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Is work bad for health? The role of constraint vs choice
Caroli, Eve; Bassanini, Andrea - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014
This paper reviews the literature on the impact of work on health. We consider work along two dimensions: (i) the … employment or not, independent of the number of hours worked. We show that most of the evidence on the ne gative health impact of … amount of work they provide. In essence, what is de trimental to health is not so much work per se as much as the gap which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010795026
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005783472
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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.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005647056
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005647086
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Circumstances and Efforts: How important is their correlation for the measurement of inequality of opportunity in health?
Trannoy, Alain; Tubeuf, Sandy; Jusot, Florence - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013
overall health inequality according to the different normative principles. Our results suggest that, in practice, the … contributions of circumstances and efforts to explained health inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734928
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Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health in 22 European Countries
Jusot, Florence; Kunst, Anton E.; Leinsalu, Mall; … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2008
Comparisons among countries can help to identify opportunities for the reduction of inequalities in health. We compared … the magnitude of inequalities in mortality and self-assessed health among 22 countries in all parts of Europe. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707063
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Unemployment and Mortality in France, 1982-2002
Jusot, Florence; Grignon, Michel; Buchmueller, Tom - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2007
This study uses aggregate panel data on 96 French départements for the period from 1982 to 2002 to investigate the relationship between macroeconomic conditions and mortality, controlling for local area and time fixed effects. Consistent with research using data from other countries, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707898
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Collateral effects of a pension reform in France
Blake, Hélène; Garrouste, Clémentine - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012
How does the retirement age affect the physical and mental health of seniors? We identify this effect based on the 1993 … pension and the number of reference earning years taken to calculate pensions. We use a unique database on health and … even a deterioration in their health between 1999 and 2005. Subsequently, taking the reform as a tool to filter out the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010717675
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Commodity Price Shocks and Child Outcomes: The 1990 Cocoa Crisis in Côte d’Ivoire
Cogneau, Denis; Jedwab, Rémi - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012
We look at the drastic cut of the administered cocoa producer price in 1990 Côte d'Ivoire and study to which extent cocoa producers' children su®ered from this severe aggregate shock in terms of school enrollment, labor, height stature and morbidity. Using pre-crisis (1985-88) and post- crisis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011072379
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Effort or Circumstances : Which one matters in health inequality ?
Trannoy, Alain; Tubeuf, Sandy; Jusot, Florence - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010
in effort to be in good health to overall health inequality in France. It examines three alternative specifications of … issue at stake is how to treat the correlation between circumstances and effort. Using a representative French health survey … circumstances to inequalities in health ranges between 44.5% and up to 46.4% according to the scenario, whereas the contribution of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011072585