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This working paper investigates how empirical Bayes shrinkage, an approach commonly used in implementing teacher accountability systems, affects the value-added estimates of teachers of students with hard-to-predict achievement levels, such as students who have low prior achievement and receive...

The lack of universal health coverage and the high cost of obtaining private health insurance has been hypothesized to have a dampening effect on entrepreneurship. This paper examines this possibility by estimating the importance of health insurance coverage on the probability of...

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...

"This article examines the problem of kidney shortages for transplant in the United States. Following a study by Kaserman and Barnett, we reexamine the viability of allowing a market for cadaveric kidneys and estimate the implied equilibrium price based on our survey responses. In sharp contrast...