Bargaining Over Labour: Do Patients Have Any Power?*

Gans, Joshua S.; Leigh, Andrew

doi:10.1111/j.1475-4932.2011.00776.x

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“…In the opposite direction, Schulkind and Shapiro (2014) find relatively small birth bring-forwards in response to the United States tax system, which are nonetheless associated with lower birthweight and lower Apgar scores. More broadly, birth shifting has been identified by parents seeking to avoid inauspicious days and care providers wishing to avoid weekends, public holidays and conferences; see Gans and Leigh (2012) and Gans et al (2007).…”

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Baby Bonuses: Natural Experiments in Cash Transfers, Birth Timing and Child Outcomes

Deutscher

Breunig

2017

Economic Record

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We use the 1 July 2004 introduction of the Australian Baby Bonus to identify the effect of family income on child test scores at grade three. Using a difference‐in‐differences design, we find no evidence that the Baby Bonus improved child outcomes in aggregate, but some evidence of a modest effect for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. We examine whether birth shifting associated with the Baby Bonus and two other Australian maternity payments had negative long‐term effects on children. Despite widespread concerns about this unintended treatment, regression discontinuity estimates provide no clear evidence of lasting health or educational consequences.

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Baby Bonuses: Natural Experiments in Cash Transfers, Birth Timing and Child Outcomes

Deutscher

Breunig

2017

Economic Record

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“…Additionally, previous work has considered whether certain dates considered unlucky in Western cultures are avoided. In Australia, there are 7.7% too few births on Friday the 13th (Gans and Leigh, 2012). In the US, the number of births fell 11% on Halloweens from 1996-2006 and increased 5% on Valentine's Days (Levy et al, 2011).…”

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“…Among these non-clinical determinants of delivery method or delivery timing, achieving "auspicious" birth dates may be particularly difficult to rationalize from the perspective of public health. That said, if there is an increase in the number of C-sections and births on auspicious dates, it is not clear whether it is the health care provider or the parents who drive such an increase (Gans and Leigh, 2012).…”

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Auspicious birth dates among Chinese in California

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Sviatschi

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Economics & Human Biology

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The number eight is considered lucky in Chinese culture, e.g. the Beijing Olympics began at 8:08 pm on 8/8/2008. Given the potential for discretion in selecting particular dates of labor induction or scheduled Cesarean section (C-section), we consider whether Chinese-American births in California occur disproportionately on the 8th, 18th, or 28th day of the month. We find 2.3% "too many" Chinese births on these auspicious birth dates, whereas Whites show no corresponding increase. The increase in Chinese births is driven by higher parity C-sections: the number of repeat C-sections is 6% "too high" on auspicious birth dates. Sons born to Chinese parents account for the entire increase; daughter deliveries do not seem to be timed to achieve "lucky" birth dates. We also find avoidance of repeat C-section deliveries on the 4th, 14th, and 24th of the month, considered unlucky in Chinese culture. Finally, we replicate earlier work finding that Friday the 13th delivery dates are avoided and document a particularly large decrease among Chinese. For Whites and Chinese in California, mothers with higher levels of education are particularly likely to avoid delivering on the 13th.

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“…Tax benefits and inauspicious birthdates avoidance have been considered in the literature as possible motivations for patients' demand for medical manipulation of the exact day of delivery. Dickert-Conlin and Chandra (1999) and Gans and Leigh (2009) provide supportive evidence on the first mechanism; Lo (2003), Hsu et al (2007) and Gans and Leigh (2012) find evidence of births move from inauspicious days. Since the perfect planning of a child's date of birth is unlikely without medical intervention, this evidence suggests that physicians might, to some extent, accommodate patients' demand for birthdate.…”

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Caesarean Section and the Manipulation of Exact Delivery Time

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Abstract:Physicians are often alleged responsible for the manipulation of delivery timing. We investigate this issue in a setting that negates the influence of financial incentives behind "physician's demand induction" but allows for "risk aversion" to medical errors and "demand for leisure" motivations. Working on a sample of women admitted at the onset of labor in a big public hospital in Italy we estimate a model for the exact time of delivery as driven by individual indication to receive Caesarean Section (CS) and covariates. We find that ICS does not affect the day of delivery but leads to a circadian rhythm in the likelihood of delivery. The pattern is consistent with the postponement of high ICS deliveries in the late night\early morning shift. Our evidence hardly supports the manipulation of timing of births as driven by medical staff's "demand for leisure". An explanation based on "risk aversion" attitude seems more appropriate.

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Bargaining Over Labour: Do Patients Have Any Power?*

Cited by 11 publications

References 35 publications

Baby Bonuses: Natural Experiments in Cash Transfers, Birth Timing and Child Outcomes

Baby Bonuses: Natural Experiments in Cash Transfers, Birth Timing and Child Outcomes

Auspicious birth dates among Chinese in California

Caesarean Section and the Manipulation of Exact Delivery Time

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