Objective To evaluate the effects of specification choices on the accuracy of estimates in
difference‐in‐differences (DID) models. Data Sources Process‐of‐care quality data from …

We develop a model of selection that incorporates a key element of recent health reforms:
an individual mandate. Using data from Massachusetts, we estimate the parameters of the …

Regulations to design private yet publicly sponsored health insurance markets are
increasingly adopted in many OECD countries. Here I combine data and economic theory to …

Abstract Under the Affordable Care Act, individual states have discretion in how they define
coverage regions, within which insurers must charge the same premium to buyers of the …

Summary “Reform” in the economics literature refers to changes in government policies or
institutional rules because status-quo policies and institutions are not working well to …

This paper evaluates whether the implementation of the 2006 Massachusetts health reform
law affected the decision of taxpayers to be self-employed, using both difference-in …

This paper provides a comprehensive review of different type of compulsory insurance
implemented in the United States of America and the world; it reviews and analyzes effects …

This paper estimates the impact of the implementation of the 2006 Massachusetts health
reform on job mobility. Theoretically, the effect is ambiguous, as the public health insurance …

This study examines the impact of major health insurance reform on payments made in the
health care sector. We study the prices of services paid to physicians in the privately insured …

Abstract The Affordable Care Act (ACA) presents an opportunity to significantly improve
compensation for American workers. A potential concern, though, is that employers will …