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effects of demography, health, and disability insurance / Axel Börsch-Supan -- Comment / Robert J. Willis -- Labor market … and Jonathan Skinner -- Economic circumstances and health -- Aging and death under a dollar a day / Abhijit V. Banerjee … health and circumstance on health in old age / Anne Case -- Comment / James P. Smith -- Income, aging, health and well …
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Unlike most developed countries, the U.S. lacks a federal paid sick leave policy. As a result, many workers must choose between losing earnings and attending to childcare responsibilities. To date, 14 states and the District of Columbia have adopted paid sick leave mandates that provide up to...
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compensated time off for employee health-related needs, while workers' compensation offers benefits to help workers recover from … health, there are no observed reductions in workplace injury rates specifically, indicating that workers may substitute PSL …
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We use data from the Population Assessment of Tobacco Use and Health (PATH), a longitudinal data set including self …
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The opioid crisis generates broader societal harms beyond direct health and economic effects, impacting non …
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-life health find inconclusive and mixed results. This paper re-evaluates this literature and studies the long-term effects of in …
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This paper documents a longitudinal crisis of midlife among the inhabitants of rich nations. Yet middle-aged citizens in our data sets are close to their peak earnings, have typically experienced little or no illness, reside in some of the safest countries in the world, and live in the most...
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expressing health care-seeking behavior as a function of economic and behavioral fundamentals and highlighting the role of trust …. We report several findings. First, we document a strong association between higher levels of trust in the health care … scenarios, from routine check-ups to vaccinations. Second, the impact of trust on health care utilization is similar in …
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Firearm violence is a pervasive public health crisis in the United States, with significant numbers of homicides … consequences of stress induced by these attacks on newborn health. We use two approaches to examine this question. First, we … exposed. Second, we investigate the impact of in-utero exposure to mass shootings on infant health outcomes using restricted …
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Do environmental conditions pose greater health risks to individuals living in urban or rural areas? The answer is …
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