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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...

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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...

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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...

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Bouncing Back from Health Shocks: Locus of Control, Labor Supply, and Mortality

Schurer, Stefanie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Policy-makers worldwide are embarking on school programmes aimed at boosting students' resilience. One facet of resilience is a belief about cause and effect in life, locus of control. I test whether positive control beliefs work as a psychological buffer against health shocks in adulthood. To...

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Returns to Childbirth Technologies: Evidence from Preterm Births

Daysal, N. Meltem; Trandafir, Mircea; van Ewijk, Reyn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We investigate the impact of obstetrician supervision, as opposed to midwife supervision, on the short-term health of low-risk newborns. We exploit a unique policy rule in the Netherlands that creates a large discontinuity in the probability of a low-risk birth being attended by an obstetrician...

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Poverty and Transitions in Health

Adena, Maja; Myck, Michal - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

analysed. In addition to this the subjective measure of poverty has a significant effect on mortality, increasing it by 40 …

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Early Retirement and Post Retirement Health

Hallberg, Daniel; Johansson, Per; Josephson, Malin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

for a reduction in both mortality and in inpatient care as a consequence of the early retirement offer. Increasing the …

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Health Effects of Containing Moral Hazard: Evidence from Disability Insurance Reform

Garcia-Gomez, Pilar; Gielen, Anne C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

and mortality. A €1,000 reduction in annual benefits leads to a rise of 4.2 percentage points in the probability of being … the hospitalization of men subject to stricter rules but their mortality rate is reduced by 1.2 percentage points. The …

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Income Receipt and Mortality: Evidence from Swedish Public Sector Employees

Andersson, Elvira; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

In this paper, we study the short-run effect of salary receipt on mortality among Swedish public sector employees. By … exploiting variation in pay-days across work-places, we completely control for mortality patterns related to, for example, public … holidays and other special days or events coinciding with paydays and for general within-month and within-week mortality …

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A General Semiparametric Approach to Inference with Marker-Dependent Hazard Rate Models

den Berg, Gerard J. van; Janys, Lena; Mammen, Enno; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

-life mortality using data from the Uppsala Birth Cohort Study of individuals born in 1915-1929. The results suggest a relationship …

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