N Ashraf,
D Karlan… - The Quarterly Journal of …, 2006 - qje.oxfordjournals.org
Abstract We designed a commitment savings product for a Philippine bank and implemented
it using a randomized control methodology. The savings product was intended for
individuals who want to commit now to restrict access to their savings, and who were ...
C Elbers, T Fujii, P Lanjouw,
B Özler… - Journal of Development …, 2007 - Elsevier
In this paper, we employ recently completed “poverty maps” for three countries as tools for
an ex ante evaluation of the distributional incidence of geographic targeting of public
resources. We simulate the impact on poverty of transferring an exogenously given budget ...
N Ashraf,
DS Karlan… - Yale University Economic Growth …, 2005 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: Informal lending and savings institutions exist around the world, and often include
regular door-to-door deposit collection of cash. Some banks have adopted similar services
in order to expand access to banking services in areas that lack physical branches. Using ...
W Yin - Journal of Health Economics, 2008 - Elsevier
I study the impact of the Orphan Drug Act (ODA), which established tax incentives for rare
disease drug development. I examine the flow of new clinical drug trials for a large set of
rare diseases. Among more prevalent rare diseases, the ODA led to a significant and ...
N Ashraf,
DS Karlan… - 2006 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: Female" empowerment" has increasingly become a policy goal, both as an end to
itself and as a means to achieving other development goals. Microfinance in particular has
often been argued, but not without controversy, to be a tool for empowering women. Here, ...
N Ashraf,
D Karlan… - World development, 2010 - Elsevier
Female “empowerment” has increasingly become a policy goal, both as an end to itself and
as a means to achieving other development goals. Microfinance in particular has often been
argued, but not without controversy, to be a tool for empowering women. Here, using a ...
JX Zhang, W Yin, SX Sun… - Journal of general internal …, 2008 - Springer
Abstract Background Little information exists regarding the impact of Medicare Part D on
generic drug use. Objective To examine changes in the use of generic prescriptions
attributable to Part D among a sample of Medicare beneficiaries. Design, participants, and ...
N Ashraf,
D Karlan… - 2006 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: Commitment devices for savings could benefit those with self-control as well as
familial or spousal control issues. We find evidence to support both motivations. We examine
the impact of a commitment savings product in the Philippines on household decision ...
W Yin - Journal of health economics, 2009 - Elsevier
The Orphan Drug Act (ODA) was designed to spur the development of drugs for rare
diseases. In principle, its design also incentivizes pharmaceutical firms to develop drugs for
“rare” subdivisions of more prevalent diseases. I find that in response to this incentive, ...
[CITATION] Female Empowerment: Further Evidence from a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines
N Ashraf, D Karlan… - Yale University Economic Growth Center Discussion …, 2006
[CITATION] Unmet Demand in a Segmented Market
Y Wesley… - World Bank, Washington, DC, 2002
A Basu, W Yin… - Health Services Research, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Principal Findings. Expenditures for the treatment and control groups tracked each other closely
in the pre–Part D period. Immediately following the implementation of Part D, expenditures for
both groups decreased and then leveled off. There were no significant changes in trends ...
D Goldman, D Lakdawalla, TJ Philipson… - Health …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Pricing, reimbursements and coverage decisions for medical innovations and services are
complex. In many countries, valuing medical technologies is the responsibility of national
health-care systems that strive for distributive efficiency under fiscal constraints on medical ...
[CITATION] Do market incentives generate innovation or balkanization? Evidence from the market for rare disease drugs
W Yin - University of Chicago mimeo, 2005
[CITATION] Forthcoming.“Tying Odysseus to the Mast: Evidence from a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines.”
N Ashraf, D Karlan… - Quarterly Journal of Economics
N Ashraf,
DS Karlan, W Yin… - 2003 - aida.econ.yale.edu
Abstract This paper advocates a rigorous, scientific approach to the evaluation of
innovations in micro-savings products. Such rigorous, randomized evaluations can help
microfinance institutions (MFIs) have a clearer sense of why certain products are ...
[CITATION] Poverty Alleviation through Geographic Targeting: Does Disaggregation Help?
C Elbers, T Fujii, P Lanjouw, B Ozler… - Policy research working paper, World …, 2004
D Lakdawalla… - 2009 - nber.org
A controversial feature of Medicare Part D is its reliance on private insurers to negotiate drug
prices and rebates with retail pharmacies and drug manufacturers. Central to this
controversy is whether increases in market power—an undesirable feature in most ...
[CITATION] How Much Does Disaggregation Help?
C Elbers, T Fujii, P Lanjouw, B Ozler… - World Bank, Washington, DC, 2004
DN Lakdawalla… - 2010 - nber.org
Public financing of private health insurance may generate external effects beyond the
subsidized population, by influencing the size and bargaining power of health insurers. We
test for this external effect in the context of Medicare Part D. We analyze how Part D- ...
[CITATION] Deposit Collectors
A Nava, K Dean… - Advances in Economic Analysis and Policy, 2006
W Yin - 2006 - gradworks.umi.com
Abstract: This dissertation has three chapters on the economics of health and development.
The first chapter investigates how profit incentives established by public policy affect
innovation. I study the impact of the Orphan Drug Act (ODA), which created incentives to ...
N Ashraf,
D Karlan, W Yin… - 2012 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: Green Bank of the Philippines was known for its product innovation and its ability to
bring new products to market. In 2002, Green Bank designed an untested commitment
savings product that both gave individuals access to formal savings and helped them ...
W Yin, N Ashraf… - Econometric Society 2004 North …, 2004 - ideas.repec.org
We designed a commitment savings product and implemented it using a randomized control
experiment in the Philippines. This savings product was intended for individuals who want to
commit now to save later, and who were sophisticated enough to engage in such a ...
W Yin - Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization, 2007 - econpapers.repec.org
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Female'empowerment'has increasingly become a policy goal, both as an end to itself and as
a means to achieving other development goals. Microfinance in particular has often been
argued, but not without controversy, to be a tool for empowering women. Here, using a ...
[CITATION] Tying Medical Practice Variation to Patient Health Outcomes: Identifying Inefficiency in the Diffusion of Medical Care Practices
W Yin - 2005
D Lakdawalla… - 2010 - economics.uchicago.edu
Abstract Medicare Part D relies on private insurers to disseminate prescription drug
coverage to Medicare beneficiaries. By all accounts, the injection of newly insured Part D
enrollees into the system created surplus that was shared by insurers, manufacturers, ...
DP Goldman, DN Lakdawalla, T Philipson… - 2010 - rand.org
The method currently used to value new health-care treatments in the UK does not
adequately capture some dimensions of the full costs and benefits of those treatments to the
citizenry supporting the National Health Service.
D Goldman, D Lakdawalla, TJ Philipson… - Health …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
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(wileyonlinelibrary. com). An error was subsequently identified in the affiliations of the first
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