We estimate a Bayesian model of nursing home quality using variational inference. We then conduct three exercises. First, we examine the correlates of quality, finding that public report cards have near-zero correlation. Second, we show that higher quality nursing homes fared better during the...

Increasing long-term care demand raises the need of high quality care in nursing homes. This study analyses whether higher prices have a causal effect on quality of care in Swiss nursing homes and assesses the extent of cross-subsidization between different price components. We use...

This is an attempt to understand the characteristics of private hospitals and the equity in accessing their services, using secondary data available for the period 1986-2004. The data indicates that private hospitals did not expand in numbers but a strong consolidation by large hospitals has...

Occupational licensing is among the fastest-growing labor market institutions in the U.S. economy. One of the key features of occupational licensing is that the law determines who gets to do the work. In those cases where universally licensed occupations are both complements to and substitutes...

Il processo di graduale ma continuo invecchiamento della popolazione, che tutti i Paesi industrializzati stanno sperimentando, ha reso necessario approfondire la valutazione dell'impatto che ne deriva per gli equilibri del sistema sociale e, di conseguenza, per le finanze pubbliche. In Italia,...

Nei prossimi decenni tutti i Paesi ad economia e welfare sviluppati dovranno fronteggiare spese sanitarie fortemente crescenti, con trend potenziali che nel lungo periodo, al 2050-2060, potrebbero raddoppiare o più che raddoppiare l'incidenza della componente pubblica sul Pil. Così emerge...

Past studies have shown that income shock might trigger women to enter commercial sex. This paper studies the microeconomic impact of the Cote d'Ivoire's political instability in 2011 after the presidential election. I use a unique dataset collected right before and after the crisis on...

In recent years, a tremendous amount of attention has been focused on the need to improve pain management, particularly in the context of treating pain at the end of life. One significant catalyst for this heightened focus on pain management was litigation to legalize the choice for...

The 2012-13 Symposium Issue of the Penn State Law Review arose out of collaboration between two sections of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) for the Annual Meeting in January 2013. The leadership of the Section on Trusts and Estates and the Section on Aging and the Law called for...

Providing support to older people with disabilities will increasingly challenge care systems in all countries. Accurately gauging the unmet need is a first step in response. Disability is commonly measured by documenting people's capacity to perform Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and...