3 papers
econ.GN2026
Price Cap vs. Per-Unit Subsidies: Selection, Pricing, and Cross Subsidization
Ram Sewak Dubey, Maysam Rabbani, Rodrigo Pinto
We evaluate subsidy mechanisms in the FCC's Rural Health Care program using administrative data covering the full population of participants. The original price-cap mechanism remov…
econ.GN2025
Falling Birthrate and Rising C-section: Post-Pandemic Evidence from New York
Maysam Rabbani, Zahra Akbari
The literature documents the effects of the pandemic on birthrate, birthweight, and pregnancy complications. This study contributes to this growing body of research by examining mu…
econ.GN2025
Birthweight Declined During the Pandemic and It Is Falling Further Post-pandemic
Maysam Rabbani, Elijah Gervais
Recent literature reports mixed evidence on whether birthweight has decreased during the pandemic. In this paper, we use New York's hospital inpatient discharge data and contribute…