Health Economics - Part 7

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Health Economics - Part 6

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Health Economics - Part 5

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Health Economics - Part 4

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Health Economics - Part 3

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Health Economics - Part 2

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Health Economics - Part 1

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New Perspectives on the Economics of Mental Health

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Mission Motivation and Public Sector Performance: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan

By Muhammad Yasir Khan

American Economic Review, July 2025

This paper studies, through a randomized field experiment involving community health workers in Pakistan, if public sector organizations can improve worker performance by investing in their mission motivation. The findings reveal that training aimed at st...

Midcentury stagnation in health and education

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There was steady decline in the well-being of American cohorts born between 1947 and the mid-1960s.

Healthy at Work? Evidence from a Social Experimental Evaluation of a Firm-Based Wellness Program

By Marianne Simonsen and Lars Skipper

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, August 2025

We employ a large social experiment combined with register-based data, allowing for up to 12-year follow-up to evaluate a long-lasting employer-sponsored health and well-being program. We show that employees at treated worksites receive fewer consultation...

Communication Barriers and Infant Health: The Intergenerational Effect of Randomly Allocating Refugees across Language Regions

By Daniel Auer and Johannes S. Kunz

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, August 2025

This paper investigates the intergenerational effect of communication barriers on child health at birth. We study refugees in Switzerland who come from French- or Italian-speaking countries and who, upon arrival, are randomly allocated to different canton...

Eliminating Fares to Expand Opportunities: Experimental Evidence on the Impacts of Free Public Transportation on Economic and Social Disparities

By Rebecca Brough, Matthew Freedman, and David C. Phillips

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, August 2025

We conduct a randomized controlled trial to study the employment effects of providing free public transportation to individuals with low incomes. A temporary subsidy that reduces the price of transit to zero has no significant effects on individuals' paid...

Understanding international approaches to drug pricing

[Research Highlight]

June 10, 2025

Margaret Kyle discusses how different countries regulate the price of pharmaceuticals and lessons for the United States.

The costs of species extinction

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Public health implications of the decline of vultures in India.

Political leadership and anti-scientific messaging

[Research Highlight]

October 17, 2023

Do populist challenges to scientific recommendations lead citizens to adopt risky behavior?

Graduate school and mental health

[Research Highlight]

February 15, 2023

Valentin Bolotnyy discusses the state of student mental health in eight top-ranked economics programs.

Mobile money and migration

[Research Highlight]

January 13, 2021

An experiment in Bangladesh showed that its new urban workers can use mobile banking to help support their families in the countryside.

Health Effects of Cousin Marriage: Evidence from US Genealogical Records

By Sam Il Myoung Hwang, Deaglan Jakob, and Munir Squires

American Economic Review: Insights, September 2025

Cousin marriage rates are high in many countries today. While previous studies have documented increased risks of infant and child mortality, we provide the first estimate of the effect of such marriages on life expectancy throughout adulthood. By studyin...

Exogenous Exits, Market Structure, and Equilibrium Contracts in Health Care

By Natalia Serna

American Economic Review: Insights, September 2025

This paper quantifies the causal effects of exogenous health insurer exits on contract structure and health care market outcomes, proposing market concentration as a likely mechanism for these effects. Leveraging the termination of the largest health insu...