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149 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14990
Health and Labor Market Impacts of Twin Birth: Evidence from a Swedish IVF Policy Mandate
Sonia R. Bhalotra, Damian Clarke, Hanna Mühlrad, Mårten Palme
revised version available from the authors
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14891
The Cost of Health Insurance and Entry into Entrepreneurship
Frank M. Fossen, Mobarak Hossain, Sankar Mukhopadhyay, Peter Toth
revised version published in: Small Business Economics, 2025, 64, 383-405
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14886
Testing for Ethnic Discrimination in Outpatient Health Care: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Germany
Martin Halla, Christopher Kah, Rupert Sausgruber
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14744
Learning-by-Doing and Productivity Growth among High-Skilled Workers: Evidence from the Treatment of Heart Attacks
Petter Lundborg, Stefan James, Bo Lagerqvist, Johan Vikström
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14685
The Right to Health and the Health Effects of Denials
Sonia R. Bhalotra, Manuel Fernandez Sierra
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14556
Measuring the Burden: The Effect of Travel Distance on Abortions and Births
Caitlin Knowles Myers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14434
Cooling off or Burdened? The Effects of Mandatory Waiting Periods on Abortions and Births
Caitlin Knowles Myers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14399
When Externalities Collide: Influenza and Pollution
Joshua Graff Zivin, Matthew Neidell, Nicholas Sanders, Gregor Singer
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2023, 15 (2), 320–351
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14098
Cognitive Impairment and Prevalence of Memory-Related Diagnoses among U.S. Older Adults
Yuting Qian, Xi Chen, Diwen Tang, Amy S. Kelley, Jing Li
published as 'Prevalence of Memory-Related Diagnoses Among U.S. Older Adults With Early Symptoms of Cognitive Impairment' in: Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 2021, 76 (10), 1846 - 1853
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13992
Urgent Care Centers, Hospital Performance and Population Health
Sonia R. Bhalotra, Letícia Nunes, Rudi Rocha
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13876
Pension and Health Services Utilization: Evidence from Social Pension Expansion in China
Shanquan Chen, Xi Chen, Stephen Law, Henry Lucas, Shenlan Tang, Qian Long, Lei Xue, Zheng Wang
published in: BMC Health Services Research, 2020, 20, 1008
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13800
Re-Examining Supplier-Induced Demand in Health Care: Comparisons among Patients Affiliated and Not Affiliated with Healthcare Professionals in China
Yafei Si, Zhongliang Zhou, Min Su, Han Hu, Zesen Yang, Xi Chen
published as 'Comparison of health care utilization among patients affiliated and not affiliated with healthcare professionals in China' in: BMC Health Services Research, 2020, 20, 1118
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13774
Health of Elderly Parents, Their Children's Labor Supply, and the Role of Migrant Care Workers
Wolfgang Frimmel, Martin Halla, Jörg Paetzold, Julia Schmieder
published online in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2023
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13745
Predictors of Social Distancing and Mask-Wearing Behavior: Panel Survey in Seven U.S. States
Plamen Nikolov, Andreas Pape, Ozlem Tonguc, Charlotte Williams
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13552
Does Immigration Improve Quality of Care in Nursing Homes?
Delia Furtado, Francesc Ortega
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13485
Missing a Nurse Visit
Jonas Cuzulan Hirani, Hans Henrik Sievertsen, Miriam Wüst
published online as: 'Beyond Treatment Exposure: The Impact of the Timing of Early Interventions on Child and Maternal Health' in: Journal of Human Resources, May 9, 2022
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13445
Subjective Expectations for Health Service Use and Consequences for Health Insurance Behavior
Nathan Kettlewell
published as 'The informational content of subjective expectations for health service use' in: BMC Health Services Research, 2021, 21, 464 (2021)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13256
Hospital Resources: Persistent Reallocation under Price Changes
Florian Wozny
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13100
Cream Skimming by Health Care Providers and Inequality in Health Care Access: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
Anna Werbeck, Ansgar Wübker, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 188, 1325-1350
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12872
The Economics behind the Epidemic: Afghan Opium Price and Prescription Opioids in the US
Claudio Deiana, Ludovica Giua, Roberto Nistico
published as 'Opium Price Shocks and Prescription Opioids in the US' in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2024, 86 (3), 449 - 484
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12797
Hospital Closures and Short-Run Change in Ambulance Call Times
Sookti Chaudhary, Alison Davis, Kenneth Troske, SuZanne Troske
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12731
How Do Low-Income Enrollees in the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces Respond to Cost-Sharing?
