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Government Regulation of the Household Production Function: A Study of Prenatal Health Care Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Kentucky, 1993 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Education; Government Regulation; Income Dynamics/Shocks; Pre-natal Care/Exposure; Pre/post Natal Behavior; Pre/post Natal Health Care This dissertation is based on the practical application of the fundamental concepts of utility maximization: people are assumed to maximize their utility by consuming the goods that give them the most satisfaction. People's utility will be reduced if for some reason they are forced to consume any amount of a good different than their utility maximizing amount. Such a situation could arise when the government passes laws forcing people to consume a certain amount of a good, for example, pregnant women should be forced to consume the amount of prenatal health care necessary to insure their baby is born healthy. This dissertation examines the conditions that are necessary in order for society to increase its welfare through mandatory consumption of prenatal health care. It will also look at whether certain members of society would use such a law to increase their welfare at the expense of other members of society. Two empirical studies are presented. The first study will use the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth's merged child-mother data file to estimate the demand for prenatal health care. Particular interest will be paid to how the demand for prenatal health care responds to changes in certain economic variables such as income and education. The second empirical study will use survey data to examine how people react to a proposed law requiring pregnant women to receive prenatal health care and to examine the interdependencies between individuals regarding prenatal health care. |
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Keener, Gary Wayne. Government Regulation of the Household Production Function: A Study of Prenatal Health Care. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Kentucky, 1993. |