I discuss recent contributions to the theory of group formation and the provision of jointly
consumed public goods and services. I highlight the distinction between models of pure …

The assumption behind discrete hours labour supply modelling is that utility‐maximising
individuals choose from a relatively small number of hours levels, rather than being able to …

Health Economics presents a systematic treatment of the economics of health behavior and
health care delivery. Appropriate both for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of …

We review theoretical explanations for in-kind transfers in light of the limited empirical
evidence. After reviewing the traditional paternalistic arguments, we consider explanations …

Abstract Private tutoring in South Korea is quite pervasive. In 2006, the household sector
spent 2.57% of the nation's GDP on private tutoring for primary and secondary school …

Public provision of a service coexists with private market provision. The quality of public
provision is determined by majority vote. Preferences are not single peaked owing to the …

In spite of government dominance in financing health care in many countries, the private
health care sector remains important. This is true even though most public provision is …

Welfare programs are often implemented in-kind to promote outcomes that might not be
realized under cash transfers. This paper tests whether such paternalistically motivated …

Three factors help to explain why school enrollments in the Northern United States were
higher than those in the South and in most of Europe by 1850. One was affordability: the …

We consider a two‐period overlapping generations model in which individual voters differ by
age and by productivity. In such a setting, a redistributive pay‐as‐you‐go system is …