We consider assets when individuals were last observed prior to death in the
Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and trace assets backwards…
Most Medicare patients seeking emergency medical transport are treated by ambulance providers trained in advanced life support (ALS).…
Around the world, there are often contentious debates on whether or not to provide social safety net programs to the poor. Critics often…
Based on survey research and ethnographic interviews, we analyze struggles over housing and access to infrastructure in two low-income "…
An interview with Professor Robert D. Putnam about his new book "Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis."
We show that the Roy model has more precise predictions about the self-selection
of migrants than previously realized. The same conditions…
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Recent empirical work has demonstrated the importance both of educational peer effects and of various factors that affect college choices.…
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Measuring consumer responsiveness to medical care prices is a central issue in
health economics and a key ingredient in the optimal design…
Urban change involves transformations in the physical appearance and the social
composition of neighborhoods. Yet, the relationship between…
A combination of legal rules and institutional forces pushes health plans to cover nearly every medical innovation. The result is that many…