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Stephen A Woodbury - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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health Insurance Tax credits the earned income Tax credit and health Insurance coverage of single mothers
Health Economics, 2014Co-Authors: Merve Cebi, Stephen A WoodburyAbstract:SUMMARY The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 enacted a refundable Tax credit for low‐income working families who purchased health Insurance coverage for their children. This health Insurance Tax credit (HITC) existed during Tax years 1991, 1992, and 1993, and was then rescinded. A difference‐in‐differences estimator applied to Current Population Survey data suggests that adoption of the HITC, along with accompanying increases in the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), was associated with a relative increase of about 4.7 percentage points in the private health Insurance coverage of working single mothers with high school or less education. Also, a difference‐in‐difference‐in‐differences estimator, which attempts to net out the possible influence of the EITC increases but which requires strong assumptions, suggests that the HITC was responsible for about three‐quarters (3.6 percentage points) of the total increase. The latter estimate implies a price elasticity of health Insurance take‐up of −0.42. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Dajung Jun - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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effectiveness of Tax credits for health Insurance premium evidence from the health Insurance Tax credit
Health Economics, 2018Co-Authors: Dajung JunAbstract:With the push to repeal the Affordable Care Act, there is renewed interest in using Tax credits to increase health Insurance coverage. Another Tax credit‐driven policy, the Health Insurance Tax Credit (HITC), was implemented during 1991–1993. To date, only one paper has analyzed the effectiveness of the HITC on coverage rates. In this paper, I reexamine the effectiveness of the HITC by using the Survey of Income Program Participation and provide the first estimates of its effects on utilization and self‐reported health status. Despite using the different data set, I find a similar result regarding coverage as the previous paper—the effect of the HITC was about 5.8 percentage points. I also find that self‐reported health was significantly improved because of the HITC. I conclude by discussing the implications of these findings on the larger debate regarding current health care reform.
Pierre-philippe Combes - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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transport costs measures determinants and regional policy implications for france
Journal of Economic Geography, 2005Co-Authors: Pierre-philippe Combes, Miren LafourcadeAbstract:We develop a methodology to accurately compute transport costs. Based on the real transport network, our measure encompasses the characteristics of infrastructure, vehicle and energy used, as well as labor, Insurance, Tax and general charges borne by transport carriers. Computed for the 341 French employment areas, road transport shipments and the period 1978--1998, this new measure is compared to alternative ones such as great circle distance, real distance, or real time. We conclude that these proxies do a very good job in capturing transport costs in cross-section analysis. However, important discrepancies limit the possibility of using them in time series analysis. Moreover, our measure allows us to identify the policies that most impact transport costs. We show that transport technology and market structure are responsible for most of the transport cost decrease. Infrastructure improvements only condition the spatial distribution of the gains. Finally, some implications for researchers and regional policy makers are derived. Copyright 2005, Oxford University Press.
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Transport Costs: Measures, Determinants and Regional Policy Implications for France
Journal of Economic Geography, 2005Co-Authors: Miren Lafourcade, Pierre-philippe CombesAbstract:We develop a methodology to accurately compute transport costs. Based on the real transport network, our measure encompasses the characteristics of infrastructure, vehicle and energy used, as well as labor, Insurance, Tax and general charges borne by transport carriers. Computed for the 341 French employment areas, road transport shipments and the period 1978-1998, this new measure is compared to alternative ones such as great circle distance, real distance, or real time. We conclude that these proxies do a very good job in capturing transport costs in cross-section analysis. However, important discrepancies limit the possibility of using them in time series analysis. Moreover, our measure allows us to identify the policies that most impact transport costs. We show that transport technology and market structure are responsible for most of the transport cost decrease. Infrastructure improvements only condition the spatial distribution of the gains. Finally, some implications for researchers and regional policy makers are derived.
Miren Lafourcade - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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transport costs measures determinants and regional policy implications for france
Journal of Economic Geography, 2005Co-Authors: Pierre-philippe Combes, Miren LafourcadeAbstract:We develop a methodology to accurately compute transport costs. Based on the real transport network, our measure encompasses the characteristics of infrastructure, vehicle and energy used, as well as labor, Insurance, Tax and general charges borne by transport carriers. Computed for the 341 French employment areas, road transport shipments and the period 1978--1998, this new measure is compared to alternative ones such as great circle distance, real distance, or real time. We conclude that these proxies do a very good job in capturing transport costs in cross-section analysis. However, important discrepancies limit the possibility of using them in time series analysis. Moreover, our measure allows us to identify the policies that most impact transport costs. We show that transport technology and market structure are responsible for most of the transport cost decrease. Infrastructure improvements only condition the spatial distribution of the gains. Finally, some implications for researchers and regional policy makers are derived. Copyright 2005, Oxford University Press.
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Transport Costs: Measures, Determinants and Regional Policy Implications for France
Journal of Economic Geography, 2005Co-Authors: Miren Lafourcade, Pierre-philippe CombesAbstract:We develop a methodology to accurately compute transport costs. Based on the real transport network, our measure encompasses the characteristics of infrastructure, vehicle and energy used, as well as labor, Insurance, Tax and general charges borne by transport carriers. Computed for the 341 French employment areas, road transport shipments and the period 1978-1998, this new measure is compared to alternative ones such as great circle distance, real distance, or real time. We conclude that these proxies do a very good job in capturing transport costs in cross-section analysis. However, important discrepancies limit the possibility of using them in time series analysis. Moreover, our measure allows us to identify the policies that most impact transport costs. We show that transport technology and market structure are responsible for most of the transport cost decrease. Infrastructure improvements only condition the spatial distribution of the gains. Finally, some implications for researchers and regional policy makers are derived.
Merve Cebi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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health Insurance Tax credits the earned income Tax credit and health Insurance coverage of single mothers
Health Economics, 2014Co-Authors: Merve Cebi, Stephen A WoodburyAbstract:SUMMARY The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 enacted a refundable Tax credit for low‐income working families who purchased health Insurance coverage for their children. This health Insurance Tax credit (HITC) existed during Tax years 1991, 1992, and 1993, and was then rescinded. A difference‐in‐differences estimator applied to Current Population Survey data suggests that adoption of the HITC, along with accompanying increases in the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), was associated with a relative increase of about 4.7 percentage points in the private health Insurance coverage of working single mothers with high school or less education. Also, a difference‐in‐difference‐in‐differences estimator, which attempts to net out the possible influence of the EITC increases but which requires strong assumptions, suggests that the HITC was responsible for about three‐quarters (3.6 percentage points) of the total increase. The latter estimate implies a price elasticity of health Insurance take‐up of −0.42. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.