IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'How does occupational licensing affect entry into the medical field? An examination of emergency medical technicians' in: Southern Economic Journal, 2024, 91 (1), 38 - 61

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13912

Did COVID-19 Change Life Insurance Offerings?

Timothy F. Harris, Aaron Yelowitz, Charles Courtemanche

published in: Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2021, 88 (4), 831-861

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13767

Transfer Payment Systems and Financial Distress: Insights from Health Insurance Premium Subsidies

Christian P. R. Schmid, Nicolas Schreiner, Alois Stutzer

revised version published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2022, 20 (5), 1829-1858

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13756

Work Disability after Motherhood and How Paternity Leave Can Help

Sébastien Fontenay, Ilan Tojerow

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13487

Did Medicaid Expansion Reduce Medical Divorce?

David Slusky, Donna K. Ginther

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. 13379

If Sick-Leave Becomes More Costly, Will I Go Back to Work? Could It Be Too Soon?

Olivier Marie, Judit Vall-Castello

published as 'Sick Leave Cuts and (Unhealthy) Returns to Work' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2023, 41, 923-956.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13258

Integrating Social Insurance and Social Assistance Programs for the Future World of Labor

Robert Palacios, David A. Robalino

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13200

The Value of Health Insurance during a Crisis: Effects of Medicaid Implementation on Pandemic Influenza Mortality

Karen Clay, Joshua Lewis, Edson R. Severnini, Xiao Wang

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024, 106 (5), 1393 - 1402

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13132

Mandated Sick Pay: Coverage, Utilization, and Welfare Effects

J. Catherine Maclean, Stefan Pichler, Nicolas R. Ziebarth

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13119

Effects of the Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Mandate on Health Insurance Coverage for Individuals in Same-Sex Couples

Christopher S. Carpenter, Gilbert Gonzales, Tara McKay, Dario Sansone

published in: Demography , 2021, 58 (5), 1897-1929

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13108

The Response to Dynamic Incentives in Insurance Contracts with a Deductible: Evidence from a Differences-in-Regression-Discontinuities Design

Tobias J. Klein, Martin Salm, Suraj Upadhyay

revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2022, 210, 104660

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12997

State Medicaid Expansion and the Self-Employed

Jun Yeong Lee, John V. Winters

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12968

The Dependent Coverage Mandate Took a Bite Out of Crime

Zachary S. Fone, Andrew I. Friedson, Brandy Lipton, Joseph J. Sabia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12850

Why Are There More Accidents on Mondays? Economic Incentives, Ergonomics or Externalities

Michelle Poland, Isabelle Sin, Steven Stillman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12842

Medicaid Expansion and the Unemployed

Thomas C. Buchmueller, Helen Levy, Robert G. Valletta

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2021, 39 (S2), S575–S617

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12827

Expanding Health Insurance for the Elderly of the Philippines

Michael R.M. Abrigo, Timothy J. Halliday, Teresa Molina

published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2022, 37(3), 500-520

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12636

The Effects of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion on Subjective Well-being

Seonghoon Kim, Kanghyock Koh

published in: Health Economics, 2022, 31(1), 233-249

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12617

The Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Workplace Absenteeism of Overweight and Obese Workers

Ethan Grumstrup, Md. Mobarak Hossain, Sankar Mukhopadhyay, Olga Shapoval

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12606

Minimum Wages and the Health and Access to Care of Immigrants' Children

Susan L. Averett, Julie K. Smith, Yang Wang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12552

Did the ACA Medicaid Expansion Save Lives?

Mark Borgschulte, Jacob Vogler

published in Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 72, 102333

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12464

Government Regulation and Lifecycle Wages: Evidence from Continuing Coverage Mandates

J. Catherine Maclean, Douglas A. Webber

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12304

The Unexpected Consequences of Job Search Monitoring: Disability Instead of Employment?

Octave De Brouwer, Elisabeth Leduc, Ilan Tojerow

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2023, 224, 104929

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. 12290

Opting out of Workers' Compensation: Non-Subscription in Texas and Its Effects

Lu Jinks, Thomas J. Kniesner, John D. Leeth, Anthony T. Lo Sasso

published in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2020, 60(1), 53-76

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12186

Socialized Healthcare and Women's Fertility Decisions

Resul Cesur, Pinar Mine Gunes, Erdal Tekin, Aydogan Ulker

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2023, 58 (3), 1028-1055;

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11988

The Effect of a Ban on Gender-Based Pricing on Risk Selection in the German Health Insurance Market

Shan Huang, Martin Salm

revised version published in: Health Economics, 2020, 29, 3-17

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11879

Does Health Insurance Make People Happier? Evidence from Massachusetts' Healthcare Reform

Seonghoon Kim, Kanghyock Koh

published as 'Health insurance and subjective well-being: Evidence from two healthcare reforms in the United States' in: Health Economics, 2022, 31 (1), 233-249

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11751

Adverse Selection in Low-Income Health Insurance Markets: Evidence from a RCT in Pakistan

Torben Fischer, Markus Frölich, Andreas Landmann

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2023, 15 (3), 313–340

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11706

The Value of Health Insurance: A Household Job Search Approach

Gabriella Conti, Rita Ginja, Renata Narita

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11702

Working Times and Overweight: Tight Schedules, Weaker Fitness?

