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Resilience and Renewal: Labor unions, inspectors, prosecutors and the enforcement of labor laws in Brazil.What happens to a country’s system of labor laws when its government embraces market-oriented reforms? In a twist on the prediction that labor regulations will be repealed, researchers find that laws remain in place but are not faithfully enforced, a …
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Raising the Stakes: Experimental Evidence on the Endogeneity of Taxpayer MistakesRecent evidence suggests consumers fail to account for taxes that are excluded from a good’s displayed price. What is less understood is whether and how such “salience effects” depend on the magnitude of the tax. We conduct a laboratory shopping …
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Why Don't Seniors Choose Financially Optimal Drug Plans?Sewin Chan, Brian D. Elbel, Iris Lin …
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We All Grow Old: Housing Characteristics, Falls and the Health of SeniorsSewin Chan, Ingrid Ellen …
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The Credit Card Experience of Distressed HomeownersSewin Chan, Andrew Haughwout, Andrew Hayashi, Wilbert Van Der Klaauw …
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Perfluorooctanoic acid and low birth weight: Estimates of US attributable burden and economic costs from 2003 through 2014Available online 22 Nov 2017. Background and objective In utero exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) has been associated with decreases in birth weight. We aimed to estimate the proportion of PFOA-attributable low birth weight (LBW) births and …
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Commentary on Laugesen. "Conventional Wisdom: Other Countries have a Better Mix of Primary Care Practitioners and Specialists"Link to JHPPL conference at Columbia University June 20, 2017 0:00 - Introduction by Michael Sparer 1:44 - Commentary by Miriam Laugesen 20:27 - Commentary by Victor Rodwin …
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Retirement Contribution Rate Nudges and Plan Participation: Evidence from a Field ExperimentSimple interventions like changing the default or sending a short message can induce individuals to save more for retirement. However, messages that emphasize high savings rates may increase the amount that savings plan participants save while reducing …
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Understanding the Residential Location Choices of Older AdultsSewin Chan, Jaclene Begley …
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How the F Train Breakdown Hit Social MediaSubway riders are often frustrated by the lack of notifications about long and unexpected delays, despite the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s efforts at using social media. The need for rider information was highlighted on June 5, 2017, when a …
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Opinion: These families are doing more saving than their bank balances suggestJonathan Morduch and Rachel Schneider …
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A Pilot Community Health Worker Program in Subsidized Housing: The Health + Housing ProjectObjectives: We examine the implementation of a community health worker (CHW) program in subsidized housing, describe needs identified and priorities set by residents, and summarize participant-reported outcomes. Methods: Partnering with a local …
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UPPER EAST SIDE TAXIS AND THE SECOND AVENUE SUBWAYSince the opening of the Second Avenue Subway’s three new stations on January 1, 2017, taxi pickups and dropoffs in the immediate vicinity have declined, according to a new report by NYU’s Rudin Center for …
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Citi Bike: What Current Use and Activity Suggests for the Future of the ProgramCiti Bike: What Current Use and Activity Suggests for the Future of the Program takes stock of the system’s strengths and areas for growth as policymakers determine the City’s role in bringing Citi Bike to all five boroughs. Key findings include: Citi …
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Studies of physician-patient communication with older patients: How often is hearing loss considered? A systematic literature reviewHearing loss is remarkably prevalent in the geriatric population: one-quarter of adults aged 60–69 and 80% of adults aged 80 years and older have bilateral disabling loss. Only about one in five adults with hearing loss wears a hearing aid, leaving many …
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Thirty-day rehospitalizations among elderly patients with acute myocardial infarctionRehospitalization after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is common in elderly patients. It increases morbimortality and health care expenditures. The association between ambulatory care after discharge forAMI and rehospitalization has never been studied …
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The French Health Care SystemThe French health care system is a model of national health insurance (NHI) that provides health care coverage to all legal residents. It is an example of public social security and private health care financing, combined with a public-private mix in the …
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A Locally Based Initiative to Support People and Communities by Transformative Use of DataJulia Ingrid Lane, David Kendrick, David Ellwood …
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Access to Household Resources and Human Development: Evidence from Survey Data for TanzaniaAmarakoon Bandara, Rajeev Dehejia, Shaheen Lavie-Rouse …
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Do factory managers know what workers want? Managerworker information asymmetries and pareto optimal human resource management policiesParis Adler, Drusilla Brown, Rajeev Dehejia, George Domat, Raymond Robertson …
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Do Rewards Reinforce the Growth Mindset?: Joint Effects of the Growth Mindset and Incentive Schemes in a Field InterventionMelody Manchi Chao, Sujata Visaria, Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Rajeev Dehejia …