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Health, Nutrition and Acadmic Achievement: New Evidence from India

Monk, Courtney; Kingdon, Geeta - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2010

Using new and unique panel data, we investigate the role of long-term health and childhood malnutrition in schooling …' performance on mathematics and Hindi tests, we examine the role of the endogeneity of health caused by omitted variables bias and … estimators. We find evidence of a positive causal effect of long-term health measured as height-for-age z-score (HAZ) on test …

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Disability-Adjusted Life Years: A Critical Review.

Anand, S.; Hanson, K. - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 1995

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The Private Demand for Information and the Effects of Public Testing Programs: The Case of HIV.

Boozer, M.; Philipson, T. - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 1996

This paper provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of the impact of private HIV information on sexual activity showing how the private information provided by a public testing program would change the allocation of information generated in absence o fthe program.

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Wage and Labor Supply effects of Illness in Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana : Instrumental Variable Estimates for Days Disabled

Schultz, T-P - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 1996

used to improve health? Self-reported functional activity limitation due to illness is considered as an indicator of … instrumental variable estimation approach is used where local food prices and health services instrument for disability days that …

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Smoking and Endogenous Mortality: Does Heterogeneity in Life Expectancy Explain Differences in Smoking Behavior?

Lechene, Valerie; JérÃƒÂ³me Adda - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2001

This paper proposes a joint model of tobacco consumption and mortality over the life-cycle. The decision to smoke is a trade off between current utility derived from smoking and a mortality risk increasing with age. Individuals with a longer potential life expectancy have more incentive to cut...

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The height production function from birth to maturity

Cao, Elisabetta De - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2014

Height is the result of a complex process of growth that begins at birth and reaches the end in early adulthood. This paper studies the determinants of height from birth to maturity. A height production function is specified whose structure allows height to be the result of the accumulation...

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The Cost of Binge Drinking

Francesconi, Marco; James, Jonathan - CESifo - 2015

We estimate the effect of binge drinking on accident and emergency attendances, road accidents, arrests, and the number of police officers on duty using a variety of unique data from Britain and a two-sample minimum distance estimation procedure. Our estimates, which reveal sizeable effects of...

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EARNINGS EFFECTS OF HOUSEHOLD INVESTMENT IN HEALTH IN COLOMBIA.

Ribero, R. - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2000

This study considers the links between primary indicators of health and individual labor productivity in Colombia and … explores how additional public expenditures on health may improve individuals' health. Sample statistics how that illness …

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The Tradeoff Between Redistribution and Effort: Evidence from the Field and from the Lab

Buch, Claudia M.; Engel, Christoph - CESifo - 2012

Building on a theoretical model we test the hypothesis that effort choices and preferences for redistribution are simultaneously determined. Using cross-country panel data from the World Value Survey, we find that it is important to model preferences for redistribution and effort choices...

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Worker Identity, Employment Fluctuations and Stabilization Policy

Lechthaler, Wolfgang; Snower, Dennis - CESifo - 2013

This paper provides a model of “social hysteresis,” whereby long, deep recessions demotivate workers and thereby lead them to change their work ethic. In switching from a pro-work to an anti-work identity, their incentives to seek and retain work fall and consequently their employment...

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