There is currently a heated debate about whether to introduce policies requiring the general public to wear protective face masks to contain COVID-19. A key concern is that compulsory face mask policies will make the public feel safer (due to risk compensation), and may consequently undermine...

This paper examines whether income transparency - the public release of citizens' income information - affects support for redistribution. We leverage a quasi-experiment in Finland, where every year on the so-called tax day, the authorities release income information on Finland's top earners to...

This paper examines whether income transparency - the public release of citizens' income information - affects support for redistribution. We leverage a quasi-experiment in Finland, where every year on the so-called tax day, the authorities release income information on Finland's top earners to...

There is an ongoing debate about how to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). As maternity care is not free in many LMICS, many assume that user-fees deter healthcare seeking and are therefore partially responsible for high mortality rates. This paper...

It remains unclear whether governments can improve health outcomes by solely increasing public spending on health care. In this paper, we provide first causal evidence on the impact of an increase in public spending on primary care on health care-seeking and mortality. We employ an event study...