“...•Investigate the importance of various factors, particularly human captial ones, associated with birth spacings of women.•Results show that human capital...”

“...In this article, we exploit a unique natural experiment—the implementation of National Health Insurance (NHI) in Taiwan in 1995—to examine how the introduction...”

“...We investigate whether and how physicians' prescriptions of a new drug are influenced by their colleagues in the same hospital during shared working time. We...”

“...There is extensive literature that posits the hypothesis that a better housing environment enhances a child's educational attainment. However, there is little...”

“...This paper considers three types of provider–client interactions that influence quantity of health care use: rationing, effort, and persuasion. By rationing,...”

“...To energize the futures market and attract foreign investments, the Taiwan government since 1998 has reduced the transactions tax levied on futures three...”

“...This study uses the 2002-2015 administrative data of National Chengchi University to compare the performance of students entering through different tracks...”

“...To prevent the spread of the H1N1 pandemic in 2009, the Taiwanese government launched a large-scale H1N1 vaccination campaign. However, the death of "Liu...”

“...This paper estimates the price elasticity of healthcare utilization in early childhood. We employ a regression discontinuity design by exploiting a subsidy...”

“...Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the increase in NHI copayments in 2005 on the choice and use of health care. Methods: We...”