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Critical Periods During Childhood and Adolescence: A Study of Adult Height Among Immigrant Siblings
den Berg, G. J van; P, Lundborg; P, Nystedt; D, Rooth - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2009
We identify the ages that constitute critical periods in children’s development towards their adult health status. For this we use data on families migrating into Sweden from countries that are mostly poorer, with less healthy conditions. Long-run health is proxied by adult height. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004962213
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The short-term population health effects of weather and pollution: implications of climate change
Ziebarth, N. R.; Schmitt, M.; Karlsson, M. - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2013
This study comprehensively assesses the immediate effects of extreme weather conditions and high concentrations of ambient air pollution on population health. For Germany and the years 1999 to 2008, we link the universe of all 170 million hospital admissions, along with all 8 million deaths,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011159912
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A discrete latent factor model for smoking, cancer and mortality.
Howdon, D.; Jones, A. - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2013
This paper investigates the relationships between social circumstances, individual behaviours, and ill-health later in life, with a particular focus on the development of cancer. A discrete latent factor model incorporating individuals' smoking and health outcomes (lifespan and time-to-cancer)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010672197
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The Causal Effect of Retirement on Mortality: Evidence from Targeted Incentives to Retire Early
Bloemen, H.; Hochguertel, S.; Zweering, J. - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2013
This paper identifies and estimates the impact of early retirement on the probability to die within five years … civil servants became eligible for retirement earlier than expected during a short time window. This exogenous policy change … is used to instrument the retirement choice in a model that explains the probability to die within five years. Exploiting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010692344
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Towards a quantitative theory of automatic stabilizers: the role of demographics
Janiaka, Alexandre; Monteiro, Paulo Santos - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2014
Employment volatility is larger for young and old workers than for prime aged. At the same time, in economies with high tax rates, the share of total hours supplied by the young/old workers is smaller. These two observations imply a negative correlation between government size (measured by the...
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Housing Debt and Consumption
Angelini, Viola; Simmons, Peter - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University …
The interaction between housing wealth, the financial portfolio of the consumer and consumption is a live issue. Life cycle models with closed form solutions under uncertainty are hard to find. In this paper we find analytical solutions for the effects of house price uncertainty and employment...
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Endogenous Growth with Addictive Habits
Augeraud-Veron, Emmanuelle; Bambi, Mauro - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2014
In this paper, we investigate the global dynamics of an endogenous growth model with linear technology and addictive habits. We find feasible parameters’ conditions under which: a) the resulting equilibrium consumption path is steeper than in a standard AK model; b) endogenous...
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Consumption Externalities, Production Externalities and Efficient Capital Accumulation under Time Non-separable Preferences
Turnovsky, Stephen J; Monteiro, Goncalo - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University …
We examine the effects of both consumption and production externalities on capital accumulation and economic performance under time non-separable preferences and a non-scale production technology. We show that a consumption externality in isolation has long-run distortionary effects if and only...
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Housing Debt, Employment Risk and Consumption
Angelini, Viola; Simmons, Peter - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University …
We consider the interaction between the risk of unemployment, random house prices, consumption and savings. A critical decision is that of refinancing house purchase, up to 100% mortgages are possible. There is also a fixed transaction cost of refinancing. In a CARA framework we derive the value...
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Coupon Bond Valuation with a Non-Affine Discount Yield Model
Spencer, Peter D - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University …
I report a closed form for the Laplace transform of the Ahn Gao (RFS, 1999) discount function and show how this can be used for pricing non-zero coupon bond prices, including hybrid fixed/variable rate instruments. In contrast, numerical techniques have to be used to analyse these prices for the...
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