Possibility of Cost Offset in Expanding Health Insurance Coverage: Using Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2008
By Catherine Moon The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act aims to substantially reduce the number of the uninsured over time and asserts that the financial burden of extending insurance coverage to the previously uninsured will be offset by the benefit of the attendant improvement in their health. Motivated by this policy, I explore whether […]
Do Teenagers Exhibit Rational Expectations Regarding Mortality, Fertility and Education Outcomes?
By Nikolay Braykov Microeconomic models often use the Rational Expectation Hypothesis (REH) instead of including expectation data. This paper examines the validity of the REH using subjective probability questions about mortality, fertility and education outcomes from panel data. First, I ask whether expectations are accurate and homogenous at the individual level; I find substantial forecast […]
The Dynamics of Health Care Demand During an Illness Episode
By David Benson Previous studies assume consumers make medical care choices over large (e.g. yearly) time steps. However, most health expenses occur in the weeks immediately following a shock to health. It is unknown whether demand during an illness episode diers from normal long-run demand. How do consumers make the sequential, dynamic choices to consume […]
Determinants of Migration: A Case Study of Nang Rong, Thailand
By Monitra Mohinchai The increasing flows of internal migrants resulted from urbanization in developing countries is of great interest to policy makers. This study examines the individual-level and household-level social surveys the Nang Rong Project in 1994-1995 and 2000-2001. Individual characteristics such as gender, age, and years of schooling, and household characteristic such as family […]
Do Medical Malpractice Reforms Affect Health Care Costs and Outcomes?
By Matt Johnson The impact of medical malpractice reforms on the cost and quality of health care is of great interest to policy makers. This study examines national data on malpractice reforms implemented and health care provided to Medicare beneficiaries between 1995 and 2004. State-level reforms’ effect on health care expenditures and outcomes is determined […]
