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Increasing Our Understanding of the Health-Income Gradient in Children

Wolfe, Barbara L.; Fletcher, Jason - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

There have been numerous attempts to both document the income-health gradient in children and to understand the nature of the tie. In this paper we review and summarize existing studies and then use a unique school based panel data set from the US to attempt to further our understanding of the...

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The Effects of Childhood ADHD on Adult Labor Market Outcomes

Fletcher, Jason - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

While several types of mental illness, including substance abuse disorders, have been linked with poor labor market outcomes, no current research has been able to examine the effects of childhood ADHD. As ADHD has become one of the most prevalent childhood mental conditions, it is useful to...

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Am I my Brother's Keeper? Sibling Spillover Effects: The Case of Developmental Disabilities and Externalizing Behavior

Wolfe, Barbara L.; Fletcher, Jason; Hair, Nicole L. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

Using a sample of sibling pairs from the PSID-CDS, we examine the effects of sibling health status on early educational outcomes. We find that sibling developmental disability and externalizing behavior ar associated with reductions in math and language achievement Estimated spillovers for...

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HIV and Fertility Revisited

Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem; Turan, Belgi - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010

Young (2005) argues that HIV related population declines reinforced by the fertility response to the epidemic will lead to higher capital-labor ratios and to higher per capita incomes in the affected countries of Africa. Using household level data on fertility from South Africa and relying on...

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Mortality Change, the Uncertainty Effect, and Retirement

Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem; Weil, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2002

We examine the role of changing mortality in explaining the rise of retirement over the course of the 20th century. We construct a model in which individuals make labor/leisure choices over their lifetimes subject to uncertainty about their date of death. In an environment in which mortality is...

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AIDS, "Reversal" of the Demographic Transition and Economic Development: Evidence from Africa

Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006

Using country- and region-level data, I investigate the effect of HIV/AIDS on fertility in Africa during 1985-2000. Results differ depending on the variation used and the estimation method. Between estimates that exploit cross-sectional variation suggest a positive significant effect of HIV/AIDS...

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Impact of First Occupation on Health at Older Ages

Falba, Tracy Ann; Sindelar, Jody L.; Fletcher, Jason; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007

Occupation is discussed as a social determinant of health. Occupation has received little attention in this light in the economics literature. We examine occupation in a life-course framework and use measures of first-occupation, initial health, and mother's education. We contend that first...

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HIV and Fertility in Africa: First Evidence from Population Based Surveys

Juhn, Chinhui; Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem; Turan, Belgi - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008

The historical pattern of the demographic transition suggests that fertility declines follow mortality declines, followed by a rise in human capital accumulation and economic growth. The HIV/AIDS epidemic threatens to reverse this path. A recent paper by Young (2005), however, suggests that...

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Labor Market Rigidities, Trade and Unemployment

Helpman, Elhanan; Itskhoki, Oleg - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007

rigidities and trade impediments in shaping welfare, trade flows, productivity, price levels and unemployment rates. We show that … patterns of unemployment. Specifically, trade integration -- which benefits both countries -- may raise their rates of … unemployment. Moreover, differences in rates of unemployment do not necessarily reflect differences in labor market rigidities; the …

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Labor Market Frictions as a Source of Comparative Advantage, with Implications for Unemployment and Inequality

Helpman, Elhanan - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010

labor market frictions and worker heterogeneity provides a framework for studying the impact of trade on unemployment and …

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