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Working Papers

2009

1. Cheaper By the Dozen: Using Sibling Discounts at Catholic Schools to Estimate the Price Elasticity of Private School Attendance
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. Choice Inconsistencies Among the Elderly: Evidence from Plan Choice in the Medicare Part D Program
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
3. Retirement Income Security and Well-Being in Canada
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
4. Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: The Relationship to Youth Employment, Introduction and Summary
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2008

5. Covering the Uninsured in the U.S
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
6. Does Church Attendance Cause People to Vote? Using Blue Laws' Repeal to Estimate the Effect of Religiosity on Voter Turnout
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2007

7. Crowd-Out Ten Years Later: Have Recent Public Insurance Expansions Crowded Out Private Health Insurance?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
8. How Much Uncompensated Care do Doctors Provide?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
9. Patient Cost-Sharing, Hospitalization Offsets, and the Design of Optimal Health Insurance for the Elderly
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2006

10. A Tax-Based Estimate of the Elasticity of Intertemporal Substitution
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
11. Abortion and Selection
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
12. Nursing Home Quality as a Public Good
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
13. The Church vs the Mall: What Happens When Religion Faces Increased Secular Competition?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2005

14. Does Falling Smoking Lead to Rising Obesity?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
15. Faith-Based Charity and Crowd Out during the Great Depression
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
16. Moral Hazard in Nursing Home Use
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
17. Religious Market Structure, Religious Participation, and Outcomes: Is Religion Good for You?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
18. Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Fiscal Implications, Introduction and Summary
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
19. Universal Childcare, Maternal Labor Supply, and Family Well-Being
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2004

20. Abortion Legalization and Lifecycle Fertility
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
21. Pay or Pray? The Impact of Charitable Subsidies on Religious Attendance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
22. Social Security and the Evolution of Elderly Poverty
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
23. Tax Policy for Health Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (2005)

2003

24. Simulating the Response to Reform of Canada's Income Security Programs
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
25. Subsidies to Employee Health Insurance Premiums and the Health Insurance Market
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2002

26. A Theory of Government Regulation of Addictive Bads: Optimal Tax Levels and Tax Incidence for Cigarette Excise Taxation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
27. Do Cigarette Taxes Make Smokers Happier?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
28. Estimating Price Elasticities When there is Smuggling: The Sensitivity of Smoking to Price in Canada
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
29. Health Insurance Coverage and the Disability Insurance Application Decision
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
30. Health Insurance, Labor Supply, and Job Mobility: A Critical Review of the Literature
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
31. Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Micro Estimation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Book (2004)
32. Social Security and Elderly Living Arrangements
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
33. Why Did Employee Health Insurance Contributions Rise?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2001

34. An International Perspective on Policies for an Aging Society
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
35. Health Policy in the Clinton Era: Once Bitten, Twice Shy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
36. Taxes and Health Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (2002)
37. The Retirement Incentive Effects of Canada's Income Security Programs
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2000

38. Does Public Insurance Improve the Efficiency of Medical Care? Medicaid Expansions and Child Hospitalizations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
39. Does the Social Security Earnings Test Affect Labor Supply and Benefits Receipt?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
40. How Elastic is the Firm's Demand for Health Insurance?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
41. Is Addiction "Rational"? Theory and Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
42. Is Making Divorce Easier Bad for Children? The Long Run Implications of Unilateral Divorce
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
43. Medicaid
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (2003)
44. Risky Behavior Among Youths: An Economic Analysis
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Book (2001)
45. Social Security Incentives for Retirement
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (2001)
46. Social Security and Retirement
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
47. Tax Subsidies for Health Insurance: Evaluating the Costs and Benefits
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
48. The Economic Impacts of the Tobacco Settlement
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
49. The Elasticity of Taxable Income: Evidence and Implications
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
50. Youth Smoking in the U.S.: Evidence and Implications
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
51. Youth Smoking in the U.S.: Prices and Policies
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1999

52. Delays in Claiming Social Security Benefits
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
53. The Wealth of the Unemployed: Adequacy and Implications for Unemployment Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1998

54. Health Insurance and the Labor Market
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
55. Insuring Consumption Against Illness
    JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1997) View citations
56. Physician Fees and Procedure Intensity: The Case of Cesarean Delivery
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
57. Public Health Insurance and Private Savings
    JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1997) View citations
    UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics (1997) View citations
    Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Papers, University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty View citations

1997

58. A Major Risk Approach to Health Insurance Reform
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (1995)
59. Abortion Legalization and Child Living Circumstances: Who is the "Marginal Child?"
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
60. Physician Fee Policy and Medicaid Program Costs
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
61. Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Introduction and Summary of Papers by
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
62. Social Security and Retirement in Canada
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (1999)
63. Social Security and Retirement in the U.S
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
64. The Technology of Birth: Health Insurance, Medical Interventions, and Infant Health
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1996

65. Cash Welfare as a Consumption Smoothing Mechanism for Single Mothers
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
66. Disability Insurance Benefits and Labor Supply
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (2000)
67. Health Insurance for Poor Women and Children in the U.S.: Lessons from the Past Decade
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (1997)
68. Spousal Labor Supply as Insurance: Does Unemployment Insurance Crowd Outthe Added Worker Effect?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
69. Tax Incentives and the Decision to Purchase Health Insurance: Evidence from the Self-Employed
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    Also in Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1994) View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1994)
70. Tax Subsidies to Employer-Provided Health Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (1996)

1995

71. Does Public Insurance Crowd Out Private Insurance?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1996)
72. Health Insurance Eligibility, Utilization of Medical care, and Child Health
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1996)
73. Non-Employment and Health Insurance Coverage
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
74. The Incidence of Payroll Taxation: Evidence from Chile
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Economics (1997)
75. Unemployment Insurance and Precautionary Saving
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1994

