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Modern infectious diseases: macroeconomic impacts and policy responses
Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2020
: HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, influenza, and COVID-19. Although major epidemics and pandemics can take an enormous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271478
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The shadow of the Neolithic Revolution on life expectancy : a double-edged sword
Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Özak, Ömer - 2022
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013170449
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The shadow of the neolithic revolution on life expectancy : a double-edged sword
Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Özak, Ömer - 2022
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013171007
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The shadow of the neolithic revolution on life expectancy : a double-edged sword
Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Özak, Ömer - 2022
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013164530
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Nudging the trendsetters : increasing second-dose HPV vaccination in Bogota, Colombia
Martínez, Déborah; Díaz, Lina; Maldonado Zambrano, … - 2023
This study investigates the effectiveness of dynamic norm nudges in promoting second-dose HPV vaccinations among trendsetters-parents who initiated the firstdose HPV vaccine for their daughters between 2017-2020. Utilizing administrative data from Bogota's Secretariat of Health in a field...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014540586
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Schooling in Sickness and in Health : The Effects of Epidemic Disease on Gender Inequality
Archibong, Belinda - 2020
the effects of sudden exposure to the 1986 meningitis epidemic in Niger on the gender gap in education. We document a … significant reduction in years of education for school-aged girls relative to boys following the epidemic. We explore several …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012853098
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Aid and child health : local effects of aid on stunting in Malawi
Durevall, Dick; Isaksson, Ann-Sofie - 2022
reduce stunting, or impaired growth, among children in the local area. Focusing on Malawi, a country with very high stunting …,604 children under the age of 5. To identify the effect of aid, we rely on spatial and temporal variation in aid project coverage … already for children born in the early project implementation phase and lasts for children born up to 3 years after project …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013490610
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Social Distancing for COVID-19 Decreases Trust among Strangers
Adamovic, Mladen; Bao, Zhengyang; Cavalcanti, Carina; … - 2022
Social distancing helps to prevent the spread of COVlD-19 and other infectious diseases. However, the impact of social distancing on key social behaviors during crises, such as trust, is unclear. We use a priming experiment to investigate whether social distancing impedes or promotes trust. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014237491
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Prosocial Behavior in the Offline World : A Randomized Field Trial of Framed Messages during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Kulle, Anna-Corinna; Schumacher, Stefanie; von … - 2023
Background. In a randomized field trial conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, we investigated the relative effectiveness of prosocial versus self-interested appeals to increase compliance with preventative health recommendations. Design. The present study is the first to offer insights from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014260812
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Prosociality predicts health behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic
Campos-Mercade, Pol; Meier, Armando N.; Schneider, Florian - 2020
Socially responsible behavior is crucial for slowing the spread of infectious diseases. However, economic and epidemiological models of disease transmission abstract from prosocial motivations as a driver of behaviors that impact the health of others. In an incentivized study, we show that a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012223906