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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3330| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Announcement effects of health policy reforms : evidence from the abolition of Austria’s baby bonus |
| Authors: | Brunner, Beatrice Kuhn, Andreas |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10198-013-0481-4 10.21256/zhaw-3330 |
| Published in: | The European Journal of Health Economics |
| Volume(Issue): | 15 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Page(s): | 373 |
| Pages to: | 388 |
| Issue Date: | 2013 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Springer |
| ISSN: | 1618-7598 1618-7601 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Baby bonus; Scheduling of conception; Timing of birth; Policy announcement; Announcement effect; Birth complication; Medical intervention |
| Subject (DDC): | 362: Health and social services |
| Abstract: | We analyze the short-run fertility and health effects resulting from the early announcement of the abolition of the Austrian baby bonus in January 1997. The abolition of the benefit was publicly announced about 10 months in advance, creating the opportunity for prospective parents to (re-)schedule conceptions accordingly. We find robust evidence that, within the month before the abolition, about 8 % more children were born as a result of (re-)scheduling conceptions. At the same time, there is no evidence that mothers deliberately manipulated the date of birth through medical intervention. We also find a substantial and significant increase in the fraction of birth complications, but no evidence for any resulting adverse effects on newborns' health. |
| Further description: | Erworben im Rahmen der Schweizer Nationallizenzen (http://www.nationallizenzen.ch) |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/16520 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Restricted until: | 2019-05-31 |
| Departement: | School of Management and Law |
| Organisational Unit: | Winterthur Institute of Health Economics (WIG) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Management and Law |
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Brunner, B., & Kuhn, A. (2013). Announcement effects of health policy reforms : evidence from the abolition of Austria’s baby bonus. The European Journal of Health Economics, 15(4), 373–388. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-013-0481-4
Brunner, B. and Kuhn, A. (2013) ‘Announcement effects of health policy reforms : evidence from the abolition of Austria’s baby bonus’, The European Journal of Health Economics, 15(4), pp. 373–388. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-013-0481-4.
B. Brunner and A. Kuhn, “Announcement effects of health policy reforms : evidence from the abolition of Austria’s baby bonus,” The European Journal of Health Economics, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 373–388, 2013, doi: 10.1007/s10198-013-0481-4.
BRUNNER, Beatrice und Andreas KUHN, 2013. Announcement effects of health policy reforms : evidence from the abolition of Austria’s baby bonus. The European Journal of Health Economics. 2013. Bd. 15, Nr. 4, S. 373–388. DOI 10.1007/s10198-013-0481-4
Brunner, Beatrice, and Andreas Kuhn. 2013. “Announcement Effects of Health Policy Reforms : Evidence from the Abolition of Austria’s Baby Bonus.” The European Journal of Health Economics 15 (4): 373–88. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-013-0481-4.
Brunner, Beatrice, and Andreas Kuhn. “Announcement Effects of Health Policy Reforms : Evidence from the Abolition of Austria’s Baby Bonus.” The European Journal of Health Economics, vol. 15, no. 4, 2013, pp. 373–88, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-013-0481-4.
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