76. Disability Insurance Rejection Rates and the Labor Supply of Older Workers
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
77. Health Insurance Availability and the Retirement Decision
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1993) View citations
78. Limited Insurance Portability and Job Mobility: The Effects of Public Policy on Job-Lock
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1993) View citations
79. Physician Financial Incentives and Cesarean Section Delivery
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in RAND Journal of Economics (1996)
80. Physician Payments and Infant Mortality: Evidence from Medicaid Fee Policy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
81. Saving Babies: The Efficacy and Cost of Recent Expansions of Medicaid Eligibility for Pregnant Women
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1994) View citations
82. The Consumption Smoothing Benefits of Unemployment Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
83. The Labor Market Efects of Introducing National Health Insurance: Evidence from Canada
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1993)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Business & Economic Statistics (1995)

1993

84. Health Insurance and Early Retirement: Evidence from the Availability of Continuation Coverage
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (1996)

1992

85. State Mandated Benefits and Employer Provided Health Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1992) View citations
86. Taxation and the Structure of Labor Markets: The Case of Corporatism
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1993)
87. The Effect of Price Shopping in Medical Markets: Hospital Responses to PPOs in California
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
88. The Efficiency of a Group-Specific Mandated Benefit: Evidence From Health Insurance Benefits for Maternity
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1992) View citations

1990

89. The Incidence of Mandated Employer-Provided Insurance: Lessons from Workers' Compensation Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (1991)

Journal Articles

2000

1. Disability Insurance Benefits and Labor Supply
   Journal of Political Economy, 2000, 108, (6), 1162-1183 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1996)
2. Does Unemployment Insurance Crowd Out Spousal Labor Supply?
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2000, 18, (3), 546-72 View citations

1997

3. The Incidence of Payroll Taxation: Evidence from Chile
   Journal of Labor Economics, 1997, 15, (3), S72-101 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1995)

1996

4. Does Public Insurance Crowd Out Private Insurance?
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1996, 111, (2), 391-430 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1995)
5. Health Insurance Eligibility, Utilization of Medical Care, and Child Health
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1996, 111, (2), 431-66 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1995)
6. Physician Financial Incentives and Cesarean Section Delivery
   RAND Journal of Economics, 1996, 27, (1), 99-123 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1994)
7. Saving Babies: The Efficacy and Cost of Recent Changes in the Medicaid Eligibility of Pregnant Women
   Journal of Political Economy, 1996, 104, (6), 1263-96 View citations

1995

8. The Labor-Market Effects of Introducing National Health Insurance: Evidence from Canada
   Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1995, 13, (2), 163-73 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1994)

1994

9. Tax Incentives and the Decision to Purchase Health Insurance: Evidence from the Self-Employed
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1994, 109, (3), 701-33 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1996)

1993

10. Taxation and the Structure of Labor Markets: The Case of Corporatism
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1993, 108, (2), 385-411 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1992)

Books

2009

1. The Problems of Disadvantaged Youth: An Economic Perspective
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2004

2. Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Micro-Estimation
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Working Paper (2002)

2001

3. Risky Behavior among Youths: An Economic Analysis
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Working Paper (2000)

1999

4. Social Security and Retirement around the World
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

Chapters

2007

1. Introduction: What Have We Learned about the Problems of and Prospects for Disadvantaged Youth?
   A chapter in The Problems of Disadvantaged Youth: An Economic Perspective, 2007, pp 1-12

2005

2. Tax Policy for Health Insurance
   A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 19, 2005, pp 39-64 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)

2004

3. Income Security Programs and Retirement in Canada
   A chapter in Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Micro-Estimation, 2004, pp 99-152 View citations
4. Introduction and Summary
   A chapter in Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Micro-Estimation, 2004, pp 1-40 View citations
5. The Effect of Social Security on Retirement in the United States
   A chapter in Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Micro-Estimation, 2004, pp 691-730 View citations

2003

6. Medicaid
   A chapter in Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the United States, 2003, pp 15-78 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2000)

2002

7. Different Approaches to Pension Reform from an Economic Point of View
   A chapter in Social Security Pension Reform in Europe, 2002, pp 49-84 View citations
8. Taxes and Health Insurance
   A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 16, 2002, pp 37-66 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2001)

2001

9. Social Security Incentives for Retirement
   A chapter in Themes in the Economics of Aging, 2001, pp 311-354 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2000)
10. Youth Smoking in the United States: Evidence and Implications
    A chapter in Risky Behavior among Youths: An Economic Analysis, 2001, pp 69-120 View citations

1999

11. Introduction to "Social Security and Retirement around the World"
    A chapter in Social Security and Retirement around the World, 1999, pp 1-35
12. Social Security and Retirement in Canada
    A chapter in Social Security and Retirement around the World, 1999, pp 73-99 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1997)
13. Social Security and Retirement in the United States
    A chapter in Social Security and Retirement around the World, 1999, pp 437-473 View citations

1997

14. Health Insurance for Poor Women and Children in the U.S.: Lessons from the Past Decade
    A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 11, 1997, pp 169-211 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1996)

1996

15. Health Insurance and Early Retirement: Evidence from the Availability of Continuation Coverage
    A chapter in Advances in the Economics of Aging, 1996, pp 115-146 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1993)
16. Tax Subsidies to Employer-Provided Health Insurance
    A chapter in Empirical Foundations of Household Taxation, 1996, pp 135-168 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1996)

1995

17. A Major Risk Approach to Health Insurance Reform
    A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 9, 1995, pp 103-130 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1997)

1991

18. The Incidence of Mandated Employer-Provided Insurance: Lessons from Workers' Compensation Insurance
    A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 5, 1991, pp 111-144 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1990)