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Health Shocks, Village Elections, and Long-Term Income : Evidence from Rural China
Gan, Li - 2006
Using a sample of households in 48 Chinese villages for the period 1986-2002, this paper studies the dynamic effects of major health shocks on household income and the role played by village elections in mitigating these effects. Our results show that in the first 15 years after a shock, a...
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Early Health Shocks, Intrahousehold Resource Allocation, and Child Outcomes
Yi, Junjian - 2014
An open question in the literature is whether families compensate or reinforce the impact of child health shocks. Discussions usually focus on one dimension of child investment. This paper examines multiple dimensions using household survey data on Chinese child twins whose average age is 11. We...
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The Economic Impact of Non-Communicable Disease in China and India : Estimates, Projections, and Comparisons
Bloom, David E. - 2013
This paper provides estimates of the economic impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in China and India for the … of NCDs on labor supply and capital accumulation. We present results for the five main NCDs (cardiovascular disease …, cancer, chronic respiratory disease, diabetes, and mental health). Our undiscounted estimates indicate that the cost of the …
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Peer Quality and the Academic Benefits to Attending Better Schools
Hoekstra, Mark - 2016
-stakes college entrance exam in China. To overcome selection bias, we use a regression discontinuity design that compares applicants …
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Long-Term Declines in Disability Among Older Men : Medical Care, Public Health, and Occupational Change
Costa, Dora L. - 2000
innovations in medical care, 37 percent to reduced chronic disease rates, and the remainder is unexplained. The portion due to … reduced chronic disease rates can be subdivided into the 9 percent accounted for by reduced infectious disease rates …
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The Psychosocial Effects of the Flint Water Crisis on School-Age Children
Trejo, Sam; Yeomans-Maldonado, Gloria; Jacob, Brian Aaron - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Lead poisoning has well-known impacts for the developing brain of young children, with a large literature documenting the negative effects of elevated blood lead levels on academic and behavioral outcomes. In April of 2014, the municipal water source in Flint, Michigan was changed, causing lead...
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Providing Vouchers and Value Information for Already Free Eye Exams Increases Uptake Among a Low-Income Minority Population : A Randomized Trial
Kacker, Seema; Macis, Mario; Gajwani, Prateek; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
-up appointments in a low-income minority population in Baltimore City referred for possible eye disease. Between May 2017 and …
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Effects of Opioid-Related Policies on Opioid Utilization, Nature of Medical Care, and Duration of Disability
Neumark, David; Savych, Bogdan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We examine the effects of must-access prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) and recent regulations limiting the duration of initial opioid prescriptions on care received by patients with work-related injuries, focusing on opioid utilization and medical care related to pain management. We...
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The Anatomy of U.S. Sick Leave Schemes : Evidence from Public School Teachers
Cronin, Christopher J.; Harris, Matthew C.; Ziebarth, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper studies how U.S. employees use paid sick leave. The most common U.S. sick-leave schemes operate as individualized credit accounts---paid leave is earned over time and unused leave accumulates, producing an employee-specific "leave balance." We construct a unique administrative dataset...
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Germs in the Family : The Long-Term Consequences of Intra-Household Endemic Respiratory Disease Spread
Daysal, N. Meltem; Ding, Hui; Rossin-Slater, Maya; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
through which infants become infected by respiratory illnesses, as well as the consequences of early-life respiratory disease …-municipality variation in respiratory disease prevalence among preschool-aged children to identify differential long-term impacts of early … disease prevalence distribution ("disease index") is associated with a 30.9 percent differential increase in the number of …
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