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Three Field Experiments on Incentives for Health Workers
(2015-05-19)
The economic study of incentives in firms has traditionally focused on one type of incentive—pecuniary—and one causal mechanism—the direct effect of incentives on effort. This dissertation uses three randomized field ...
Measuring Health Care Quality and Value: Theory and Empirics
(2015-04-24)
Imperfect information is a pervasive feature of health care markets. Therefore, measuring the quality and value of health care services may inform efforts to improve health care delivery. This dissertation explores several ...
Competition and Selection in Health Insurance Markets
(2015-05-08)
Competition in US health insurance markets is low and has declined in recent years. Insufficient competition is often assumed to increase plan premiums or decrease benefit quality, but the latter has been difficult to ...