In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries, including the U.S., adopted intervention policies aimed at averting the spread. However, these policies may have led to significant changes in public health behaviors. We use Google search queries to examine how state government actions are...

Gefährden zukünftige Personalengpässe im Gesundheits- und Pflegewesen die Sicherstellung einer flächendeckenden medizinischen Versorgung? Der Autor widmet sich dieser zentralen gesundheitspolitischen Fragestellung und untersucht, wie sich die Personalnachfrage und das Personalangebot im...

This research explores the persistent effect of the Neolithic Revolution on the evolution of life expectancy in the course of human history. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the onset of the Neolithic Revolution and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered...