Ou Yang

Does socioeconomic status affect hospital utilization and health outcomes of chronic disease patients?

Jongsay Yong, Ou Yang

Journal article  |  2021  |  The European Journal of Health Economics

This study quantifies the extent socioeconomic status (SES) affects hospital utilization and adverse hospital events of chronic di..

Actually, Mr Trump, it’s stronger environmental regulation that makes economic winners

Ou Yang

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

Donald Trump has ordered US federal agencies to bypass environmental protection laws and fast-track pipeline, highway and other in..

Should hospital funding be linked to socioeconomic status?

Jongsay Yong, Ou Yang

Report  |  2020

How does socioeconomic status impacts one's health and their access to healthcare? Using records from the Victorian Department of ..

Cream skimming: Theory and evidence from hospital transfers and capacity utilization

O Yang, MK Chan, TC Cheng, J Yong

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

The paper examines cream skimming behaviour by studying hospital transfers in a mixed public-private hospital system. A key innova..

Does profit-motivated patient selection exist in Australia?

Ou Yang, Jongsay Yong

Report  |  2020

The proliferation of prospective payment arrangements, and more recently bundled payment models, has highlighted issues surroundin..

Parents' Demand for Sugar Sweetened Beverages for Their Pre-School Children: Evidence from a Stated-Preference Experiment

O Yang, P Sivey, AM de Silva, A Scott

Journal article  |  2020  |  American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Consumption of sugar sweetened beverages exhibits strong associations with weight gain, obesity, and dental caries, especially in ..

How to reduce the social cost of binge drinking in Australia?

Ou Yang, Xueyan Zhao, Preety Srivastava

Report  |  2020

There is substantial cross-country evidence that binge drinking has significant social costs. In this study we add to the growing ..

Pre-school children’s demand for sugar sweetened beverages: Evidence from stated-preference panel data

Ou Yang, P Sivey, A de Silva, A Scott

Journal article  |  2019  |  American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Social Network Structure and Risk Sharing in Villages

B Jiang, J Sung Kim, C Li, O Yang

Journal article  |  2018  |  B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

This paper studies how the structure of friendship networks affects risk sharing in villages. Using techniques for partially ident..

Binge Drinking and Antisocial and Unlawful Behaviours in Australia

Ou Yang, Xueyan Zhao, Preety Srivastava

Journal article  |  2016  |  ECONOMIC RECORD