This paper provides an econometric evaluation of the impact of two innovative care programs for elderly people with dementia (day-care centers and group-living) on the well-being of the primary caregiver of patients. For this evaluation, we use data from a survey conducted in six European...

This paper studies the relationship between the diffusion of innovative procedures for the treatment of heart attack and distributions of the cost and length of hospital stays. Using a sample of 5,681 stays observed in French public hospitals, we use microsimulation techniques to highlight...

This paper considers the identification and estimation of hedonic models. We establish that in an additive version of the hedonic model, technology and preferences are generically nonparametrically identified from data on demand and supply in a single hedonic market. The empirical literature...

Cet article propose une analyse des rendements éducatifs issue du modèle de Mincer (1974). Dans le cas de Madagascar où plus de 50% des élèves étaient scolarisés dans une école privée en 1997, le type d’éducation reçue (publique ou privée) est pris en compte, tandis que les biais...

A partir d’une étude de l’offre de contrats d’assurance dépendance en France, on analysera les principales caractéristiques des contrats proposés (qu’ils soient individuels ou collectifs, facultatifs ou obligatoires). Les termes des contrats seront définis (niveau de dépendance...

In this paper, we want to characterize the optimal health insurance contract with adverse selection and moral hazard. We assume that policyholders differ by the permanent health status loss and choose an unobservable preventive effort in order to reduce the probability of illness which is...

This paper focuses on the switching behaviour of enrolees in the Swiss basic health insurance system. Even though the new Federal Law on Social Health Insurance (LAMal) was implemented in 1996 to promote competition among health insurers in basic insurance, there is limited evidence of premium...

En France, l’offre de soins ambulatoires est régulée depuis 1971 par le numerus clausus, qui fixe le nombre d’étudiants admis en deuxième année de médecine. Fixé initialement à 8 588 places, il n’a vraiment diminué qu’à partir de 1978, jusqu’à atteindre 3 500 places en 1993....