Syllabus

1. Demand for health and health services

The concept of health production; the Grossman model

  • Grossman, M., (2000). Chapter 7: The human capital model. Handbook of Health Economics, Volume 1, Edited by A.J. Culyer and J.P Newhouse

  • Zweifel, P., Breyer, F., & Kifmann, M. (2009). Health economics. Springer. Chapter 3 (Individual as Producers of Their Health)

     

2. Demand for health and health services

The concept of health production; early childhood influences

  • Almond, D., & Currie, J. (2011) Human Capital Development before Age Five. Handbook of Labor Economics, Volume 4b, Edited by D, Card and O, Ashenfelter

     

3. Demand for health and health services

Is an ounce of prevention better than a pound of cure?

  • Hey, J.D., Patel, M.S., (1983). Prevention and cure? Or: is an ounce of prevention better than a pound of cure? Journal of Health Economics 2, 119-138

     

4. Health insurance

Basic model; market equilibrium under symmetric information; market equilibrium under asymmetric information

  • Zweifel, P., Breyer, F., & Kifmann, M. (2009). Health economics. Springer. Chapter 5 (Health Goods, Market Failure and Justice)

     

5. Health insurance

Averse selection and public policy; insurance loads and preference heterogeneity

  • Einav, l., Finkelstein, A. (2011). Selection in Insurance Markets: Theory and Empirics in Pictures. Journal of Economic Perspectives 25, 115-138

     

6. Health insurance

Dual moral hazard; moral hazard vs. risk reduction

  • Bhattacharya, Hyde & Tu (2014) “Chapter III.11 (Moral hazard)”.

  • Zweifel, P., Breyer, F., & Kifmann, M. (2009). Health economics. Springer. Chapter 6 (Optimal Health Insurance Contracts)

     

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