Wesley Yin
Biographic Data
| ID | 6448485 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wesley Yin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wesley |
| FAMILY NAME | Yin |
| SIGNATURE | YIN W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Trends in Medical Debt During the Covid-19 Pandemic
This cross-sectional study evaluates the association between the COVID-19 pandemic and reported new medical debt from 2018 to 2021 across the US
Insurers’ Negotiating Leverage and the External Effects of Medicare Part D
By influencing the size and bargaining power of private insurers, public subsidization of private health insurance may project effects beyond the subsidized population. We test for such spillovers by analyzing how increases in insurer size resulting from the implementation of Medicare Part D affected drug prices negotiated in the non-Medicare commercial market. On average, Part D lowered prices for commercial enrollees by 3.7%. The external comme…
Female Empowerment
Poverty alleviation through geographic targeting
Poverty Alleviation through Geographic Targeting
"Using recently completed "poverty maps" for Cambodia, Ecuador, and Madagascar, the authors simulate the impact on poverty of transferring an exogenously given budget to geographically defined subgroups of the population according to their relative poverty status. They find large gains from targeting smaller administrative units, such as districts or villages. But these gains are still far from the poverty reduction that would be possible had the…
Poverty Alleviation through Geographic Targeting
"Using recently completed "poverty maps" for Cambodia, Ecuador, and Madagascar, the authors simulate the impact on poverty of transferring an exogenously given budget to geographically defined subgroups of the population according to their relative poverty status. They find large gains from targeting smaller administrative units, such as districts or villages. But these gains are still far from the poverty reduction that would be possible had the…
Poverty alleviation through geographic targeting
Female Empowerment
Insurers’ Negotiating Leverage and the External Effects of Medicare Part D
By influencing the size and bargaining power of private insurers, public subsidization of private health insurance may project effects beyond the subsidized population. We test for such spillovers by analyzing how increases in insurer size resulting from the implementation of Medicare Part D affected drug prices negotiated in the non-Medicare commercial market. On average, Part D lowered prices for commercial enrollees by 3.7%. The external comme…
Trends in Medical Debt During the Covid-19 Pandemic
This cross-sectional study evaluates the association between the COVID-19 pandemic and reported new medical debt from 2018 to 2021 across the US
Economics (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (3 works) · Development economics (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Finance (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Global Health Care Issues (2 works)