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Program Report: Health Economics, 2022 NBER

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Economics of Health NBER

WEBAmy Finkelstein is the John and Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the co-founder and Co-Scientific Director of …

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Economic Analysis for Evidence-Based Health Policy: Progress and

WEBThe NBER Health Economics Program has historically studied the determinants and consequences of differences in health outcomes, with a focus on …

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How Health Declines with Age NBER

WEBSummary of working paper 9821. It is a fact of life that health declines with age. When people are asked to rank their health status on a 5-point scale (where 1 is excellent and …

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Human Capital Spillovers and Health: Does Living Around College

WEBEqually educated people are healthier if they live in more educated places. Every 10 percent point increase in an area’s share of adults with a college degree is …

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Health as an Investment NBER

WEBIn addition to working papers, the NBER disseminates affiliates’ latest findings through a range of free periodicals — the NBER Reporter, the NBER Digest, the Bulletin on …

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Education and Health: Evaluating Theories and Evidence NBER

WEBDOI 10.3386/w12352. Issue Date July 2006. There is a large and persistent association between education and health. In this paper, we review what is known about this link. …

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Socioeconomic Status and Health: Dimensions and Mechanisms

WEBWe focus on four dimensions of socioeconomic status -- education, financial resources, rank, and race and ethnicity -- paying particular attention to how the mechanisms linking …

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Immigration's Effect on US Wages and Employment Redux NBER

WEBIn this article we revive, extend and improve the approach used in a series of influential papers written in the 2000s to estimate how changes in the supply of …

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HEALTH AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

WEB1 . Health and Economic Growth: Reconciling the Micro and Macro Evidence . David E. Bloom 𝑎𝑎, David Canning 𝑎𝑎, Rainer Kotschy 𝑎𝑎, Klaus Prettner. 𝑏𝑏,𝑐𝑐, Johannes Schünemann 𝑑𝑑 …

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Macroeconomics of Mental Health NBER

WEBWe develop an economic theory of mental health. The theory is grounded in classic and modern psychiatric literature, is disciplined with micro data, and is formalized …

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Program Report: International Finance and Macroeconomics

WEBAffiliates of the International Finance and Macroeconomics (IFM) Program study financial interactions among nations, including cross-border capital flows, …

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The Economics of Generative AI NBER

WEB1. “Experimental Evidence on the Productivity Effects of Generative Artificial Intelligence,” Noy S, Zhang W. Science 381(6654), July 2023, pp. 187–192. “Navigating the Jagged …

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The Dominant Role of Expectations and Broad Based Supply …

WEBThe object of this paper is to assess the role of supply shocks, labor market tightness and expectation formation in explaining bouts of inflation. We begin by showing that a quasi …

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The International Monetary Transmission Mechanism NBER

WEBTime series analysis shows that a US monetary tightening leads to economic contractions in non-US countries. We develop small open economy (SOE) models that include standard …

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Front matter, THE DEMAND FOR HEALTH: A THEORETICAL …

WEBFront matter, THE DEMAND FOR HEALTH: A THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION. This PDF is a selection from an out-of-print volume from the National …

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Comparing the U.S. and Canadian Health Care Systems NBER

WEBIn discussions of health care reform, the Canadian system is often held up as a possible model for the U.S. The two countries' health care systems are very different-Canada …

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Monopsony Power in Labor Markets NBER

WEBIn the standard labor market model taught in introductory economics classes around the world, relationships between firms and workers are just another transaction, …

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NBER Appoints 71 New Affiliates NBER

WEBFollowing a call for nominations in January, the NBER has appointed 71 new affiliates: 17 Research Associates and 54 Faculty Research Fellows. In addition, eight …

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How Nurses Affect Health Care Delivery and Patient Health

WEB05/25/2017. Summary of working paper 23174. Nurses are the largest group of health professionals in the United States, with 3.4 million employed licensed nurses making up …

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The Effects of Medical Debt Relief: Evidence from Two …

WEBFirst, we find no impact of debt relief on credit access, utilization, and financial distress on average. Second, we estimate that debt relief causes a moderate but …

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The Effects of Education on Health NBER

WEB03/01/2007. Summary of working paper 12352. An additional four years of education lowers five-year mortality by 1.8 percentage points; it also reduces the risk of heart disease by …

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Safety Net Program Interactions and Impacts on Low-Income …

WEBThe US safety net is a patchwork of interacting programs providing cash and in-kind transfers to low-income individuals and families. Our research investigates how these …

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Adverse Selection in Health Insurance NBER

WEBIndividual choice over health insurance policies may result in risk-based sorting across plans. Such adverse selection induces three types of losses: efficiency losses from …

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The Demand for Health Insurance Among Uninsured …

WEBYet any attempt to achieve universal coverage must focus on the uninsured, the vast majority of whom are not offered employer-sponsored insurance. In the summer of 2008, …

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Unemployment in Informal Labor Markets in Developing Countries

WEBDeveloping countries typically exhibit low rates of rural wage employment. For example, in India, male workers whose primary source of earnings is wage labor report working on …

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The Impact of Health Insurance on Preventive Care and Health …

WEBThe impact of health insurance on health behaviors is ambiguous. Any increase in contact with health care providers resulting from health insurance could reduce risky health …

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Financial Dependence and Innovation: The Case of Public …

WEBThe findings suggest that public listing is beneficial to the innovation of firms in industries with a greater need for external capital. Viral V. Acharya Stern School of Business New …

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