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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Gruber: Results<br />

Find DD T = −0.062(0.022), DDD = −0.054(0.026)<br />

Implies that hourly wage decreases by roughly the cost of the<br />

mandate (no distortion case, α = 1).<br />

Indirect aggregate evidence also suggests that costs have been shifted<br />

on wages<br />

Share of health care costs in total employee compensation has<br />

increased substantially over last 30 years<br />

But share of total employee compensation as a share of national<br />

income roughly unchanged<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 2: Tax Incidence 136 / 142

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