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The Education, Labour Market and Health Consequences of Child Labour
Beegle, Kathleen; Dehejia, Rajeev H; Gatti, Roberta - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
, occupational choice, wages, and health. Using panel data from Vietnam and an instrumental variables strategy, we evaluate the … reduced schooling, particularly for girls. We find no significant effects of child labour on several indicators of health …
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The Causal Effect of Education on Health: What is the Role of Health Behaviors?
Brunello, Giorgio; Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nicole; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education … has a protective effect for European males and females aged 50+. We also find that the mediating effects of health …
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Economic Conditions at Birth, Birth Weight, Ability, and the Causal Path to Cardiovascular Mortality
Modin, Bitte; den Berg, Gerard J van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
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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Long-run Labour Market Effects of Individual Sports Activities
Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
positive long-term labour market effects in terms of earnings and wages, as well as positive effects on health and subjective … variables, on socio-demographic as well as on health and subjective well-being indicators for West Germany based on individual …
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Sheepskin Effects in Japan
Bauer, Thomas; Dross, Patrick J; Haisken-DeNew, John P - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
Using data for the 1990s, this Paper examines the role of sheepskin effects in the returns to education for Japan. Our estimations indicate that sheepskin effects explain about 50% of the total returns to schooling. We further find that sheepskin effects are only important for workers in small...
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Returns to Education: Evidence from UK Twins
Bonjour, Dorothe; Cherkas, Lynn; Haskel, Jonathan; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
We use a new sample of UK female identical twins to estimate private economic returns to education. We report findings in three areas. First, we use identical twins, to control for family effects and genetic ability bias, and the education reported by the other twin to control for schooling...
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Growth and Epidemic Diseases
Bell, Clive; Gersbach, Hans - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
to an economic collapse. We also show that the epidemic may exacerbate inequality. Pooling health risks in the society …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656313
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Mozart or Pelé? The effects of teenagers’ participation in music and sports
Cabane, Charlotte; Hille, Adrian; Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
subjective health. For educational outcomes, doing both activities appeared to be most successful. The results are subjected to …
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Can We Measure Hospital Quality from Physicians' Choices?
Machado, Matilde Pinto; Mora, Ricardo; Romero-Medina, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
In this paper, we propose an alternative methodology for ranking hospitals based on the choices of Medical School graduates over hospital training vacancies. Our methodology is therefore a revealed preference approach. Our methodology for measuring relative hospital quality has the following...
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Controversies about the Rise in American Inequality: A Survey
Dew-Becker, Ian; Gordon, Robert J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
imports, and an ambiguous literature on immigration which implies a small overall impact on the wages of the average native …
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