Does implementing opt-out solve the organ shortage problem? Evidence from a synthetic control approach
In light of the persistent shortage of organ donations needed to save precious human lives, several countries have modified their organ donation laws introducing an opt-out system. Using a panel dataset covering a 21-year period, I apply a synthetic control approach to focus on countries that changed their prevailing organ donation legislation from opt-in to opt-out. I compare them to a synthetic counterfactual from countries that have kept their legislation the same since 1999. Synthetic control estimates show that Argentina and Wales achieved substantially higher organ donation rates with the shift from an opt-in to an opt-out system than without the reform taking place. My findings suggest that as one strategy among others, implementing opt-out cannot solve the organ shortage problem entirely but effectively contributes to reducing it considerably.
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2023
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Authors: | Schulze Spuentrup, Selina |
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Munich : ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich |
Subject: | organ donation | opt-out | opt-in | presumed consent | informed consent | synthetic control method |
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freely available
Series: | ifo Working Paper ; 403 |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 187181815X [GVK] hdl:10419/280392 [Handle] |
Classification: | I18 - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health ; D78 - Positive Analysis of Policy-Making and Implementation ; e71 |
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014438374
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