Selection with variation in diagnostic skill: Evidence from radiologists

DC Chan, M Gentzkow, C Yu - The Quarterly Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Physicians, judges, teachers, and agents in many other settings differ systematically in the
decisions they make when faced with similar cases. Standard approaches to interpreting …

Modeling of 3R (reduce, reuse and recycle) for sustainable construction waste reduction: A partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM)

M Mohammed, N Shafiq, A Elmansoury… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
There is a lack of awareness and knowledge among the Malaysian construction industry
about waste management reduction. Numerous nations worldwide have understood and …

Working hours and job satisfaction in China: A threshold analysis

H Zheng, P Vatsa, W Ma, X Zhou - China Economic Review, 2023 - Elsevier
This study utilizes a threshold model to examine the nonlinear relationship between working
hours and job satisfaction, using the open-access data of the 2018 China Family Panel …

Path dependency in physician decisions

L Jin, R Tang, H Ye, J Yi, S Zhong - Review of Economic Studies, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We examine path dependency in physician decisions in an emergency department setting,
and find that physicians' treatment decisions for the current and previous patients are …

Geographic variation in healthcare utilization: The role of physicians

I Badinski, A Finkelstein, M Gentzkow, P Hull - 2023 - nber.org
We study the role of physicians in driving geographic variation of US healthcare utilization.
We estimate a model that separates variation in average utilization of Medicare beneficiaries …

Selecting top bureaucrats: Admission exams and performance in brazil

R Dahis, L Schiavon, T Scot - Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024 - direct.mit.edu
In the absence of strong incentives, public service delivery is crucially dependent on
bureaucrat selection. Despite wide adoption by governments, it is unclear whether civil …

The productivity of professions: evidence from the emergency department

DC Chan Jr, Y Chen - 2022 - nber.org
This paper studies the productivity of nurse practitioners (NPs) and physicians, two
professions performing overlapping tasks but with stark differences in background, training …

Primary care physician practice styles and patient care: Evidence from physician exits in Medicare

I Fadlon, J Van Parys - Journal of health economics, 2020 - Elsevier
Primary care physicians (PCPs) provide frontline health care to patients in the US; however,
it is unclear how their practice styles affect patient care. In this paper, we estimate the long …

Drug diffusion through peer networks: The influence of industry payments

L Agha, D Zeltzer - American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2022 - aeaweb.org
Pharmaceutical companies market to physicians through individual detailing accompanied
by monetary or in-kind transfers. Large compensation payments to a small number of …

Is there a VA advantage? Evidence from dually eligible veterans

DC Chan, D Card, L Taylor - American Economic Review, 2023 - aeaweb.org
We study public versus private provision of health care for veterans aged 65 and older who
may receive care provided by the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and in private …