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144 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9054
What Factors Affect Doctors' Hours Decisions: Comparing Structural Discrete Choice and Reduced-Form Approaches
Guyonne Kalb, Daniel Kühnle, Anthony Scott, Terence Chai Cheng, Sung-Hee Jeon
published as 'What factors affect physicians' labour supply: Comparing structural discrete choice and reduced-form approaches' in: Health Economics, 2017, 27 (2), e101 - e119
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8908
Do You Have to Win It to Fix It? A Longitudinal Study of Lottery Winners and Their Health Care Demand
Terence Chai Cheng, Joan Costa-Font, Nattavudh Powdthavee
published in: American Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 4 (1), 26-50
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8881
International Migration Opportunities and Occupational Choice: A Case Study of Philippine Nurses 2002 to 2014
Mary P. Arends-Kuenning, Alvaro Calara, Stella Go
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8815
The Design of Insurance Coverage for Medical Products under Imperfect Competition
David Bardey, Helmuth Cremer, Jean-Marie Lozachmeur
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2016, 137, 28 -37
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8636
Do Market Incentives in the Hospital Industry Affect Subjective Health Perceptions? Evidence from the Italian PPS-DRG Reform
Lorenzo Cappellari, Anna De Paoli, Gilberto Turati
revised version published as 'Do market incentives for hospitals affect health and service utilization? Evidence from prospective pya system-diagnosis-related groups tariffs in Italian regions' in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society - Series A, 2016, 179 (4), 885-905
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8208
Consequences of ADHD Medication Use for Children's Outcomes
Søren Dalsgaard, Helena Skyt Nielsen, Marianne Simonsen
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 37, 137-151
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8099
Learning-by-Doing in a Highly Skilled Profession When Stakes Are High: Evidence from Advanced Cancer Surgery
Daniel Avdic, Petter Lundborg, Johan Vikström
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7834
Returns to Childbirth Technologies: Evidence from Preterm Births
N. Meltem Daysal, Mircea Trandafir, Reyn van Ewijk
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7766
Public, Private or Both? Analysing Factors Influencing the Labour Supply of Medical Specialists
Terence Chai Cheng, Guyonne Kalb, Anthony Scott
published in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2018, 51 (2), 659-691.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7689
Does Full Insurance Increase the Demand for Health Care?
Stefan Boes, Michael Gerfin
published in: Health Economics, 2016, 25 (11), 1483-1496
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7010
The Economics of Grief
Gerard J. van den Berg, Petter Lundborg, Johan Vikström
published in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127 (604), 1794 - 1832
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6936
Spatial Disparities in Hospital Performance
Laurent Gobillon, Carine Milcent
published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2013, 13 (6), 1013-1040
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6879
Saving Lives at Birth: The Impact of Home Births on Infant Outcomes
N. Meltem Daysal, Mircea Trandafir, Reyn van Ewijk
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2015, 7(3), 28-50
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6699
Nudges at the Dentist
Steffen Altmann, Christian Traxler
revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2014, 72, 19-38
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6573
Nurses' Labour Supply Elasticities: The Importance of Accounting for Extensive Margins
Barbara Hanel, Guyonne Kalb, Anthony Scott
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 33, 94-112.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6439
The Impact of Colombia's Pension and Health Insurance Systems on Informality
Valentina Calderón-Mejía, Ioana E. Marinescu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6418
Does Uninsurance Affect the Health Outcomes of the Insured? Evidence from Heart Attack Patients in California
N. Meltem Daysal
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2012, 31 (4), 545-563
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6255
Racial and Ethnic Inequality in Employer Provided Fringe Benefits
Wallace Mok, Zahra Siddique
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6241
In Absolute or Relative Terms? How Framing Prices Affects the Consumer Price Sensitivity of Health Plan Choice
Hendrik Schmitz, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
revised version published as: 'Does Price Framing Affect the Consumer Price Sensitivity of Health Plan Choice?' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2017, 52(1): 89-128
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6165
Bargaining Over Labor: Do Patients Have Any Power?
Joshua S. Gans, Andrew Leigh
published in: Economic Record, 2012, 88 (281), 182 - 194
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6099
The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Exploring the Role of Skills and Health Using Data on Adoptees and Twins
Petter Lundborg, Martin Nordin, Dan-Olof Rooth
published as 'The intergenerational transmission of human capital: the role of skills and health' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 31 (4), 1035-1065.'
