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Welfare Implications of Learning Through Solicitation versus Diversification in Health Care

Basu, Anirban - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

This paper uses Roy's model of sorting behavior to study welfare implication of current health care data production infrastructure that relies on solicitation of research subjects. We show that due to severe adverse-selection issues, directionality of bias cannot be established and welfare may...

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The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors

Cawley, John; Ruhm, Christopher - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for …

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Health Insurance and the Obesity Externality

Sood, Neeraj; Bhattacharya, Jay - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005

long as insurance premiums are not risk rated for obesity, health insurance coverage systematically shields those covered …, and public health officials should treat the obesity epidemic as a matter of indifference. In this paper, we show that, as … than the non-obese, but pay the same health insurance premiums, they impose a negative externality on normal weight …

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Increasing Our Understanding of the Health-Income Gradient in Children

Wolfe, Barbara L.; Fletcher, Jason - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

There have been numerous attempts to both document the income-health gradient in children and to understand the nature of the tie. In this paper we review and summarize existing studies and then use a unique school based panel data set from the US to attempt to further our understanding of the...

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Peer Effects and Human Capital Accumulation: the Externalities of ADD

Aizer, Anna - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008

Recent work shows that peers affect student achievement, but the mechanisms are not well understood. I show that peer behavior is an important mechanism, perhaps more so than ability, by exploiting exogenous timing in diagnosis/treatment of ADD among peers that improves peer behavior while...

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The Effects of Childhood ADHD on Adult Labor Market Outcomes

Fletcher, Jason - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

While several types of mental illness, including substance abuse disorders, have been linked with poor labor market outcomes, no current research has been able to examine the effects of childhood ADHD. As ADHD has become one of the most prevalent childhood mental conditions, it is useful to...

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Synthesizing Econometric Evidence: The Case of Demand Elasticity Estimates

Kenkel, Donald S.; DeCicca, Philip - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015

Econometric estimates of the responsiveness of health-related consumer demand to higher prices are often key ingredients for policy analysis. Drawing on several examples, especially that of cigarette demand, we review the potential advantages and challenges of synthesizing econometric evidence...

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Pharmaceutical Profits and the Social Value of Innovation

Dranove, David; Garthwaite, Craig; Hermosilla, Manuel - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

Prior research has shown that exogenous shocks to the demand for medical products spur additional product development. These studies do not distinguish between breakthrough products and those that largely duplicate the performance of existing products. In this paper, we use a novel data set to...

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The Effect of Medicare Advantage on Hospital Admissions and Mortality

Afendulis, Christopher C.; Chernew, Michael E.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

Medicare currently allows beneficiaries to choose between a government-run health plan and a privately- administered program known as Medicare Advantage (MA). Because enrollment in MA is optional, conventional observational estimates of the program's impact are potentially subject to selection...

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The Roles of Assimilation and Ethnic Enclave Residence in Immigrant Smoking

Maclean, Johanna Catherine; Webber, Douglas; Sindelar, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

In this study we examine the importance of assimilation and ethnic enclave residence for smoking outcomes among United States immigrants. We draw data on over 140,000 immigrants from the Current Population Survey Tobacco Use Supplements between 1995 and 2011. Several patterns emerge from our...

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