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of sickness by age, gender, education and employment status. Employed have a significantly better health record than the … health surveys, complemented by administrative data (morbidity rates of the employed and unemployed) and data from the …
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We examine whether economic downturns are beneficial to health outcomes of newborn infants in developed countries. For … this we use merged population-wide registers on health and economic and demographic variables, including the national … dying within 28 days of birth by 10-15%. Effects are larger in low socio-economic status households. Health improvements …
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analyses of a uniform minimum wage. The model with worker and firm heterogeneity does not restrict the sign of employment … opportunity cost of employment. …
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analyses of a uniform minimum wage. The model with worker and firm heterogeneity does not restrict the sign of employment … opportunity cost of employment. …
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We analyze interaction effects of birth weight and the business cycle at birth on individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality later in life. In addition, we examine to what extent these long-run effects run by way of cognitive ability and education and to what extent those mitigate the long-run...
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There has been much interest recently in the relationship between economic conditions and mortality, with some studies showing that mortality is pro-cyclical whereas others find the opposite. Some suggest that the aggregation level of analysis (e.g. individual vs. regional) matters. We use both...
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on health later in life is based on pre-1940 birth cohorts. They were born in times where social safety nets were largely …-economic, biological and health data from over 75k individuals aged between 18 and 63. We conclude that women born in adverse economic …
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education shows positive effects for the unemployed with respect to both the employment probability and wages. To explain the …
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We identify the ages that constitute critical periods in children's development towards their adult health status. For …. Long-run health is proxied by adult height. The relation between siblings' ages at migration and their heights after age 18 … mother is well-educated. -- Early-life conditions ; migration ; parental education ; adult health ; height retardation ; age …
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