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Conjugal Bereavement Effects on Health and Mortality at Advanced Ages
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Lindeboom, Maarten; Portrait, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We specify a model for the lifetimes of spouses and the dynamic evolution of health, allowing spousal death to have causal effects on the health and mortality of the survivor. We estimate the model using a longitudinal survey that traces many health status aspects over time, and that is linked...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703718
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An Econometric Analysis of the Mental-Health Effects of Major Events in the Life of Elderly Individuals
Lindeboom, Maarten; Portrait, France; den Berg, Gerard … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
Major events in the life of an elderly individual, such as retirement, a significant decrease in income, death of the spouse, disability, and a move to a nursing home, may affect the mental health status of the individual. For example, the individual may enter a prolonged depression. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763560
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Does in utero Exposure to Illness Matter? The 1918 Influenza Epidemic in Taiwan as a Natural Experiment
Lin, Ming-Jen; Liu, Elaine M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
kidney disease, circulatory, respiratory problems, and diabetes in old age, than other birth cohorts. Despite the possible …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010891167
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The Formation of Migrant Networks
Comola, Margherita; Mendola, Mariapia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper provides the first direct evidence on the determinants of link formation among immigrants in the host society. We use a purposely-designed survey on a representative sample of Sri Lankan immigrants living in Milan to study how migrants form social links among them and the extent to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959753
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Enrolment in Micro Life and Health Insurance: Evidences from Sri Lanka
Bendig, Mirko; Arun, Thankom - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
probit models on household survey data from Sri Lanka, conditional on household's microfinance institution enrolment. Further …. We find that the household’s experience of a family related shock is positively associated with the participation in … proportionately reaching the most vulnerable households. Notably, education of the household head is a strong determinant of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008788730
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Risk Management among the Poor: The Case of Microfinancial Services
Arun, Thankom; Bendig, Mirko - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
poor. The paper estimates the determinants of the household’s use of one, two or all three types of microfinancial services … applying ordered probit models and additionally probit models for combinations of them. By doing this on household survey data … from Sri Lanka, there is empirical evidence that household's probability to participate in microfinancial services …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008564688
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The Effectiveness of Health Screening
Hackl, Franz; Halla, Martin; Hummer, Michael; Pruckner, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Using a matched insurant-general practitioner panel data set, we estimated the effect of a general health-screening program on individuals' health status and health care cost. To account for selection into treatment, we used regional variations in the intensity of exposure to supply-determined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646336
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The Rise in Obesity across the Atlantic: An Economic Perspective
Brunello, Giorgio; Michaud, Pierre-Carl; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We provide comparable evidence on the patterns and trends in obesity across the Atlantic and analyse whether there are economic rationales for public intervention to control obesity. We take into account equity issues as well as efficiency considerations, which are organized around three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822862
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Understanding the Economic Consequences of Shifting Trends in Population Health
Michaud, Pierre-Carl; Goldman, Dana P.; Lakdawalla, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
The public economic burden of shifting trends in population health remains uncertain. Sustained increases in obesity, diabetes, and other diseases could reduce life expectancy − with a concomitant decrease in the public-sector's annuity burden − but these savings may be offset by worsening...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004976893
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Intergenerational Mobility of Housework Time in the United Kingdom
Gimenez-Nadal, J. Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; Zhu, Yu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
will devote to housework. However, when endogeneity of the uses of time are considered using the British Household Panel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095505