing of health services, competition policy and models of buying specialist health care services from the … private health insurance – the major source of financing for private hospitals – plays a similar role. Second, this paper …

The role of the government in health care provision remains a contested issue worldwide. Public hospitals dominate … China's health care industry. However, in the early 2000s, the eastern China city of Suqian privatized all its hospitals and …-reported health outcomes, and reduced search time and costs for patients. We show that after the reform, Suqian residents had greater …

explore whether private sector presence has improved the general health status of the people. We develop a theoretical … argument to hypothesise that private sector presence in India would lead to better health status through the route of … private sector presence and general health outcomes, accompanied with an adverse economic consequence of rising catastrophic …

entry usually leads to increased innovation. The health care market exhibits important differences as compared to other … effects of entries and exits in health care markets are less obvious. The following paper studies the determinants of entry … and exit decisions of physicians in the private sector of the outpatient part of the Austrian health care system. We apply …

studies how the system of health care provision affects the allocation of patients to physicians when physicians differ in … altruism. We show that allowing for private provision of health care, parallel to (free) treatment in a National Health Service …