Details about Marcos Vera-Hernandez

Access statistics for papers by Marcos Vera-Hernandez.

Last updated 2025-01-06. Update your information in the RePEc Author Service.

Short-id: pve1

Working Papers

2024

1. The role of hospital networks in individual mortality
   IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies
   Also in Documentos de Trabajo, Universidad del Rosario (2023)

2023

2. Cost-Sharing in Medical Care Can Increase Adult Mortality: Evidence from Colombia
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2023)
   IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2023)
3. Health Inequalities in Latin American and the Caribbean: Child, Adolescent, Reproductive, Metabolic Syndrome and Mental Health
   IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (20)
   Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2023) View citations (1)
4. Health Systems and Health Inequalities in Latin America
   IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank
   Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2023)
5. Inequidades en Salud en América Latina y el Caribe: Salud Infantil, Adolescente, Reproductiva, Síndrome Metabólico y Salud Mental
   Research Department working papers, CAF Development Bank Of Latinamerica
6. Sistemas de salud e Inequidades en Salud en América Latina
   Research Department working papers, CAF Development Bank Of Latinamerica

2021

7. Breastfeeding and child development
   IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies
   See also Journal Article Breastfeeding and Child Development, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2022) View citations (5) (2022)

2020

8. Incentivizing Demand for Supply-Constrained Care: Institutional Birth in India
   IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Incentivizing Demand for Supply-Constrained Care: Institutional Birth in India, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2024) View citations (2) (2024)

2019

9. Delivering Parenting Interventions through Health Services in the Caribbean
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2015) View citations (4)
10. Different Strokes for Different Folks: Experimental Evidence on the Effectiveness of Input and Output Incentive Contracts for Health Care Providers with Varying Skills
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Different Strokes for Different Folks? Experimental Evidence on the Effectiveness of Input and Output Incentive Contracts for Health Care Providers with Varying Skills, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2021) (2021)
11. More to Live for: Health Investment Responses to Expected Retirement Wealth in Chile
    Research Department working papers, CAF Development Bank Of Latinamerica

2017

12. Different Strokes for Different Folks: Experimental Evidence on the Effectiveness of Input and Output Incentive Contracts for Health Care Providers with Different Levels of Skills
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (3)

2016

13. Spillovers of Community-Based Health Interventions on Consumption Smoothing
    Studies in Economics, School of Economics, University of Kent
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2016)
    See also Journal Article Spillovers of Community-Based Health Interventions on Consumption Smoothing, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (2022) (2022)

2015

14. Can Bureaucrats Really Be Paid Like CEOs? School Administrator Incentives for Anemia Reduction in Rural China
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
15. Efectos de la Transición de Educación Inicial Comunitaria a Atención en Centros de Desarrollo Infantil en Colombia
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (1)
16. Going beyond simple sample size calculations: a practitioner's guide
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (16)
17. Group size and the efficiency of informal risk sharing
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Group Size and the Efficiency of Informal Risk Sharing, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2018) View citations (6) (2018)
18. Public hospital spending in England: evidence from National Health Service administrative records
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Public Hospital Spending in England: Evidence from National Health Service Administrative Records, Fiscal Studies, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2016) View citations (7) (2016)
19. Testing for Asymmetric Information in Private Health Insurance
    Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics View citations (8)

2014

20. Food for Thought? Breastfeeding and Child Development
    DoQSS Working Papers, Quantitative Social Science - UCL Social Research Institute, University College London View citations (4)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2013) View citations (21)
21. Nutrition, information, and household behaviour: experimental evidence from Malawi
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Nutrition, information and household behavior: Experimental evidence from Malawi, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2016) View citations (42) (2016)

2012

22. Household Responses to Information on Child Nutrition: Experimental Evidence from Malawi
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (13)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2012) View citations (13)

2009

23. A Practicioner's Guide to Evaluating the Impacts of Labor Market Programs
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
24. Risk Protection, Service Use, and Health Outcomes Under Colombia's Health Insurance Program for the Poor
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Risk Protection, Service Use, and Health Outcomes under Colombia's Health Insurance Program for the Poor, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2013) View citations (79) (2013)

2008

25. Health shocks, household consumption, and child nutrition
    Working Papers. Serie EC, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie) View citations (4)

2006

26. Testing for adverse selection into private medical insurance
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (6)

2004

27. Are tax subsidies for private medical insurance self-financing? Evidence from a microsimulation model for outpatient and inpatient episodes
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (2)
    Also in Working Papers, Research Center on Health and Economics, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2004) View citations (2)
28. COUNTS WITH AN ENDOGENOUS BINARY REGRESSOR: A SERIES EXPANSION APPROACH
    Working Papers. Serie AD, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie)
    See also Journal Article Counts with an endogenous binary regressor: A series expansion approach, Econometrics Journal, Royal Economic Society (2005) View citations (8) (2005)

