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Halliday, Timothy J. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

We investigate the impact of exogenous income fluctuations on health using twenty years ofdata from the Panel Study of …

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Physicians´ Multitasking and Incentives:Empirical Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Dumont, Etienne; Fortin, Bernard; Jacquemet, Nicolas; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

We analyse how physicians respond to contractual changes and incentives within amultitasking environment. In 1999 the Quebec government (Canada) introduced an optionalmixed compensation system, combining a fixed per diem with a discounted (relative to thetraditional fee-for-service system) fee...

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Subjective Health Assessments and Active LaborMarket Participation of Older Men: Evidence froma Semiparametric Binary Choice Model withNonadditive Correlated Individual-Specific Ef...

Maurer, Jürgen; Klein, Roger; Vella, Francis - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

We use panel data from the US Health and Retirement Study 1992-2002 to estimate theeffect of self-assessed health … limitations on active labor market participation of men aroundretirement age. Self-assessments of health and functioning typically … introduce anendogeneity bias when studying the effects of health on labor market participation. Thisresults from justification …

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Family Migration : A Vehicle of Child Morbidity in the Informal Settlements of Nairobi City, Kenya?

Konseiga, Adama - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

Parental migration is often found to be negatively correlated with child health in Africa, yet the causal mechanisms …

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Long-Run Labour Market Effects of Individual Sports Activities

Lechner, Michael - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

variables, on socio-demographic as well as on health and subjective well-being indicators for West Germany based on individual …

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Tobacco and Alcohol : Complements or Substitutes? A Structural Model Approach

Tauchmann, Harald; Göhlmann, Silja; Requate, Till; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

interest if side-effects of anti-smoking policies are considered. Numerous papers have empirically addressed this issue by …

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Hearing Loss and Disability Exit:Measurement Issues and Coping Strategies

Christensen, Vibeke T.; Gupta, Nabanita Datta; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

Using unique representative data containing self-reported functional and clinically measuredhearing ability for the Danish population aged 50-64, we estimate the effect of hearing losson receipt of disability benefits accounting for potential endogeneity of functional hearing...

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Fatal Fluctuations?Cyclicality in Infant Mortality in India

Bhalotra, Sonia - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

This paper investigates the impact of macroeconomic shocks on infant mortality in India andinvestigates likely mechanisms. A recent OECD-dominated literature shows that mortality atmost ages is pro-cyclical but similar analyses for poorer countries are scarce, and bothincome risk and mortality...

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Childhood Economic Conditions and Length of Life:Evidence from the UK Boyd Orr Cohort, 1937-2005

Frijters, Paul; Shields, Michael A.; Hatton, Timothy J.; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

We study the importance of childhood socioeconomic conditions in explaining differences inlife expectancy using data from a sample of around 5,000 children collected in the UK in1937-39, who have been traced through official death records up to 2005. We estimate anumber of duration of life...

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Unemployment Duration and Disability:Evidence from Portugal

Sciulli, Dario; Menezes, António Gomes de; Vieira, … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

In this paper we use Portuguese data on individual (multiple) unemployment spells and applysemi-parametric duration models to investigate the effects of different types of disabilities on(re)employment probabilities. We find that disabled persons with muscular, skeletal, geriatricand sensorial...

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