Details about Karen Nisa Eggleston

Homepage:	https://aparc.fsi.stanford.edu/asiahealthpolicy
Phone:	650-723-9072
Workplace:	Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2024

1. Nonprofits and the Scope of Government: Theory and an Application to the Health Sector
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
2. Robots and Labor in Nursing Homes
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article Robots and labor in nursing homes, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2025) (2025)

2021

3. Robots and Labor in the Service Sector: Evidence from Nursing Homes
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

2019

4. Are Quality-Adjusted Medical Prices Declining for Chronic Disease? Evidence from Diabetes Care in Four Health Systems
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Are quality-adjusted medical prices declining for chronic disease? Evidence from diabetes care in four health systems, The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer (2020) View citations (1) (2020)
5. The Effects of Primary Care Chronic-Disease Management in Rural China
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2017

6. False Alarm? Estimating the Marginal Value of Health Signals
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article False alarm? Estimating the marginal value of health signals, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2021) View citations (13) (2021)
7. The Impact of Social Pensions on Intergenerational Relationships: Comparative Evidence from China
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (14)
   Also in GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2017) View citations (12)
   See also Journal Article The impact of social pensions on intergenerational relationships: Comparative evidence from China, The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Elsevier (2018) View citations (23) (2018)

2016

8. Forecasting Trends in Disability in a Super-Aging Society: Adapting the Future Elderly Model to Japan
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
   See also Journal Article Forecasting trends in disability in a super-aging society: Adapting the Future Elderly Model to Japan, The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Elsevier (2016) View citations (11) (2016)

2015

9. The Weaker Sex? Vulnerable Men, Resilient Women, and Variations in Sex Differences in Mortality since 1900
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2013

10. Jobs and Kids: Female Employment and Fertility in China
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government View citations (13)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2012)
    See also Journal Article Jobs and kids: female employment and fertility in China, IZA Journal of Labor & Development, Springer (2013) View citations (15) (2013)

2012

11. The Returns to Education in China: Evidence from the 1986 Compulsory Education Law
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (69)

2011

12. Demographic Change, Intergenerational Transfers, and the Challenges for Social Protection Systems in the People’s Republic of China
    ADB Economics Working Paper Series, Asian Development Bank View citations (1)
    See also Chapter Demographic change, intergenerational transfers, and the challenges for social protection systems in the People’s Republic of China, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (2012) View citations (1) (2012)

2010

13. Female Employment and Fertility in Rural China
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government View citations (8)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2010) View citations (11)
14. Jobs and Kids: Female Employment and Fertility in Rural China
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

2008

15. The Effect of Soft Budget Constraints on Access and Quality in Hospital Care
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article The effect of soft budget constraints on access and quality in hospital care, International Journal of Health Economics and Management, Springer (2009) View citations (19) (2009)

2007

16. Prevention and Dynamic Risk Adjustment
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics

2006

17. Health Service Delivery in China: A Literature Review
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Health service delivery in China: a literature review, Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2008) View citations (102) (2008)
18. Hospital Ownership and Quality of Care: What Explains the Different Results?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
19. Human Resource Management Technology Diffusion Through Global Supply Chains: Productivity and Workplace Based Health Care
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (2)
20. Measuring Selection Incentives in Managed Care: Evidence from the Massachusetts State Employee Insurance Program
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Measuring Selection Incentives in Managed Care: Evidence From the Massachusetts State Employee Insurance Program, Journal of Risk & Insurance, The American Risk and Insurance Association (2009) View citations (9) (2009)

2005

21. From Plan to Market in the Health Sector? China's Experience
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article From plan to market in the health sector?: China's experience, Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier (2008) View citations (2) (2008)
22. Hospital Ownership and Financial Performance: A Quantitative Research Review
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)

2004

23. Competition, Altruism, and Provider Payment
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University
24. Health Care Payment Incentives: A Comparative Analysis of Reforms in Taiwan, Korea and China
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (4)
25. Hospital Competition under Regulated Prices: Application to Urban Health Sector Reforms in China
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (26)
    See also Journal Article Hospital Competition under Regulated Prices: Application to Urban Health Sector Reforms in China, International Journal of Health Economics and Management, Springer (2004) View citations (26) (2004)

2003

26. Physician Dual Practice: Access Enhancement or Demand Inducement?
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (9)
27. Provider Choice of Quality and Surplus
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University
    See also Journal Article Provider choice of quality and surplus, International Journal of Health Economics and Management, Springer (2006) View citations (3) (2006)

