RESEARCH – Arezou Zaresani

Publications:

Zaresani, Arezou, and Lucie Schmidt, “Unintended Consequences of Policy Interventions: Evidence from a Mandated Health Insurance Coverage for IVF Treatment,“ American Journal of Health Economics, Volume 10, Issue 3, 2024. [Download the published version here and the Online Appendix here]
Johnson, Shane, Robert Breunig, Miguel Olivo-Villabrille, and Arezou Zaresani, “Individuals’ Responsiveness to Marginal Tax Rates: Evidence from Bunching in the Australian Personal Income Tax“, Labour Economics, 102461, March 2024. [Open access]
- Media coverage: Sydney Morning Herald, Australian Financial Review, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute blog.
Zaresani, Arezou and Miguel Olivo-Villabrille, “Return-to-Work Policies’ Clawback Regime and Labor Supply in Disability Insurance Programs,” Labour Economics, Volume 78, October 2022, 102215. [Download the published version here]
Zaresani, Arezou, and Anthony Scott, “Is the Evidence on Effectiveness of Pay for Performance Schemes in Healthcare Changing? Evidence from a Meta-Regression Analysis,” BMC Health Services Research 21, 175 (2021). [Open access]
Zaresani, Arezou, and Anthony Scott, “Does Digital Health Technology Improve Physicians’ Job Satisfaction and Work-life Balance? A Cross-Sectional National Survey and Regression Analysis Using an Instrumental Variable,” BMJ-Open, 2020; 10:e041690. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041690. [Open access]
Zaresani, Arezou, “Adjustment Costs and Incentives to Work: Evidence from a Disability Insurance Program,”Journal of Public Economics, Volume 188, August 2020, 104223. [Download the published version here]
– IIPF Young Economist Award 2020.
Zaresani, Arezou, “Return-to-Work Policies and Labor Supply in Disability Insurance Programs,” American Economics Association Papers and Proceedings, 2018, 108():272-76.
Zwicher, Jennifer, Arezou Zaresani and Herb Emery, “Describing Heterogeneity of Unmet needs Among Adults with a Developmental Disability: An Examination of the 2012 Canadian Survey on Disability,” Research in Developmental Disabilities, Volume 65, June 2017.

Working Papers:

“Tax Sheltering Cost Among High Income Individuals: Evidence from An Australian Tax Policy Change,” with Robert Breunig, and Miguel Olivo-Villabrille.

Works in Progress:

“Surfing in Australia: Internet Access and Productivity in Healthcare,” with Diana Contreras Suarez and Susan Mendez.
“Gender Gap in Venture Investment: Evidence from Australian Tax Data,” with Maxim Ananyev and Miguel Olivo Villabrille.
“Working while Unemployed? Evidence from a Work While on Claim Program in Canada,” with Adam Lavecchia, Safoura Moeeni, and Miguel Olivo-Villabrille.
“Saving for Retirement: Intrahousehold Dynamics and Tax Incentives,” with Marc Chan, Todd Morris and Miguel Olivo-Villabrille.

Policy Reports:

“The Use of Digital Health Technology by Medical Practitioners: Factors Influencing Uptake and Associations with Job Satisfaction, Work-Life Balance, and Productivity,” with Anthony Scott, 2020. (Prepared for the Australian Digital Health Agency)

Archived Papers:

“Why Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder Have Lower Labor Supply than the Other Disability Groups?” [Download here]