Kurt Lavetti, Thomas DeLeire, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
revised version published in: Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2023, 90 (1), 155 - 183
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12490
Multiple Births, Birth Quality and Maternal Labor Supply: Analysis of IVF Reform in Sweden
Sonia R. Bhalotra, Damian Clarke, Hanna Mühlrad, Mårten Palme
revised version available from the authors
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12463
Losing Insurance and Behavioral Health Hospitalizations: Evidence from a Large-Scale Medicaid Disenrollment
J. Catherine Maclean, Sebastian Tello-Trillo, Douglas A. Webber
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 205, 508-527
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12383
Impact of Increased Long-Term Care Insurance Payments on Employment and Wages in Formal Long-Term Care
Ayako Kondo
published in: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2019, 53, 101034
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12297
More Hospital Choices, More C-Sections: Evidence from Chile
Ramiro de Elejalde, Eugenio Giolito
revised version published as "A demand-smoothing incentive for cesarean deliveries" in: Journal of Health Economics 2021, 75, 102411
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12193
Promoting Breast Cancer Screening Take-Ups with Zero Cost: Evidence from an Experiment on Formatting Invitation Letters in Italy
Marco Bertoni, Luca Corazzini, Silvana Robone
published in: American Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 6 (3), 372-409.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12129
Improving Estimation of Labor Market Disequilibrium Using Shortage Indicators, with an Application to the Market for Anesthesiologists
Matthew Baird, Lindsay Daugherty, Krishna B. Kumar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11845
Information Provision and Streamlined Medical Service: Evidence from a Mobile Appointment App
Changcheng Song, Nan Yang, Junjian Yi, Ye Yuan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11772
Mergers and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from Maternity Ward Closures
Daniel Avdic, Petter Lundborg, Johan Vikström
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11627
Impacts of Shifting Responsibility for High-Cost Individuals on Health Insurance Exchange Plan Premiums and Cost-Sharing Provisions
Sankar Mukhopadhyay, Jeanne Wendel, Miaomiao Zou
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2019, 66, 180-194.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11509
Moral Nimby-ism? Understanding Societal Support for Monetary Compensation to Plasma Donors in Canada
Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis
published in: Law and Contemporary Problems, 2018, 81, 83 - 105
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11445
An Apple a Day? Adult Food Stamp Eligibility and Health Care Utilization Among Immigrants
Chloe N. East, Andrew I. Friedson
published in: American Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 6 (3), 289–323
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11444
Ambulance Utilization in New York City after the Implementation of the Affordable Care Act
Charles Courtemanche, Andrew I. Friedson, Daniel I. Rees
published as 'Association of Ambulance Use in New York City With the Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ' in: JAMA Network Open, 2019, 2 (6), e196419.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11230
Gender Homophily in Referral Networks: Consequences for the Medicare Physician Earnings Gap
Dan Zeltzer
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2020, 12 (2), 169-197
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10952
Did Parental Involvement Laws Grow Teeth? The Effects of State Restrictions on Minors' Access to Abortion
Caitlin Knowles Myers, Daniel Ladd
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 71, 102302
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10951
The Affordable Care Act and Ambulance Response Times
Charles Courtemanche, Andrew I. Friedson, Andrew P. Koller, Daniel I. Rees
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2019, 67, 102213
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10871
Exit, Voice or Loyalty? An Investigation into Mandated Portability of Front-Loaded Private Health Plans
Juan Pablo Atal, Hanming Fang, Martin Karlsson, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
published in: Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2019, 86 (3), 697-727
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10870
Introducing Risk Adjustment and Free Health Plan Choice in Employer-Based Health Insurance: Evidence from Germany
Adam Pilny, Ansgar Wübker, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 56, 330-351
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10817
Active Ingredients: Exploring the Key Factors Affecting the Rising Cost of Developing New Drugs
Sarah J. Fossett, Phanindra V. Wunnava
published in: International Journal o Health Sciences, 2019, 7 (3), 1 - 18
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10735
Healer or Gatekeeper? Physicians' Role Conflict When Symptoms Are Non-Verifiable
Benedicte Carlsen, Karine Nyborg
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10479
Do Minimum Wage Increases Influence Worker Health?
Brady P. Horn, J. Catherine Maclean, Michael R. Strain
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2017, 44 (4), 1986-2007
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10478
Health Insurance Expansions and Provider Behavior: Evidence from Substance Use Disorder Providers
J. Catherine Maclean, Ioana Popovici, Elisheva Rachel Stern
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10477
The Impact of Increased Cost-Sharing on Utilization of Low Value Services: Evidence from the State of Oregon
Jonathan Gruber, J. Catherine Maclean, Bill Wright, Eric Wilkinson, Kevin G. Volpp
published as 'The effect of increased cost-sharing on low-value service use' in: Health Economics, 2020, 29 (10), 1180-1201
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10476
Competition and Hospital Quality: Evidence from a French Natural Experiment
Laurent Gobillon, Carine Milcent
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10190
Business Ethics in Organizations: An Experimental Examination of Whistleblowing and Personality
Jenny Bartuli, Behnud Mir Djawadi, René Fahr
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10187
Efficiency-Morality Trade-Offs in Repugnant Transactions: A Choice Experiment
Julio Elias, Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis
revised version published as 'Paying for Kidneys? A Randomized Survey and Choice Experiment' in: American Economic Review, 2019, 109 (8), 2855 - 2888
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9910
Do Financial Incentives Influence GPs' Decisions to Do After-Hours Work? A Discrete Choice Labour Supply Model
Barbara Broadway, Guyonne Kalb, Jinhu Li, Anthony Scott
published in: Health Economics, 2017, 26 (12), e52-e66
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9825
The Market for Paid Sick Leave
Simen Markussen, Knut Røed
revised version published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 55, 244-261
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9810
Heterogeneous Effects of Medical Interventions on the Health of Low-Risk Newborns
N. Meltem Daysal, Mircea Trandafir, Reyn van Ewijk
revised version published as 'Low-risk isn't no-risk: Perinatal treatments and the health of low-income newborns' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2019, 64, 55-67.
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