The Affordable Care Act phases out the Medicare Part D coverage gap over the next decade; however, beneficiaries will continue to face…
In 2008, a group of uninsured low-income adults in Oregon was selected by lottery to be given the chance to apply for Medicaid. This…
Leading US Democrats and former White House insiders Elaine C. Kamarck and Robert B. Reich break down the US presidential election and the…
An implication of the Coase theorem is that under certain conditions, the market equilibrium in a cap-and-trade system will be cost-…
One of the most well-established relationships in the economics of aging is that between health and wealth. Yet this relationship is also…
Book abstract: Historians have long understood that the notion of "the cold war" is richly metaphorical, if not paradoxical. The conflict…
This book focuses upon three core questions. Is democratic governance good for economic prosperity? Has this type of regime accelerated…
Insurance and Taxation over the Life Cycle. Emmanuel Farhi, August 2012, Paper. "We consider a dynamic Mirrlees economy in a life-cycle…
This working paper, the first in the WIEGO Working Paper series, provides an overview of the definitional, theoretical, and policy debates…