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US healthcare inefficiency: Evidence from international

Prior work (Kyle 2007, Kyle and Qian 2014, and Cockburn et al. 2016) has attempted to quantify the influence of factors such as intellectual property rights and price control policies on firms' decisions to launch … See more

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The effects of college education on health CEPR

WebOver the past decade, there has been increasing interest in expanding access to college education in the US. This column examines how changes in college access in the US at the end of the 20th century …

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Diseases and development: Does life expectancy …

WebOn the one hand it may increase the productivity of available resources, e.g., by improving health of workers, and it may increase the incentives to undertake long-term investments like (most notably) human …

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Bismarck’s health insurance and its impact on mortality CEPR

WebThe model for today’s health insurance systems was Otto von Bismarck’s compulsory health insurance, introduced in the German Empire in 1884. This column …

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The impact of Fox News on the US COVID-19 vaccination campaign

WebEver since COVID-19 vaccines were introduced in late 2020, vaccine resistance has remained a common phenomenon. Lower willingness to get the COVID …

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How the Clean Water Act has served the environment and the …

WebMany argue that the $1 trillion cost of the 1972 US Clean Water Act outweigh its benefits. The column uses new evidence on grants and water pollution readings to …

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Higher minimum wages and mixed effects on health CEPR

WebA handful of studies have led influential health advocacy organisations to recommend increasing minimum wages to improve health. This column assesses the …

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Health and economic growth: Reconciling the micro and macro …

WebEconomists use micro-based and macro-based approaches to assess the macroeconomic return to population health. The results of both approaches differ widely, …

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Employee wellbeing, productivity, and firm performance: Evidence …

WebA growing number of companies place a high priority on the wellbeing of their workers, assuming that happier workers will lead to improved productivity. This column …

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Valuating health vs wealth: The effect of information and how this

WebThe behavioural interventions to control the spread of COVID-19 present trade-offs between health and wealth. To be successful, an understanding of how the …

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Health Economics CEPR

WebThe intergenerational health effects of forced displacement: Japanese American incarceration during WWII. Daniel Grossman. Umair Khalil. Laura Panza. 13 Mar 2024. …

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Racial inequality in infectious disease mortality in the early 20th

WebThe mortality rate of non-Hispanic white Americans in midlife has been rising since the beginning of the 21st century, in contrast to the national decline in deaths from …

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Legalise it: Prohibition’s repeal and its unintended impact on

WebThe year 2020 marked the centenary of Prohibition, under which the production and sale of alcohol in the US was banned for nearly 14 years. Though it …

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The morbidity cost of air pollution: Evidence from consumer

WebAir pollution is a serious concern for China. National levels of fine particular matter are well above recommended standards, and the average concentration across …

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The evolution of BMI values of US adults: 1882-1986 CEPR

WebVoxEU Column Economic history Health Economics. The evolution of BMI values of US adults: 1882-1986. John Komlos. Marek Brabec. /. 31 Aug 2010. More than …

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Recovery and reconstruction: Europe after WWII CEPR

WebThe year 1945 marked the end of the worst military conflict in history, which brought unprecedented destruction and loss of life. However, the quarter-century that …

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The puzzle of the midlife crisis amid affluence CEPR

Weba much older psychotherapy literature on the idea that human beings have a midlife crisis. In new research (Giuntella et al. 2022), we argue that the human midlife …

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Rebuilding Ukraine’s healthcare sector: Proposals for the next ten

WebThe war in Ukraine has devasted the country’s health system, leading to both an increase in morbidity and the destruction of infrastructure. This column outlines a …

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Understanding the long-run effects of Africa’s slave trades

WebEvidence suggests that Africa's slave trades played an important part in the shaping of the continent not only in terms of economic outcomes, but cultural and social outcomes as …

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