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We develop and estimate a life-cycle consumption savings model in which observed genetic variation is allowed to affect wealth accumulation through several distinct channels. We focus on genetic markers that predict educational attainment, aggregated into a predictive index called a polygenic...
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"boomerang" back home impact their parents in their pre-retirement and post-retirement years. We use data from the Health and … well as on their wealth, health, and life satisfaction. Event study analysis suggests that boomerang children return home … due to short-term instabilities, such as negative shocks to marriage, income, and employment. We find that boomerang …
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behaviors, report enhanced self-perceived health, perceive higher relative income and social status, and exude greater … multiple dimensions of subjective well-being and objective health behaviors, laying bare gender disparities in health …, behaviors, perceptions of income and social status, and confidence about the future. Males showcase improvements in healthy …
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Introduced as part of the War on Poverty, Community Health Centers (CHCs) deliver primary care to underserved … health using the rollout of CHCs and a flexible event study framework with Vital Statistics natality data. Our results show … residence. These improvements in infant health can be explained by increased access to early prenatal care and reductions in …
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This study examines the impact of publicly provided daycare for children aged 0-3 on outcomes of children and their caregivers over the course of seven years after enrollment into daycare. At the end of 2007, the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil used a lottery to assign children to limited...
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relationship between income and child development in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Treated mothers and children experienced large … explanatory factor for the poor translation of increases in income into child growth in India …
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We estimate the causal impact of access to means-tested public health insurance coverage (Medicaid) on health outcomes … administrative data on criminal convictions and health insurance claims, we find that reducing barriers in access to Medicaid for … vulnerable populations increases enrollment and utilization of health care services. However, we do not find that this improved …
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service on health and income. This research has shown that effects of veteran status on mortality and earnings that appeared …
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, unemployment, incarceration, health, and so on. This chapter contains three themes. First, relative to the 20th century, the …
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