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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Health Care

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
NBER | The Most Egalitarian of All Professions: Pharmacy and the Evolution of a Family-Friendly Occupation
Pharmacy has become a female-majority profession that is highly remunerated with a small gender earnings gap and low earnings dispersion relative to other occupations. We sketch a labor market framework based on the theory of equalizing differences to integrate and interpret our empirical findings on earnings, hours of work, and the part-time work wage penalty for pharmacists.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
Heritage Foundation | By the Numbers: Medicare Costs for Seniors to Rise Under President’s Plan
President Obama has planned in his 2013 budget proposal to increase income-related Part B and Part D premium coverage by 15 percent. As a result, out-of-pocket costs are expected to rise by 2017 under the president’s budget proposal.