IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17967

Spousal Bereavement and Long-Term Care Needs of Older Chinese Adults

Peng Nie, Bin Zhang, Lanlin Ding, Alfonso Sousa-Poza

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17894

The Impact of Physician-Patient Gender Match on Healthcare Quality: An Experiment in China

Yafei Si, Gang Chen, Zhongliang Zhou, Winnie Yip, Xi Chen

published online in: Social Science & Medicine, 10 May 2025,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17504

Cut Off from New Competition: Threat of Entry and Quality of Primary Care

Eduard Brüll, Davud Rostam-Afschar, Oliver Schlenker

published in: Labour Economics, 2025, 92, 102669

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17204

Quality and Accountability of Large Language Models (LLMs) in Healthcare in Low- And Middle-Income Countries (LMIC): A Simulated Patient Study Using ChatGPT

Yafei Si, Yuyi Yang, Xi Wang, Ruopeng An, Jiaqi Zu, Xi Chen, Xiaojing Fan, Sen Gong

published as 'Quality and Accountability of ChatGPT in Health Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Simulated Patient Study' in: Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2024, 26, e56121

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17094

Comprehensive Assessment of the Impact of Mandatory Community-Based Health Insurance in Burkina Faso

Delphine Boutin, Laurene Petifour, Yvonne Allard, Souleymane Kontoubré, Valéry Ridde

published in: Social Science & Medicine, 2025, 371, 117870

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17046

Machine Learning and Multiple Abortions

Pradeep Kumar, Catia Nicodemo, Sonia Oreffice, Climent Quintana-Domeque

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17023

Heterogeneity in the Persistence of Health: Evidence from a Monthly Micro Panel

Stephen Hoskins, David W. Johnston, Johannes S. Kunz, Michael A. Shields, Kevin E. Staub

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16897

The Effects of Patient Cost-Sharing on Adolescents' Healthcare Utilization and Financial Risk Protection: Evidence from South Korea

Seonghoon Kim, Kanghyock Koh, Wonjun Lyou

published in: Economic Inquiry, 2024, 62 (3), 1009-1023.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16858

The Consequences of Miscarriage on Parental Investments

Aline Bütikofer, Deirdre Coy, Orla Doyle, Rita Ginja

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16838

Healthcare Quality and Dementia Risk

José M. Aravena, Xi Chen, Becca R. Levy

published as 'Association between experiencing low healthcare quality and developing dementia' in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2024, 72 (7), 2126-2132

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16772

Nursing before and after COVID-19: Outflows, Inflows and Self-Employment

Guyonne Kalb, Jordy Meekes

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16680

Healthcare Workers and Life Satisfaction during the Pandemic

Chiara Costi, Andrew E. Clark, Anthony Lepinteur, Conchita D'Ambrosio

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16350

An Ounce of Prevention for a Pound of Cure: Efficiency of Community-Based Healthcare

Antonella Bancalari, Pedro Bernal, Pablo Celhay, Sebastian Martinez, Maria Deni Sánchez

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16332

Do Primary Healthcare Facilities in More Remote Areas Provide More Medical Services? Spatial Evidence from Rural Western China

Chi Shen, Sha Lai, Qiwei Deng, Dan Cao, Dantong Zhao, Yaxin Zhao, Zhongliang Zhou, Wanyue Dong, Xi Chen