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The validity of genes related to neurotransmitters as instrumental variables
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2011-08)
Weight and wages: fat versus lean paychecks
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2009-05)
Past empirical work has shown a negative relationship between the body mass index (BMI) and wages in most cases. We improve on this work by allowing the marginal effect of non-linear BMI groups to vary by gender, age, and ...
Chronic Illness, Treatment Choice and Workforce Participation
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2003-09)
Choices with respect to labor force participation and medical treatment are increasingly intertwined. Technological advances present patients with new choices and may facilitate continued employment for the growing number ...
An incentive approach to physician implementation of medical practice guidelines
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 1997-09)
We propose a probabilistically based incentive payment system for guideline implementation that provides rewards for physicians who follow practice guidelines and additional remuneration for physician leaders who engage ...
Proximity to death and participation in the long-term care market
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2009-08)
The extent to which increasing longevity increases per capita demand for long-term care depends on the degree to which utilization is concentrated at the end of life. We estimate the marginal effect of proximity to death, ...
Morality and the limits of societal values in health care allocation
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2002-04)
In this paper, we consider whether there is a clear moral justification for the proposal that societal value preferences (SVPs) should be included in Cost Effectiveness Analyses (CEA) of health care resource allocations. ...
Alcohol consumption and body weight
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2010-07)
The number of Americans who are overweight or obese has reached epidemic proportions. Elevated weight is associated with health problems and increased medical expenditures. This paper analyzes Waves 1 and 2 of the National ...