VOLUME 2(2) • 2015
USING COUNTRY-LEVEL DATA AND PANEL ECONOMETRIC METHODS TO ESTIMATE THE EFFECT OF POPULATION AVERAGE MILK CONSUMPTION ON PROSTATE AND OVARIAN CANCER MORTALITY RATES
ABSTRACT. Prostate and ovarian cancers have been related to milk consumption. However, existing ecological studies using country-level data do not attempt to identify causal effects since they are only based on simple cross-sectional analyses. Only under very restrictive assumptions the cross-sectio..
EXPANDING SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION: NEW OPPORTUNITIES UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
ABSTRACT. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides new but limited opportunities to promote or fund specialized transportation services for older people and adults with disabilities. This paper explains how states can use these largely untapped options to expand services for targeted low-income popula..
THE PHARMACEUTICAL PRICING PROCESS OVER TIME: BALANCING THE COMPETING NEEDS OF REWARDING INNOVATION AND PROMOTING COMPETITION
ABSTRACT. Prices for a patented pharmaceutical drug will often decline significantly once a drug comes off-patent. These declines occur due to the drug’s transition from a period of market exclusivity, when an innovative drug manufacturer has the opportunity to cover its cost of capital, to the peri..
WHY DO AUSTRALIANS RETIRE EARLY OR LATE? AN ANALYSIS OF A NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL DATASET
ABSTRACT. Encouraging worker to delay their retirement is a natural labor force response to increasing longevity and population ageing. However, so far there is still a lack of knowledge regarding what matters most for people’s retirement decision, especially the joint effects of various contributin..