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Labor Markets and Technological Change: Evidence from Electronic Health Records

In this paper, I investigate whether Electronic Health Record adoption in hospitals affects labor market decisions of physicians within the hospital. I find of increased physician retirement and likelihood of switching from a hospital to an office setting. I find further evidence of productivity gains for physicians who do not change their labor market behavior.

Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansions and maternal morbidity

In this paper, we test whether the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansions are associated with maternal morbidity. The ACA expansions may have affected maternal morbidity by increasing pre-conception access to health care, and by improving the …