Victor R. Fuchs

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

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Scholarly Papers (37)

1.

The New Demographic Transition: Most Gains in Life Expectancy Now Realized Late in Life

Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2012 Forthcoming, Stanford Asia Health Policy Program Working Paper No. 29
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 18 Jun 2012
Karen Eggleston and Victor R. Fuchs
Stanford University - Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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The Future of Health Economics

NBER Working Paper No. w7379
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 11 Feb 2000 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2022
Victor R. Fuchs
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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The Weaker Sex? Vulnerable Men, Resilient Women, and Variations in Sex Differences in Mortality Since 1900

Stanford Asia Health Policy Program Working Paper No. 41
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 13 Oct 2016
Stanford University, Stanford University, Stanford University - Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC), Stanford University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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The Weaker Sex? Vulnerable Men, Resilient Women, and Variations in Sex Differences in Mortality Since 1900

NBER Working Paper No. w21114
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 27 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 12 Mar 2023
Stanford University, Stanford University, Stanford University - Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC), Stanford University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Why Do Economists Disagree About Policy?

NBER Working Paper No. w6151
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 10 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2023
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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5.

Time Preference and Health: An Exploratory Study

NBER Working Paper No. w0539
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 02 Mar 2002 Last Revised: 24 Dec 2022
Victor R. Fuchs
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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6.

Economic Growth and the Rise of Service Employment

NBER Working Paper No. w0486
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 30 Jan 2002 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2022
Victor R. Fuchs
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Provide, Provide: the Economics of Aging

NBER Working Paper No. w6642
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 07 Sep 1998 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2022
Victor R. Fuchs
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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8.

The Feminization of Poverty?

NBER Working Paper No. w1934
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 15 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 16 Oct 2022
Victor R. Fuchs
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Mathematical Achievement in Eighth Grade: Interstate and Racial Differences

NBER Working Paper No. w4784
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 26 May 2008 Last Revised: 30 Jul 2022
Victor R. Fuchs and Diane M. Reklis
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Area Differences in Utilization of Medical Care and Mortality Among U.S. Elderly

NBER Working Paper No. w8628
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 06 Dec 2001 Last Revised: 31 Jul 2022
Victor R. Fuchs, Mark B. McClellan and Jonathan S. Skinner
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Brookings Institution and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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11.

The Supply of Surgeons and the Demand for Operations

NBER Working Paper No. w0236
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 15 Feb 2001 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2022
Victor R. Fuchs
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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The Financial Problems of the Elderly: A Holistic Approach

NBER Working Paper No. w8236
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 13 Apr 2001 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2023
Victor R. Fuchs
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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13.

America's Children: Economic Perspectives and Policy Options

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 15 Feb 2001
Victor R. Fuchs and Diane Reklis
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Health Care for the Elderly: How Much? Who Will Pay for it?

NBER Working Paper No. w6755
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 17 Nov 1998 Last Revised: 18 Dec 2022
Victor R. Fuchs
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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15.

Medicare Reform: The Larger Picture

NBER Working Paper No. w7504
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 04 May 2000 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2023
Victor R. Fuchs
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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16.

Employee Response to Compulsory Short-Time Work

NBER Working Paper No. w2089
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 22 Apr 2004 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2022
Victor R. Fuchs and Joyce P. Jacobsen
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Wesleyan University - Department of Economics
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17.

Health, Government, and Irving Fisher

NBER Working Paper No. w6710
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 07 Sep 1998 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2022
Victor R. Fuchs
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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From Bismark to Woodcock: The "Irrational" Pursuit of National Health Insurance

NBER Working Paper No. w0120
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 03 May 2004 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2022
Victor R. Fuchs
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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19.

Risk Attitudes in Health: An Exploratory Study

NBER Working Paper No. w0875
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 28 Jun 2004 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2022
Friedrich Breyer and Victor R. Fuchs
University of Konstanz - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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20.

Changes in Household Living Arrangements 1950-76

NBER Working Paper No. w0262
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 15 Feb 2001 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2022
Robert T. Michael, Victor R. Fuchs and Sharon R. Scott
University of Chicago, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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21.

Comparable Worth in a General Equilibrium Model of the U.S. Economy

NBER Working Paper No. w2090
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 27 Apr 2000 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2022
Government of the United States of America - Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Stanford University - Department of Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Stanford University - Department of Economics
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"Though Much is Taken" -- Reflections on Aging, Health, and Medical Care

NBER Working Paper No. w1269
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 22 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2022
Victor R. Fuchs
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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23.

The Economics of Reproduction-Related Health Care

NBER Working Paper No. w1688
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 07 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2022
Victor R. Fuchs and Leslie Perreault
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and First Consulting Group
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24.

National Health Insurance Revisited

NBER Working Paper No. w3884
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 19 Jun 2004 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2022
Victor R. Fuchs
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Case Mix, Costs, and Outcomes: Differences between Faculty and Community Services in a University Hospital

NBER Working Paper No. w1159
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 06 Apr 2004 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2022
Alan M. Garber, Victor R. Fuchs and James F. Silverman
Stanford University - Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Independent
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26.

Are Health Workers Underpaid?

NBER Working Paper No. w0108
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 15 Feb 2001 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2022
Victor R. Fuchs
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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27.

Schooling and Health: The Cigarette Connection

NBER Working Paper No. w0768
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 13 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2022
Phillip Farrell and Victor R. Fuchs
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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The Service Industries and U.S. Economic Growth Since World War Ii

NBER Working Paper No. w0211
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Feb 2001 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2022
Victor R. Fuchs
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Paying the Piper, Calling the Tune: Implications of Changes in Reimbursement

NBER Working Paper No. w1605
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 22 Jun 2004 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2022
Victor R. Fuchs
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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30.

A State Price Index

NBER Working Paper No. w0320
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 09 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2022
Victor R. Fuchs, Robert T. Michael and Sharon R. Scott
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), University of Chicago and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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His and Hers: Gender Differences in Work and Income, 1959-1979

NBER Working Paper No. w1501
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 26 May 2004 Last Revised: 10 Aug 2022
Victor R. Fuchs
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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32.

Short-Run and Long-Run Prospects for Female Earnings

NBER Working Paper No. w0020
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 13 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2022
Victor R. Fuchs
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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33.

Self-Employment and Labor Force Participation of Older Males (Revised)

NBER Working Paper No. w0584
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 29 Jun 2004 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2022
Victor R. Fuchs
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Geographic and Racial Variation in Premature Mortality in the Us: Analyzing the Disparities

NBER Working Paper No. w17901
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 05 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2023
Mark R. Cullen, Clint Cummins and Victor R. Fuchs
Stanford University, Harvard University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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35.

Has Cost Containment Gone Too Far?

NBER Working Paper No. w1776
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 20 May 2004 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2022
Victor R. Fuchs
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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36.

Why are Children Poor?

NBER Working Paper No. w1984
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 05 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2022
Victor R. Fuchs
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Public Support for National Health Insurance: Roles of Attitudes and Beliefs

iHEA 2007 6th World Congress: Explorations in Health Economics Paper
Posted: 13 Jun 2007
Kate Bundorf and Victor R. Fuchs
Duke University and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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