Some theoretical and methodological comments on the impact of policies on fertility

Theoretically, and for reasons that I will shortly summarise in this presentation, there are strong reasons to expect policies to have a positive impact on fertility. Empirically, however, the evidence regarding the potential impact of policies of fertility is less clear cut. While numerous studies do indeed show a positive impact of policies, there is no consensus regarding the actual magnitude of the impact, nor about its short- or medium-term nature (Gauthier 2007). What I want to do in this presentation is consequently to reflect on the results from empirical studies by raising a number of theoretical and methodological issues.

Reforming Health Care Delivery Through Payment Change and Transparency: Minnesota's Innovations

Examines Minnesota's healthcare delivery system reforms, with a focus on legislation that included a health improvement program and enhanced coverage for the low-income uninsured. Discusses public and private initiatives, accomplishments, and challenges

Can policies enhance fertility in Europe?

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Toward a High Performance Health System for the United States

Describes the features of the U.S. healthcare system and measures ten areas of performance, including access to appropriate care, quality care from the patient's perspective, affordability, and capacity for improvement. Provides recommendations

State Strategies to Improve Quality and Efficiency: Making the Most of Opportunities in National Health Reform

Examines ten states' initiatives to address key components of quality and efficiency improvement, including data collection, aggregation, and standardization; public reporting; payment reform; consumer engagement; and provider engagement

Les femmes et l’impôt sur le revenu

In this article, the fiscal system is analyzed critically from the point of view of women as fulltime housewives and mothers. Different personal exemptions and rules of transferability are showned to intensify the economic dependency of housewives and the economic invisibility of their domestic labour. Contrary to accepted opinion, there does not exist any automatic or universal formula for the sharing of income between spouses. In addition, for mothers, in the labour force or not, the costs of providing care for young children in time or money are supported mainly by the women themselves. The author examines different propositions for reform and wishes to restimulate the debate

Supporting State Policymakers' Implementation of Federal Health Reform

Outlines the capacities states will need to implement federal healthcare reform in the areas of information and analysis, strategic implementation and planning, topic-specific technical assistance, communications, and coordination and integration

On the Road to Better Value: State Roles in Promoting Accountable Care Organizations

Outlines how accountable care organizations can deliver value through incentives to manage utilization, improve quality, and curb cost growth. Profiles states supporting the model with data, new payment methods, accountability measures, and other efforts