2003

29. Quality Externalities among Hotel Establishments: What is the Impact of Tour Operators
    Industrial Organization, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (11)

2000

30. A SEMI-NONPARAMETRIC ESTIMATOR FOR COUNTS WITH AN ENDOGENOUS DUMMY VARIABLE
    Computing in Economics and Finance 2000, Society for Computational Economics
    Also in UFAE and IAE Working Papers, Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica (UAB) and Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (CSIC) View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Incentivizing Demand for Supply-Constrained Care: Institutional Birth in India
   (Incentivizing Demand for Supply-Constrained Care: Institutional Birth in India)
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024, 106, (1), 102-118 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Incentivizing Demand for Supply-Constrained Care: Institutional Birth in India, IFS Working Papers (2020) View citations (1) (2020)

2022

2. Breastfeeding and Child Development
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2022, 14, (3), 329-66 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Breastfeeding and child development, IFS Working Papers (2021) (2021)
3. Spillovers of Community-Based Health Interventions on Consumption Smoothing
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2022, 70, (4), 1591 - 1629
   See also Working Paper Spillovers of Community-Based Health Interventions on Consumption Smoothing, Studies in Economics (2016) (2016)

2021

4. Different Strokes for Different Folks? Experimental Evidence on the Effectiveness of Input and Output Incentive Contracts for Health Care Providers with Varying Skills
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2021, 13, (4), 34-69
   See also Working Paper Different Strokes for Different Folks: Experimental Evidence on the Effectiveness of Input and Output Incentive Contracts for Health Care Providers with Varying Skills, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (2) (2019)

2020

5. Can Bureaucrats Really Be Paid Like Ceos? Substitution Between Incentives and Resources Among School Administrators in China
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18, (1), 165-201 View citations (2)

2018

6. Group Size and the Efficiency of Informal Risk Sharing
   Economic Journal, 2018, 128, (612), F575-F608 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Group size and the efficiency of informal risk sharing, IFS Working Papers (2015) View citations (3) (2015)

2017

7. Personality Traits and Performance Contracts: Evidence from a Field Experiment among Maternity Care Providers in India
   American Economic Review, 2017, 107, (5), 506-10 View citations (26)

2016

8. Nutrition, information and household behavior: Experimental evidence from Malawi
   Journal of Development Economics, 2016, 122, (C), 113-126 View citations (42)
   See also Working Paper Nutrition, information, and household behaviour: experimental evidence from Malawi, IFS Working Papers (2014) View citations (6) (2014)
9. Public Hospital Spending in England: Evidence from National Health Service Administrative Records
   Fiscal Studies, 2016, 37, 433-459 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper Public hospital spending in England: evidence from National Health Service administrative records, IFS Working Papers (2015) View citations (4) (2015)

2015

10. Should Cash Transfers Be Conditional? Conditionality, Preventive Care, and Health Outcomes
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2015, 7, (2), 35-52 View citations (47)

2013

11. Community Nurseries and the Nutritional Status of Poor Children. Evidence from Colombia
    Economic Journal, 2013, 123, 1025-1058 View citations (35)
12. Exploiting subjective information to understand impoverished children's use of health care
    Journal of Health Economics, 2013, 32, (6), 1194-1204 View citations (1)
13. Risk Protection, Service Use, and Health Outcomes under Colombia's Health Insurance Program for the Poor
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5, (4), 61-91 View citations (79)
    See also Working Paper Risk Protection, Service Use, and Health Outcomes Under Colombia's Health Insurance Program for the Poor, NBER Working Papers (2009) View citations (6) (2009)
14. Testing for Asymmetric Information in Private Health Insurance-super-
    Economic Journal, 2013, 123, (567), 96-130 View citations (20)

2010

15. How complex are the contracts offered by health plans?
    SERIEs: Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, 2010, 1, (3), 305-323 View citations (6)

2008

16. Are tax subsidies for private medical insurance self-financing? Evidence from a microsimulation model
    Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27, (5), 1285-1298 View citations (6)

2007

17. Competition among differentiated health plans under adverse selection
    Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26, (2), 233-250 View citations (26)

2005

18. Counts with an endogenous binary regressor: A series expansion approach
    Econometrics Journal, 2005, 8, (1), 1-22 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper COUNTS WITH AN ENDOGENOUS BINARY REGRESSOR: A SERIES EXPANSION APPROACH, Working Papers. Serie AD (2004) (2004)

2004

19. Child health in rural Colombia: determinants and policy interventions
    Economics & Human Biology, 2004, 2, (3), 411-438 View citations (14)

2003

20. Structural Estimation of a Principal-Agent Model: Moral Hazard in Medical Insurance
    RAND Journal of Economics, 2003, 34, (4), 670-93 View citations (21)

1999

21. Duplicate coverage and demand for health care. The case of Catalonia
    Health Economics, 1999, 8, (7), 579-598 View citations (59)