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Effects of Childhood Cognitive and Behavioral Disabilities on Adult Economic Outcomes
Corman, Hope; Noonan, Kelly; Reichman, Nancy E. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Developmental disabilities are not rare among U.S. children and rates have been increasing in recent decades. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014486195
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Genetic Risk for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias : Cognition, Economic Behavior, and Clinically Actionable Information
Jeong, Yeongmi; Papageorge, Nicholas W.; Skira, Meghan; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Genetic factors play a major role in the development of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). Observable genetic factors could impact household planning and medical care if they contain actionable information, meaning that they i) are associated with significant harms, ii) reflect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014512035
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Adolescent Cognitive and Non-cognitive Correlates of Adult Health
Kaestner, Robert - 2009
associations with adult health. Net of adolescent influences, completed education has a significant association with adult health …
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The Midlife Crisis
Giuntella, Osea; McManus, Sally; Mujcic, Redzo; Oswald, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper documents a longitudinal crisis of midlife among the inhabitants of rich nations. Yet middle-aged citizens in our data sets are close to their peak earnings, have typically experienced little or no illness, reside in some of the safest countries in the world, and live in the most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013388798
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The Chronic Disease Index : Analyzing Health Inequalities Over the Lifecycle
Danesh, Kaveh; Kolstad, Jonathan; Parker, William; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
The rich live longer than the poor, but relatively little is known about the evolution of health inequality across the lifecycle. Using rich administrative data from the Netherlands, we develop an index of chronic disease burden based on the projected contribution to old-age mortality. Chronic...
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The Intergenerational Consequences of Economic Distress : In-Utero Exposure to Financial Crises and Birth Outcomes
Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude; Cilasun, Seyit Mümin; Tekin, Erdal - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
are mainly observed in children born to mothers with low socioeconomic status, suggesting that credit constraints may be a …
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Effects of Income on Infant Health : Evidence from the Expanded Child Tax Credit and Pandemic Stimulus Checks
Lyu, Wei; Wehby, George; Kaestner, Robert - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
pandemic payments varied by marital status and the number of children in the household and were substantial with some families … growth. Data are from birth certificates and analyses are conducted separately by maternal marital status and education (less … children (parity). Estimates indicate that these pandemic cash payments had no statistically significant, or clinically or …
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Proximity to Abortion Services and Child Maltreatment
Aslim, Erkmen Giray; Fu, Wei; Tekin, Erdal - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
pronounced for very young children, non-White children, and those living in economically disadvantaged, racially diverse, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015056097
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The Intergenerational Effects of Parental Leave : Exploiting Forty Years of U.S. Policy Variation
Flores, Andrea M.; Gayle, George-Levi; Hincapié, Andrés - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
education and wages for the children born under these policies. The mobility effect, chiefly an increase in intergenerational … mobility in education, stems from heterogeneity in the effects of the policies: children of mothers with fewer years of … education benefit more. As a potential mechanism, we find that the policies increased mothers' time investments in children and …
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Patterns of Time Use Among Older People
Ferranna, Maddalena; Sevilla, J. P.; Zucker, Leo; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We analyze time use studies to describe how people allocate their time as they age, especially among paid work, unpaid work, leisure, and personal care. We emphasize differences in time allocation between older (i.e., those aged 65+) and younger people; between developed and developing countries;...
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