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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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Long-term health effects on the next generation of Ramadan fasting during pregnancy
van Ewijk, Reyn - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
suggests that this may have negative long-term health effects on their offspring. Building upon the work of Almond and Mazumder …’s pregnancy have a poorer general health and are sick more often than people who were not exposed. This effect is especially … pronounced among older people, who, when exposed, also report health problems more often that are indicative of coronary heart …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746478
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Education and health knowledge: evidence from UK compulsory schooling reforms
Johnston, David W.; Lordan, Grace; Shields, Michael A.; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
We investigate if there is a causal link between education and health knowledge using data from the 1984/85 and 1991 …/92 waves of the UK Health and Lifestyle Survey (HALS). Uniquely, the survey asks respondents what they think are the main … causes of ten common health conditions, and we compare these answers to those given by medical professionals to form an index …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126452
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011167139
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Gender segregation in employment contracts
Petrongolo, Barbara - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
This paper presents evidence on gender segregation in employment contracts in 15 EU countries, using micro data from the ECHPS. Women are over-represented in part-time jobs in all countries considered, but while in northern Europe such allocation roughly reflects women’s preferences and their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884580
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010547897
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010667418
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Trade and Human Rights
Srinivasan, T-N - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 1996
The paper analyzes the moral, philosophiacal and economic arguments for and against linking trade and human rights. It finds that while claims of universality of labour standards are overblown, addressing the legitimate concerns that citizens of one country may have about what they deem "poor"...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005675234