Visits to dentists increase and at the extensive margin visits by low-income consumers increase the most, while the share switching from private practices to public practices increases in income. 9/N

Consumer surplus increases for everyone but high-income consumers experience the highest increase in consumer surplus because all consumers are equally likely to visit a public practice, but high-income consumers dislike waiting time most. 8/N

I find that increasing production capacity reduces waiting times by 5% (1.5 days) without affecting private practice prices. Public practices’ market share rises by 13%, but mainly due to consumers who previously did not visit a dentist, explaining the lack of price effect. 7/N

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Can increasing public healthcare production reduce waiting times, address equity concerns, and curb private sector market power in a setting with congested public services and costly private alternatives? I find that it only partially addresses these issues. #EconSky #EconJobMarket