Joan Costa-Font, Belen Saenz de Miera Juarez

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11628

Bismarck's Health Insurance and the Mortality Decline

Stefan Bauernschuster, Anastasia Driva, Erik Hornung

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18 (5), 2561-2607

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. 11539

Domain-Specific Risk and Public Policy

Ohto Kanninen, Petri Böckerman, Ilpo Suoniemi

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11508

Does the Framing of Patient Cost-Sharing Incentives Matter? The Effects of Deductibles vs. No-Claim Refunds

Arthur P. Hayen, Tobias J. Klein, Martin Salm

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 80, 102520

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11468

Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Behaviors after Three Years

Charles Courtemanche, James Marton, Benjamin Ukert, Aaron Yelowitz, Daniela Zapata

published in: INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2018, 55

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. 11394

The Effect of Prenatal Maternity Leave on Short and Long-Term Child Outcomes

Alexander Ahammer, Martin Halla, Nicole Schneeweis

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 70, 102250

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. 10916

Minimum Wages and the Health of Hispanic Women

Susan L. Averett, Julie K. Smith, Yang Wang

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. 10746

The Effects of Health Insurance Parity Laws for Substance Use Disorder Treatment on Traffic Fatalities: Evidence of Unintended Benefits

Ioana Popovici, J. Catherine Maclean, Michael French

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10745

The Effect of Public Insurance Expansions on Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act

J. Catherine Maclean, Brendan Saloner

published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2019, 38 (2), 366 - 393

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10744

Nudging Households to Take Up Health Insurance: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Burkina Faso

Fadima Bocoum, Michael Grimm, Renate Hartwig, Nathalie Zongo

published as 'Can information increase the understanding and uptake of insurance? Lessons from a randomized experiment in rural Burkina Faso' in: Social Science and Medicine, 2019, 220, 102-111.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10649

Early Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access, Risky Health Behaviors, and Self-Assessed Health

Charles Courtemanche, James Marton, Benjamin Ukert, Aaron Yelowitz, Daniela Zapata

published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2018, 84 (3), 660 - 691

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10578

State Health Insurance Mandates and Labor Market Outcomes: New Evidence on Old Questions

Yaa Akosa Antwi, J. Catherine Maclean

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10335

Sick Pay Reforms and Health Status in a Unionised Labour Market

Laszlo Goerke

published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2017, 64(2), 115-142

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10188

Preferences for Truth-Telling

Johannes Abeler, Daniele Nosenzo, Collin Raymond

published in: Econometrics, 2019, 87 (4), 1115–1153

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10122

Health Insurance and Child Health: Evidence from Mexico

Gabriella Conti, Rita Ginja

published as 'Who Benefits From Free Health Insurance: Evidence from Mexico' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2023, 58 (1), 146-182

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9922

Community-Based Health Insurance and Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Spending in Africa: Evidence from Rwanda

Andinet Woldemichael, Daniel Zerfu Gurara, Abebe Shimeles

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9867

Labor Market Effects of US Sick Pay Mandates

Stefan Pichler, Nicolas R. Ziebarth

revised version published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2020, 55 (2), 611-659

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9833

Uptake of Health Insurance and the Productive Safety Net Program in Rural Ethiopia

Zemzem Shigute, Anagaw Derseh Mebratie, Robert Sparrow, Zelalem Yilma, Getnet Alemu, Arjun S. Bedi

published in: Social Science and Medicine, 2017, 176, 133-141

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9832

Beyond Job Lock: Impacts of Public Health Insurance on Occupational and Industrial Mobility

Ammar Farooq, Adriana Kugler

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9772

Cost-Sharing and Use of Health Services in Italy: Evidence from a Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design

Michela Ponzo, Vincenzo Scoppa

published in: Economic Modelling, 2021, 103, 105599.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9712

Does Medicaid Coverage for Pregnant Women Affect Prenatal Health Behaviors?

Dhaval M. Dave, Robert Kaestner, George Wehby

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9709

Profiling the US Sick Leave Landscape

Philip Susser, Nicolas R. Ziebarth

short version published in: Health Services Research, 2016, 51 (6), 2305-2317

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9692

The Effectiveness of Medical and Vocational Interventions for Reducing Sick Leave of Self-Employed Workers

Stijn Baert, Bas van der Klaauw, Gijsbert van Lomwel

revised version published in: Health Economics, 2018, 27 (3), e139 - e152

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9481

Overconfidence and Health Insurance Participation among the Elderly

Wei Huang, Mi Luo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9329

The Value of Socialized Medicine: The Impact of Universal Primary Healthcare Provision on Birth and Mortality Rates in Turkey

Resul Cesur, Pinar Mine Gunes, Erdal Tekin, Aydogan Ulker

published as 'The value of socialized medicine: The impact of universal primary healthcare provision on mortality rates in 'in: Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 150, 74 - 93

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9292

Health Insurance Benefit Mandates and the Firm-Size Distribution

James Bailey, Douglas A. Webber

published in: Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2018, 85 (2), 577-595

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9265

Nonparametric Kernel Estimation of the Impact of Tax Policy on the Demand for Private Health Insurance in Australia

Xiaodong Gong, Jiti Gao

published in: Australia & New Zealand Journal of Statistics, 2018, 60 (3), 374- 393

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9247

The Effects of Two Influential Early Childhood Interventions on Health and Healthy Behaviors

Gabriella Conti, James J. Heckman, Rodrigo Pinto

Published in: Economic Journal, 2016, 126 (596), F28-F65.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9186

Protecting Working-Age People with Disabilities: Experiences of Four Industrialized Nations

Richard V. Burkhauser, Mary C. Daly, Nicolas R. Ziebarth

published in: Journal of Labour Market Research, 2016, 49 (4), 367-386

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9181

Employers Opting Out of Public Disability Insurance: Selection or Incentive Effects?

Wolter Hassink, Pierre Koning, Wim Zwinkels

published as 'Do Firms with Low Disability Risks Opt Out from Public to Private Insurance?' in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2018, 18 (1), 20170022

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