Michael Gerfin

Professor for Health and Labour Economics at the University of Berne

Research

Selected Publications

  • Boes, S. and M. Gerfin (forthcoming), “Does full insurance increase the demand for health care? “, Health Economics
  • Gerfin, M., B. Kaiser and C. Schmid (2015), “Health Care Demand in the Presence of Discrete Price Changes “, Health Economics, 24, 1164-1177
  • Bütikofer, A. and M. Gerfin (forthcoming) “The economies of scale of living together and how they are shared – Estimates based on a collective household model“, Review of the Economics of the Household
  • Feess, E, M. Gerfin and G. Mühlheusser (2015) “Contracts as rent seeking devices: Evidence from German soccer“, Economic Inquiry, 53, 714-730
  • Gerfin, M. and B. Kaiser (2010), “The effect of immigration on wages in Switzerland”, Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 146, 709-739
  • Gerfin, M. and R.E. Leu (2007), “Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of In-Work Benefits ” A Simulation Analysis for Switzerland”, German Economic Review, 447 ” 467
  • Gerfin, M. and M. Schellhorn (2006), “Nonparametric bounds on the effect of deductibles in health care insurance on health care demand: Swiss evidence”, Health Economics, 1011- 1020
  • Gerfin, M, M. Lechner and H. Steiger (2005), “Does Subsidised Temporary Employment bring the Unemployed back to work?”, Labour Economics: An International Journal, 12, 807-835
  • Gerfin, M and M. Lechner (2002), “A Microeconometric Evaluation of the Active Labour Market Policies in Switzerland”, Economic Journal 854-893, 112, 2002
  • Bonjour, D. and M. Gerfin (2001), “The Unequal Distribution of Unequal Pay – An Empirical Analysis of the Gender Wage Gap in Switzerland, Empirical Economics, 26, 407-427.
  • Ernst, C., M. Gerfin and R.E. Leu (2000), “Inequality Trends in the Swiss Income Distribution”, Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik, 136, 289-305.
  • Gerfin, M, A. Wagstaff, E.v.Doorslaer et al (2000), “Equity in the Delivery of Health Care in Europe and the US, , Journal of Health Economics, 19, 553-583
  • Gerfin, M, A. Wagstaff, E.v.Doorslaer et al (1999), “The Redistributive Effect of Health Care Finance in Twelve OECD Countries, Journal of Health Economics, 18, 291-313
  • Gerfin, M, A. Wagstaff, E.v.Doorslaer et al (1999), “Equity in the Finance of Health Care: Some further international comparisons, Journal of Health Economics, 18, 263-290
  • Gerfin, M, A. Wagstaff, E.v.Doorslaer et al (1999), “Redistributive Effect, Progressivity and Differential Tax Treatment: Personal Income Taxes in 10 Countries, Journal of Public Economics, 72, 1999, 73-98
  • Gerfin, M (1996), “Parametric and Semiparametric Estimation of the Binary Response Model of Female Labor Market Participation”, Journal of Applied Econometrics , 11, 1996, 321-339.

Working Papers