Many studies use shift-share (or “Bartik”) instruments, which average a set of shocks with
exposure share weights. We provide a new econometric framework for shift-share …

Importance The relationship between income and life expectancy is well established but
remains poorly understood. Objectives To measure the level, time trend, and geographic …

The adoption of health information and communication technology (HICT) has surged over
the past two decades. We survey the medical and economic literature on HICT adoption and …

The US health care system has experienced great pressure since early March 2020 as it
pivoted to providing necessary care for COVID-19 patients. But there are signs that non …

This paper investigates the pre-and post-release impacts of incarceration on criminal
behavior, economic wellbeing and family formation using new data from Harris County …

We estimate the effect of current location on elderly mortality by analyzing outcomes of
movers in the Medicare population. We control for movers' origin locations as well as a rich …

Life expectancy varies substantially across local regions within a country, raising
conjectures that place of residence affects health. However, population sorting and other …

Physicians, judges, teachers, and agents in many other settings differ systematically in the
decisions they make when faced with similar cases. Standard approaches to interpreting …

This study asks: Does the empirical evidence support the conclusion that for-profit (FP)
hospitals are more productive or efficient than private not-for-profit (NFP) hospitals or non …

Medicare eligibility files provide the ZIP code of each beneficiary's mailing address, which is
maintained by the Social Security Administration (SSA). This is the address that is used to …