Holt and Vinopal (2023) investigate whether there is inequality in how much time people spend waiting for services using the American Time Use Survey (ATUS). They find that (1) high-income people are both less likely to wait and spend less time waiting than low-income people, and that (2) this...

Holt and Vinopal (2023) investigate whether there is inequality in how much time people spend waiting for services using the American Time Use Survey (ATUS). They find that (1) high-income people are both less likely to wait and spend less time waiting than low-income people, and that (2) this...

Holt and Vinopal (2023) provides evidence of an income-based gap in time spent waiting for services on the typical day in the United States. The gap was estimated at the extensive margin, unconditional intensive margin, and intensive margin conditional on some waiting time. The analysis was...

We investigate the impact of a large new public hospital on directly observed waiting times in emergency departments of other public hospitals in Nicaragua. Using a difference-indifferences design, we estimate a significant decrease in waiting time by 42% or 10.1 minutes in nearby hospitals...

We investigate the impact of a large new public hospital on directly observed waiting times in emergency departments of other public hospitals in Nicaragua. Using a difference-indifferences design, we estimate a significant decrease in waiting time by 42% or 10.1 minutes in nearby hospitals...