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Health and the Evolution of Welfare across Brazilian Municipalities
Soares, Rodrigo R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper describes the pattern of reductions in mortality across Brazilian municipalities between 1970 and 2000, and analyzes its causes and consequences. It shows that, as in the international context, the relationship between income and life expectancy has shifted consistently in the recent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703518
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Individual Mortality and Macro-Economic Conditions from Birth to Death
Lindeboom, Maarten; Portrait, France; den Berg, Gerard … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
health indicators. The results indicate a strong effect of macro-economic conditions during childhood on mortality at all …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763461
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The Role of Marriage in the Causal Pathway from Economic Conditions Early in Life to Mortality
den Berg, Gerard J. van; Gupta, Sumedha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper analyzes the interplay between early-life conditions and marital status, as determinants of adult mortality. We use individual data from Dutch registers (years 1815-2000), combined with business cycle conditions in childhood as indicators of early-life conditions. The empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008804583
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Economic Conditions at Birth, Birth Weight, Ability, and the Causal Path to Cardiovascular Mortality
den Berg, Gerard J. van; Modin, Bitte - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We analyze interaction effects of birth weight and the business cycle at birth on individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality later in life. In addition, we examine to what extent these long-run effects run by way of cognitive ability and education and to what extent those mitigate the long-run...
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Being Born Under Adverse Economic Conditions Leads to a Higher Cardiovascular Mortality Rate Later in Life: Evidence Based on Individuals Born at Different Stages of the Business C...
den Berg, Gerard J. van; Doblhammer-Reiter, Gabriele; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We connect the recent medical and economic literatures on the long-run effects of early-life conditions, by analyzing the effects of economic conditions on the individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality rate later in life, using individual data records from the Danish Twin Registry covering births...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762085
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Understanding the Mechanisms Through Which an Influential Early Childhood Program Boosted Adult Outcomes
Heckman, James J.; Pinto, Rodrigo; Savelyev, Peter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children have substantial impacts on later life outcomes. Little is known about the mechanisms producing these impacts. This paper uses longitudinal data on cognitive and personality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010887064
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The Economics and Psychology of Inequality and Human Development
Cunha, Flavio; Heckman, James J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Recent research on the economics of human development deepens understanding of the origins of inequality and excellence. It draws on and contributes to personality psychology and the psychology of human development. Inequalities in family environments and investments in children are substantial....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999163
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Personality Psychology and Economics
Almlund, Mathilde; Duckworth, Angela Lee; Heckman, James J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
, health, and criminal activity. Measured personality is interpreted as a construct derived from an economic model of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008839282
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Fostering and Measuring Skills: Improving Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills to Promote Lifetime Success
Kautz, Tim; Heckman, James J.; Diris, Ron; ter Weel, Bas; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper reviews the recent literature on measuring and boosting cognitive and non-cognitive skills. The literature establishes that achievement tests do not adequately capture character skills: personality traits, goals, motivations, and preferences that are valued in the labor market, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011105056
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Equilibrium Health Spending and Population Aging in a Model of Endogenous Growth: Will the GDP Share of Health Spending Keep Rising?
Ehrlich, Isaac; Yin, Yong - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The apparently unrelenting growth in the GDP-share of health spending (SHS) has been a perennial issue of policy … health protection are subject to diminishing returns. Our prototype model, allowing for both quantity and quality of life as … drive long-term trends in aging and health spending and establishes a direct relation between health investments at young …
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