Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/33331 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1616
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We evaluate the effect of the size of deductibles in the basic health insurance in Switzerland on the probability of a doctor visit. We employ nonparametric bounding techniques to minimise statistical assumptions. In order to tighten the bounds we consider three further assumptions: mean independence of an instrument, monotone treatment response, and monotone treatment selection. Under the first two assumptions we are able to bound the treatment effect of high deductibles compared to low deductibles below zero. Adding the third assumption allows to tighten the bounds further. We conclude that there is a negative treatment effect.
Subjects: 
treatment effects
bounds
health insurance
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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