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Working Papers

2022

1. Do Pandemics Change Healthcare? Evidence from the Great Influenza
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
2. The Gift of a Lifetime: The Hospital, Modern Medicine, and Mortality
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2020

3. School Closures During the 1918 Flu Pandemic
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
4. Votes For Women: An Economic Perspective on Women’s Enfranchisement
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

2017

5. Paralyzed by Panic: Measuring the Effect of School Closures during the 1916 Polio Pandemic on Educational Attainment
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)
6. Revising Infant Mortality Rates for the Early 20th Century United States
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

2012

7. Saving Babies: The Contribution of Sheppard-Towner to the Decline in Infant Mortality in the 1920s
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

2004

8. From Home to Hospital: The Evolution of Childbirth in the United States, 1927-1940
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

2002

9. Did Blue Cross and Blue Shield Suffer from Adverse Selection? Evidence from the 1950s
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
10. Exploring the Racial Gap in Infant Mortality Rates, 1920-1970
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    Also in Vanderbilt University Department of Economics Working Papers, Vanderbilt University Department of Economics (2002) View citations (2)

2000

11. The Importance of Group Coverage: How Tax Policy Shaped U.S. Health Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article The Importance of Group Coverage: How Tax Policy Shaped U.S. Health Insurance, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2003) View citations (22) (2003)

Journal Articles

2008

1. From home to hospital: The evolution of childbirth in the United States, 1928-1940
   Explorations in Economic History, 2008, 45, (1), 76-99 View citations (35)

2007

2. Comments on Boustan, Frydman, and Murphy
   The Journal of Economic History, 2007, 67, (2), 506-510

2004

3. Early evidence of an adverse selection death spiral? The case of Blue Cross and Blue Shield
   Explorations in Economic History, 2004, 41, (4), 313-328 View citations (5)

2003

4. The Importance of Group Coverage: How Tax Policy Shaped U.S. Health Insurance
   American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (4), 1373-1384 View citations (22)
   See also Working Paper The Importance of Group Coverage: How Tax Policy Shaped U.S. Health Insurance, NBER Working Papers (2000) View citations (14) (2000)

2002

5. From Sickness to Health: The Twentieth-Century Development of U.S. Health Insurance
   Explorations in Economic History, 2002, 39, (3), 233-253 View citations (30)

Chapters

2011

1. Information and the Impact of Climate and Weather on Mortality Rates during the Great Depression
   A chapter in The Economics of Climate Change: Adaptations Past and Present, 2011, pp 131-167 View citations (26)