We model the labor market impact of the key provisions of the national and Massachusetts "mandate-based" health reforms: individual mandates, employer mandates, and subsidies. We characterize the compensating differential for employer-sponsored health insurance (ESHI) and the welfare impact of reform in terms of "sufficient statistics." We compare welfare under mandate-based reform to welfare i...

The Brazilian government annually assesses the extent of deforestation in the Legal Amazon for a variety of scientific and policy applications. Currently, the assessment requires the processing and storing of large volumes of Landsat satellite data. The potential for efficient, accurate, and less * Corresponding author address: Douglas C. Morton, University of Maryland, College Park, College Pa...

Of the 12 billion tons of waste generated annually in the United States; less than 10% is defined as hazardous under the provisions of RCRA. This paper summarizes the data available on some of the wastes that are defined as non-hazardous. These wastes include industrial non-hazardous waste, and several types of wastes that are currently exempted from hazardous waste regulations, such as oil and...

Soft-tissue sarcomas are relatively rare with approximately 8,600 new cases annually and represent less than 1% of all n ew l y d i agnosed ma l i gnanc i e s . Retroperitoneal sarcomas are malignant tumours arising from mesenchymal cells, which are usually located in muscle, fat, and connective tissues. One-third of malignant tumours located in the retroperitoneum are sarcomas, and approximate...

Although approximately 260,000 persons die annually in the United States (USA) with heart failure (HF), HF patients infrequently receive hospice care. Patients with refractory symptoms of HF at rest despite optimal medical therapy (Stage D) have less than a one-year survival1,2 and American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology guidelines recommend hospice care as an option for this ...

Approximately 31,000 new cases of renal cell cancer are diagnosed annually in the United States, and the disease is responsible for an estimated 12,000 deaths each year.[1] One third of the patients present with metastatic disease and 30% to 40% of the remainder will eventually develop distal metastases.[2] The median survival of patients with metastases is only eight months, with a five-year s...