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5952
Opt Out or Top Up? Voluntary Healthcare Insurance and the Public vs. Private Substitution
Daniele Fabbri, Chiara Monfardini
published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 78 (1), 75-93
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5753
Patients Whose GP Knows Complementary Medicine Tend to Have Lower Costs and Live Longer
Peter Kooreman, Erik W. Baars
published in: European Journal of Health Economics, 2012, 13(6), 769-776
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5602
Assessing the Effectiveness of Health Care Cost Containment Measures
Nicolas R. Ziebarth
published in: International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, 2014, 14(1), 41-67
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5483
A Labor Market Approach to the Crisis of Health Care Professionals in Africa
Mabel Andalón, Gary S. Fields
published in: Agnes Soucat and Richard Sheffler (eds.): The Labor Market for Health Workers in Africa: A New Look at the Crisis, The World Bank, 2013, 33-48
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5004
The Effect of Private Health Insurance on Medical Care Utilization and Self-Assessed Health in Germany
Patrick Hullegie, Tobias J. Klein
published in: Health Economics, 2010, 19 (9), 1048-1062
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4853
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Use of Drug Therapy
John R. Bowblis, Myeong-Su Yun
published in: Social Science Research, 2010, 39 (4), 674-684
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4831
Who Wants to Work in a Rural Health Post? The Role of Intrinsic Motivation, Rural Background and Faith-Based Institutions in Rwanda and Ethiopia
Pieter Serneels, Jose G. Montalvo, Gunilla Pettersson, Tomas Lievens, Jean Damascene Butera, Aklilu Kidanu
published in: Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2010, 88, 342-349
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4761
The ART of Life: IVF or Child Adoption?
Gulcin Gumus, Jungmin Lee
revised version published as 'Alternative Paths to Parenthood: IVF or Child Adoption?' in: Economic Inquiry, 2012, 50 (3), 802-820
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4746
Intrinsic Motivations and the Non-Profit Health Sector: Evidence from Ethiopia
Danila Serra, Pieter Serneels, Abigail Barr
published in: Personality and Individual Differences, 2011, 51 (3), 309-314
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4435
Racial Differences in Fringe Benefits and Compensation
Wallace Mok, Zahra Siddique
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3952
Self-Employment and the Role of Health Insurance
Gulcin Gumus, Tracy L. Regan
revised version published in: Journal of Business Venturing, 2015, 30 (3), 357-374
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3698
A Dynamic Analysis of the Demand for Health Insurance and Health Care
Jonneke Bolhaar, Maarten Lindeboom, Bas van der Klaauw
published in: European Economic Review, 2012, 56 (4), 669-690
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3422
Wage Effects of Recruitment Methods: The Case of the Italian Social Service Sector
Michele Mosca, Francesco Pastore
published in: Sergio Destefanis and Marco Musella (eds.), Paid and Unpaid Labour in Social Utility Services, Heidelberg: Physica Verlag, 2009
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3399
The Health Returns to Education: What Can We Learn from Twins?
Petter Lundborg
published as 'The health returns to schooling—what can we learn from twins?' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (2), 673-701
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2866
Tax Incentives as a Solution to the Uninsured: Evidence from the Self-Employed
Gulcin Gumus, Tracy L. Regan
revised version published in: Inquiry, 2013, 50 (4), 275-295.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2689
An Analysis of Hospital Efficiency and Productivity Growth Using the Luenberger Productivity Indicator
Carlos Pestana Barros, Antonio Menezes, José António Cabral Vieira, Nicolas Peypoch, Bernardin Solonandrasana
published in: Health Care Management Science, 2008, 11 (4), 373-381
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2520
Relative Efficiency, Scale Effect, and Scope Effect of Public Hospitals: Evidence from Australia
Jian Wang, Zhong Zhao, Amir Mahmood
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2358
Conjugal Bereavement Effects on Health and Mortality at Advanced Ages
Gerard J. van den Berg, Maarten Lindeboom, France Portrait
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2011, 30 (4), 774-794
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2290
Copayments in the German Health System: Does It Work?
Boris Augurzky, Thomas K. Bauer, Sandra Schaffner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1366
The Chicken or the Egg? Endogeneity in Labour Market Participation of Informal Carers in England
Axel Heitmueller
revised version published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26 (3), 536-559
IZA Discussion Paper No. 515
Parallel Private Health Insurance in Australia: A Cautionary Tale and Lessons for Canada
Jeremiah Hurley, Rhema Vaithianathan, Thomas F. Crossley, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
IZA Discussion Paper No. 317
Health Care Reform and the Number of Doctor Visits - An Econometric Analysis
Rainer Winkelmann
published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2004, 19 (4), 455-472
IZA Discussion Paper No. 22
The Economics of Hospital Trips and Health Care Reform
Andreas Million, Ralph Rotte, Klaus F. Zimmermann
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