2002

28. Government Contracting for Health Care
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (7)
29. Information and Communication Technologies, Markets and Economic Development
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (25)
30. Managed Health Care and Provider Integration: a Theory of Bilateral Market Power
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University

2001

31. Multitasking, Competition and Provider Payment
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (6)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Robots and labor in nursing homes
   Labour Economics, 2025, 92, (C)
   See also Working Paper Robots and Labor in Nursing Homes, NBER Working Papers (2024) (2024)

2023

2. Assessing Taiwan’s pay-for-performance program for diabetes care: a cost–benefit net value approach
   The European Journal of Health Economics, 2023, 24, (5), 717-733 View citations (2)

2022

3. Educational Gradients in Disability among Asia’s Future Elderly: Projections for the Republic of Korea and Singapore
   Asian Development Review (ADR), 2022, 39, (01), 51-89
4. The Association between Health Workforce and Health Outcomes: A Cross-Country Econometric Study
   Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2022, 163, (2), 609-632
5. Urban-rural health insurance integration in china: impact on health care utilization, financial risk protection, and health status
   Applied Economics, 2022, 54, (22), 2491-2509 View citations (6)

2021

6. False alarm? Estimating the marginal value of health signals
   Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 195, (C) View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper False Alarm? Estimating the Marginal Value of Health Signals, NBER Working Papers (2017) View citations (6) (2017)
7. Future projection of the health and functional status of older people in Japan: A multistate transition microsimulation model with repeated cross‐sectional data
   Health Economics, 2021, 30, (S1), 30-51
8. Healthcare utilization at retirement in China
   Health Economics, 2021, 30, (11), 2618-2636 View citations (3)
9. Smoking, life expectancy, and chronic disease in South Korea, Singapore, and the United States: A microsimulation model
   Health Economics, 2021, 30, (S1), 92-104 View citations (1)
10. The Effects of Chronic Disease Management in Primary Health Care: Evidence from Rural China
    Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 80, (C) View citations (5)

2020

11. Are quality-adjusted medical prices declining for chronic disease? Evidence from diabetes care in four health systems
    The European Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 21, (5), 689-702 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Are Quality-Adjusted Medical Prices Declining for Chronic Disease? Evidence from Diabetes Care in Four Health Systems, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (2) (2019)

2018

12. Innovation and Shortage: The Yin and Yang of the Health Sector
    Acta Oeconomica, 2018, 68, (supplement1), 99-114
13. The Impact of Rural Pensions in China on Labor Migration
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2018, 32, (1), 64-84 View citations (22)
14. The impact of social pensions on intergenerational relationships: Comparative evidence from China
    The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2018, 12, (C), 225-235 View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper The Impact of Social Pensions on Intergenerational Relationships: Comparative Evidence from China, IZA Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (14) (2017)

2016

15. Forecasting trends in disability in a super-aging society: Adapting the Future Elderly Model to Japan
    The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2016, 8, (C), 42-51 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Forecasting Trends in Disability in a Super-Aging Society: Adapting the Future Elderly Model to Japan, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (11) (2016)

2015

16. An exploration of China's mortality decline under Mao: A provincial analysis, 1950-80
    Population Studies, 2015, 69, (1), 39-56 View citations (3)
17. Leading Causes of Death among Asian American Subgroups (2003–2011)
    PLOS ONE, 2015, 10, (4), 1-18

2013

18. Jobs and kids: female employment and fertility in China
    IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2013, 2, (1), 1-25 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper Jobs and Kids: Female Employment and Fertility in China, Scholarly Articles (2013) View citations (13) (2013)

2012

19. Prescribing institutions: Explaining the evolution of physician dispensing
    Journal of Institutional Economics, 2012, 8, (2), 247-270 View citations (3)
20. Risk adjustment and prevention
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2012, 45, (4), 1586-1607 View citations (1)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2012, 45, (4), 1586-1607 (2012) View citations (1)
21. The New Demographic Transition: Most Gains in Life Expectancy Now Realized Late in Life
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2012, 26, (3), 137-56 View citations (54)

2011

22. Quality Adjustment for Health Care Spending on Chronic Disease: Evidence from Diabetes Treatment, 1999-2009
    American Economic Review, 2011, 101, (3), 206-11 View citations (10)
23. Soft budget constraints and ownership: Empirical evidence from US hospitals
    Economics Letters, 2011, 110, (1), 7-11 View citations (19)

