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The official page for the American Journal of Health Economics, an international, peer-reviewed journal published quarterly online and in print. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/ajhe/current
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@ajhejournal.bsky.socialJust accepted! How much did people value getting the COVID-19 vaccine sooner? A new study finds median WTP for earlier vaccination was $50, or 2% of the value implied by standard estimates of the associated mortality-risk reduction. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/743891 #EconSky #PublicHealth
Show PostAccepted at AJHE! When one partner is hospitalized, family income falls sharply, and the healthy partner absorbs the biggest loss. However, each new pharmaceutical treatment for that disease cuts income losses 1.7% offsetting 10–15% of the shock. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/743585 #EconSky
Show PostWhat are the long-run health effects of abortion legalization? @hamidnb.bsky.social, Vu & @jasonmfletcher.bsky.social find cohorts in utero under legalized abortion regimes had 4.5% lower adult mortality and sizable reductions in disability. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/744083 #EconSky
Show PostJust accepted! What happens to younger siblings when an older sibling reaches the legal drinking age? Using Finnish data, Böckerman, Haapanen & Jepsen find higher mortality and hospitalization risks among younger siblings. Link to paper: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/744090 #HealthEconomics
Show PostAnd... the Best Paper Award goes to "The Effect of Hospital Maternity Ward Closures on Maternal and Infant Health" by Emily Battaglia (www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/727738)! Wards close, C-sections fall for low-risk moms -- babies just as healthy still.
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