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On the demand for telemedicine: Evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic
Busso, Matias; González, María P.; Scartascini, Carlos G. - 2021
Telemedicine can expand access to health care at relatively low cost. Historically, however, demand for telemedicine … demand for telemedicine experienced after the onset of the COVID-19 epidemic and the imposition of mobility restrictions. We … find a 233 percent increase in the number of telemedicine calls and a 342 percent increase in calls resulting in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012604869
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On the demand for telemedicine : evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic
Busso, Matias; Gonzalez, Maria P.; Scartascini, Carlos G. - 2021
Telemedicine can expand access to health care at relatively low cost. Historically, however, demand for telemedicine … demand for telemedicine experienced after the onset of the COVID-19 epidemic and the imposition of mobility restrictions. We … find a 233 percent increase in the number of telemedicine calls and a 342 percent increase in calls resulting in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012586138
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Engel Curves for Food Away from Home by Circumstance of Consumption : The Case of Argentina
García Arancibia, Rodrigo - 2013
This paper studies the Engel’s relationship for the consumption of food away from home (FAFH) in Argentina. Different Engel curves and their respective expenditure elasticities are estimated, including socio-economic and demographic characteristics of households, and later computing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014156823
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A stochastic frontier analysis of efficiency in Argentina’s non-life insurance market
Ferro, Gustavo; León, Sonia - In: The Geneva papers on risk and insurance - issues and … 43 (2018) 1, pp. 158-174
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012256025
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The distributive Effects of Education: An Unconditional Quantile Regression Approach
Alejo, Javier; Gabrielli, María Florencia; Escudero, … - 2011
We use recent unconditional quantile regression methods (UQR) to study the distributive effects of education in Argentina. Standard methods usually focus on mean effects, or explore distributive effects by either making stringent modeling assumptions, and/or through counterfactual decompositions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429326
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A decomposition method to evaluate the "paradox of progress" with evidence for Argentina
Alejo, Javier; Gasparini, Leonardo; Montes-Rojas, Gabriel; … - 2022
The 'paradox of progress' is an empirical regularity that associates more education with larger income inequality. Two driving and competing factors behind this phenomenon are the convexity of the 'Mincer equation' (that links wages and education) and the heterogeneity in its returns, as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014327929
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The effects of rent control in Latin America: A century of regulations in Argentina
Jacobo, Alejandro D.; Kholodilin, Konstantin A. - 2020
Following World War I, rent control became a standard policy response to the housing shortage and the resulting rent increases. Typically, economists blame it for creating inefficiencies in the housing market and beyond. We investigate whether rental market regulations (including rent control,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012158400
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The effects of rent control in Latin America : a century of regulations in Argentina
Jacobo, Alejandro D.; Cholodilin, Konstantin Arkadʹevič - 2020
Following World War I, rent control became a standard policy response to the housing shortage and the resulting rent increases. Typically, economists blame it for creating inefficiencies in the housing market and beyond. We investigate whether rental market regulations (including rent control,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012155713
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The distributive effects of education : an unconditional quantile regression approach
Alejo, Javier; Gabrielli, Maria Florencia; Sosa … - 2011
We use recent unconditional quantile regression methods (UQR) to study the distributive effects of education in Argentina. Standard methods usually focus on mean effects, or explore distributive effects by either making stringent modeling assumptions, and/or through counterfactual decompositions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009376705
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The heterogeneity of default costs : evidence from recent sovereign debt crises
Jorra, Markus - 2011
This paper examines the costs of recent sovereign defaults using synthetic control methods, a novel econometric technique based on comparative case studies. Evidence on the effects of debt crises is thus presented on a case-by-case basis, uncovering large variations in country-specific...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009409494