2010

24. The Global Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance: Insights from Economic Analysis
    IJERPH, 2010, 7, (8), 1-9

2009

25. Human Resource Management Technology Diffusion through Global Supply Chains: Buyer-directed Factory-based Health Care in India
    World Development, 2009, 37, (9), 1484-1493
26. Measuring Selection Incentives in Managed Care: Evidence From the Massachusetts State Employee Insurance Program
    Journal of Risk & Insurance, 2009, 76, (1), 159-175 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper Measuring Selection Incentives in Managed Care: Evidence from the Massachusetts State Employee Insurance Program, Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2006) View citations (4) (2006)
27. Provider payment incentives: international comparisons
    International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2009, 9, (2), 113-115 View citations (2)
28. Soft budget constraints in China: Evidence from the Guangdong hospital industry
    International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2009, 9, (2), 233-242 View citations (6)
29. The effect of soft budget constraints on access and quality in hospital care
    International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2009, 9, (2), 211-232 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper The Effect of Soft Budget Constraints on Access and Quality in Hospital Care, NBER Working Papers (2008) View citations (3) (2008)

2008

30. From plan to market in the health sector?: China's experience
    Journal of Asian Economics, 2008, 19, (5-6), 400-412 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper From Plan to Market in the Health Sector? China's Experience, Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2005) View citations (7) (2005)
31. Health service delivery in China: a literature review
    Health Economics, 2008, 17, (2), 149-165 View citations (102)
    See also Working Paper Health Service Delivery in China: A Literature Review, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2006) View citations (9) (2006)
32. Hospital ownership and quality of care: what explains the different results in the literature?
    Health Economics, 2008, 17, (12), 1345-1362 View citations (50)
33. Soft budget constraints and the property rights theory of ownership
    Economics Letters, 2008, 100, (3), 425-427 View citations (17)

2006

34. Physician dual practice
    Health Policy, 2006, 78, (2-3), 157-166 View citations (27)
35. Provider choice of quality and surplus
    International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2006, 6, (2), 103-117 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Provider Choice of Quality and Surplus, Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2003) (2003)

2005

36. Multitasking and mixed systems for provider payment
    Journal of Health Economics, 2005, 24, (1), 211-223 View citations (128)

2004

37. Addressing government and market failures with payment incentives: Hospital reimbursement reform in Hainan, China
    Social Science & Medicine, 2004, 58, (2), 267-277 View citations (26)
38. Hospital Competition under Regulated Prices: Application to Urban Health Sector Reforms in China
    International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2004, 4, (4), 343-368 View citations (26)
    See also Working Paper Hospital Competition under Regulated Prices: Application to Urban Health Sector Reforms in China, Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2004) View citations (26) (2004)
39. Pricing Coordination Failures and Health Care Provider Integration
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2004, 3, (1), 1-29 View citations (7)

2001

40. Provider payment reform in China: the case of hospital reimbursement in Hainan province
    Health Economics, 2001, 10, (4), 325-339 View citations (37)

1999

41. Equity in health and health care: the Chinese experience
    Social Science & Medicine, 1999, 49, (10), 1349-1356 View citations (61)

Books

2023

1. Who Shall Live?:Health, Economics and Social Choice
   World Scientific Books, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

2021

2. The Dragon, the Eagle, and the Private Sector
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2021)

2010

3. Welfare, Choice and Solidarity in Transition
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2001) View citations (17)

Chapters

2023

1. SUMMARY OF YEARS 2012–2021
   Chapter 10 in Who Shall Live? Health, Economics and Social Choice, 2023, pp 231-256
2. Who Shall Live?
   Chapter 3 in Who Shall Live? Health, Economics and Social Choice, 2023, pp 29-51

2018

3. Economic Dimensions of Personalized and Precision Medicine in Asia: Evidence from Breast Cancer Treatment in Taiwan
   A chapter in Economic Dimensions of Personalized and Precision Medicine, 2018, pp 237-272

2012

4. Demographic change, intergenerational transfers, and the challenges for social protection systems in the People’s Republic of China
   Chapter 6 in Aging, Economic Growth, and Old-Age Security in Asia, 2012, pp 161-202 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Demographic Change, Intergenerational Transfers, and the Challenges for Social Protection Systems in the People’s Republic of China, Asian Development Bank (2011) View citations (1) (2011)
5. Health, Education and China’s Demographic Transition Since 1950
   Palgrave Macmillan