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The Objective of this paper is to test the consequences of changes in health status of future cohorts of French elderly … on healthcare expenditures. We value the precise effect of epidemiological and life expectancy changes on health … incapacity and/or of the presence of severe pathologies. We forecast a reliable range for future national health spending, under …
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This paper focuses on the identification and short term forecast of the correlation between the Labor Productivity Index (LPI) and the Average Gross Earnings Index (AGEI) in the Romanian Industry. The tools and models that were used consist of several lag econometric models, ARIMA processes, as...
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corresponding to the various phases in the female life cycle. We shall conclude by summarising the most significant results obtained …
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and growth are endogenous. The authorities may provide two types of public services, public health and environmental … poverty trap. We examine changes in public policies: increasing public intervention on health or environmental maintenance …
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We studied the effect of health events (accidents and chronic diseases) on the occupation probabilities at the … matching estimators, we found that health events have a strong impact on individual labor market histories. The workers … health events. …
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reconciled with equity (in the sense that the winners of the coverage increases and the health improvements are the poorer). …
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We analyze the effects of a school-based incentive program on children's exercise habits. The program offers children an opportunity to win prizes if they walk or bike to school during prize periods. We use daily child-level data and individual fixed effects models to measure the impact of the...
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examining the consequences of agricultural primary commodity export on population's health via physical environment degradation …). This environmental degradation from trade worsens population's health (infant and child mortality rates, and life …
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survivors health is crucial for the design of post-war economic policies. This paper investigates this question for the … years of life have a weaker health, reflected by a lower height for age z-score (HAZ). Using the Infancy Childhood Puberty … indicates that months of civil war before a woman's birth also have a negative impact on her health highlighting the importance …
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dynamic panel of 46 Sub-Saharan African countries over the period 1981-2007, we show that HIV/AIDS has negative, significant …
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