Jori Barash
@joribarash.bsky.social
I study industrial organization, labor economics, and market design in healthcare and higher education.
https://www.joribarash.com/
https://www.joribarash.com/
It’s great seeing @utaustinecon.bsky.social alumni at #ASHEcon2025!
June 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
It’s great seeing @utaustinecon.bsky.social alumni at #ASHEcon2025!
Why? Low-effort physicians tend to have high-need patients. That might not be a uniquely Norwegian phenomenon.
Upside: ~everyone is weakly better off and regional disparities shrink
Downside: full information would still be far better
Upside: ~everyone is weakly better off and regional disparities shrink
Downside: full information would still be far better
October 22, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Why? Low-effort physicians tend to have high-need patients. That might not be a uniquely Norwegian phenomenon.
Upside: ~everyone is weakly better off and regional disparities shrink
Downside: full information would still be far better
Upside: ~everyone is weakly better off and regional disparities shrink
Downside: full information would still be far better
Should we increase effort by adding a choice of higher wage + lower salary?
Yes, if it attracts physicians who otherwise spend too little time with patients (large health effects of extra time)
Yes, if it attracts physicians who otherwise spend too little time with patients (large health effects of extra time)
October 22, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Should we increase effort by adding a choice of higher wage + lower salary?
Yes, if it attracts physicians who otherwise spend too little time with patients (large health effects of extra time)
Yes, if it attracts physicians who otherwise spend too little time with patients (large health effects of extra time)
Hi! I’m Jori Barash, an IO JMC from UT Austin
Physicians often face a single payment formula. My #EconJMP asks whether they should have a choice. A short thread...
Full: https://buff.ly/3YuDJPp
Site: joribarash.com (more on health/higher ed/environment/housing)
Physicians often face a single payment formula. My #EconJMP asks whether they should have a choice. A short thread...
Full: https://buff.ly/3YuDJPp
Site: joribarash.com (more on health/higher ed/environment/housing)
![Should Physicians Choose Their Reimbursement Rate? Menu Design for Physician Payment Contracts. Abstract: The optimal design of physician reimbursement contracts is challenging because there is information asymmetry between physicians and patients. Common reimbursement arrangements like a piece rate ("fee-for-service") or a flat fee ("capitation") are widely believed to incentivize wasteful spending or inadequate treatment. Moreover, a physician's socially efficient reimbursement arrangement may vary with unobserved characteristics like cost of effort, productivity, and altruism. I show how offering physicians a menu of reimbursement contracts can improve welfare. Depending on the correlation in physicians' private information, the private and social benefits of a high piece rate may be aligned. I develop a model of physician treatment decision-making and estimate model primitives using detailed administrative data on Norwegian primary care physicians and their patients. [...]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uigrz5yligfmhdxveysrtf2s/bafkreie7u5vcvuujdclrufu2seiztdna3zcbilphogrvnxlqepo7kfpyty@jpeg)
October 22, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Hi! I’m Jori Barash, an IO JMC from UT Austin
Physicians often face a single payment formula. My #EconJMP asks whether they should have a choice. A short thread...
Full: https://buff.ly/3YuDJPp
Site: joribarash.com (more on health/higher ed/environment/housing)
Physicians often face a single payment formula. My #EconJMP asks whether they should have a choice. A short thread...
Full: https://buff.ly/3YuDJPp
Site: joribarash.com (more on health/higher ed/environment/housing)
Bandit is always in on the joke
September 20, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Bandit is always in on the joke