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Cost-sharing and use of health services in Italy : evidence from a fuzzy regression discontinuity design
Ponzo, Michela; Scoppa, Vincenzo - 2016
We use a Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) to evaluate the impact of cost-sharing on the use of health services. In the Italian health system, individuals reaching age 65 and earning low incomes are given total exemption from cost-sharing for health services consumption. Since the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011453425
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The Effect of Maternal Employment on the Likelihood of a Child Being Overweight
Zhu, Anna - School of Economics, UNSW Business School - 2007
Childhood obesity has increased dramatically in the developed world. One cause of this trend, suggested by studies in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077093
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How Effective is Population-Based Cancer Screening? Regression Discontinuity Estimates from the U.S. Guideline Screening Initiation Ages
Kadiyala, Srikanth; Strumpf, Erin - 2011
U.S. cancer screening guidelines recommend that cancer screening begin for breast cancer at age 40 and for colorectal cancer and prostate cancers at age 50. What are the marginal returns to physician and individual compliance with these cancer screening guidelines? We estimate the marginal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014179658
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Policy Relevant Heterogeneity in the Value of Statistical Life : New Evidence from Panel Data Quantile Regressions
Kniesner, Thomas J.; Viscusi, W. Kip; Ziliak, James P. - 2012
We examine differences in the value of statistical life (VSL) across potential wage levels in panel data using quantile regressions with intercept heterogeneity. Latent heterogeneity is econometrically important and affects the estimated VSL. Our findings indicate that a reasonable average cost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014183603
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Policy Relevant Heterogeneity in the Value of Statistical Life : New Evidence from Panel Data Quantile Regressions
Kniesner, Thomas J.; Viscusi, W. Kip; Ziliak, James P. - 2012
We examine differences in the value of statistical life (VSL) across potential wage levels in panel data using quantile regressions with intercept heterogeneity. Latent heterogeneity is econometrically important and affects the estimated VSL. Our findings indicate that a reasonable average cost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014202605
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Are Employers Discriminating with Respect to Weight? European Evidence using Quantile Regression
Atella, Vincenzo; Pace, Noemi; Vuri, Daniela - 2014
The aim of this research is to investigate the relationship between obesity and wages, using data for nine countries … adopting an Instrumental Variable Quantile Regression (IVQR) model to characterize the heterogenous impact of obesity at … analysis hides a significant amount of heterogeneity as the relationship between obesity and wages differs across countries and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014218877
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Policy Relevant Heterogeneity in the Value of Statistical Life : New Evidence from Panel Data Quantile Regressions
Kniesner, Thomas J. - 2012
We examine differences in the value of statistical life (VSL) across potential wage levels in panel data using quantile regressions with intercept heterogeneity. Latent heterogeneity is econometrically important and affects the estimated VSL. Our findings indicate that a reasonable average cost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013116688
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Unemployment and health : a meta-analysis
Picchio, Matteo; Ubaldi, Michele - 2022
This paper is a meta-analysis on the relationship between unemployment and health. Our meta-dataset is made up of 327 study results coming from 65 articles published in peer-reviewed journals between 1990 and 2021. We find that publication bias is important, but only for those study results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013285031
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Unemployment and health : a meta-analysis
Picchio, Matteo; Ubaldi, Michele - 2022
This paper is a meta-analysis on the relationship between unemployment and health. Our meta-dataset is made up of 327 study results coming from 65 articles published in peer-reviewed journals between 1990 and 2021. We find that publication bias is important, but only for those study results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013286559
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Policy relevant heterogeneity in the value of statistical life : new evidence from panel data quantile regressions
Kniesner, Thomas J.; Viscusi, W. Kip; Ziliak, James P. - 2009
We examine differences in the value of statistical life (VSL) across potential wage levels in panel data using quantile regressions with intercept heterogeneity. Latent heterogeneity is econometrically important and affects the estimated VSL. Our findings indicate that a reasonable average cost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003905615