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Adapting to Climate Change: The Remarkable Decline in the U.S. Temperature-Mortality Relationship over the 20th Century
Barreca, Alan Irwin; Clay, Karen B.; Deschenes, Olivier; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
Adaptation is the only strategy that is guaranteed to be part of the world's climate strategy. Using the most comprehensive set of data files ever compiled on mortality and its determinants over the course of the 20th century, this paper makes two primary discoveries. First, we find that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969229
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Education, Cognition and Health: Evidence from a Social Experiment
Meghir, Costas; Palme, Mårten; Simeonova, Emilia - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
In this paper we examine how an education policy intervention - the introduction of a comprehensive school in Sweden that increased the number of compulsory years of schooling, affected cognitive and non-cognitive skills and long-term health. We use detailed administrative data combined with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969323
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The Gorbachev Anti-Alcohol Campaign and Russia's Mortality Crisis
Gathmann, Christina; Bhattacharya, Jay; Miller, Grant - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
Political and economic transition is often blamed for Russia's 40% surge in deaths between 1990 and 1994. Highlighting that increases in mortality occurred primarily among alcohol-related causes and among working-age men (the heaviest drinkers), this paper investigates an alternative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969378
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The Effect of Pharmaceutical Innovation on Longevity: Patient-Level Evidence from the 1996-2002 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey and Linked Mortality Public-Use Files
Lichtenberg, Frank - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
-year increase in drug vintage increases life expectancy by 0.52%. Controlling for other variables including activity limitations … 100 medical conditions has virtually no effect on the estimate of the effect of drug vintage on life expectancy. Between … life expectancy of elderly Americans during 1996-2003 was due to the increase in drug vintage. The 1996-2003 increase in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969419
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The Origins of Early Childhood Anthropometric Persistence
Millimet, Daniel L.; Tchernis, Rusty - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
Rates of childhood obesity have increased dramatically in the last few decades. Non-causal evidence suggests that childhood obesity is highly persistent over the life cycle. However little in known about the origins of this persistence. In this paper we attempt to answer three questions. First,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010890108
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Gender Differences in Preferences, Intra-Household Externalities, and Low Demand for Improved Cookstoves
Miller, Grant; Mobarak, A. Mushfiq - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
This paper examines whether an intra-household externality prevents adoption of a technology with substantial implications for population health and the environment: improved cookstoves. Motivated by a model of intra-household decision-making, the experiment markets stoves to husbands or wives...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950660
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Moral Hazard and Less Invasive Medical Treatment for Coronary Artery Disease: The Case of Cigarette Smoking
Grossman, Michael; Margolis, Jesse; Hockenberry, Jason; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Over the last several decades, numerous medical studies have compared the effectiveness of two common procedures for Coronary Artery Disease: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG). Most evidence indicates that CABG - the more invasive procedure - leads...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950726
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Effects of Pharmaceutical Promotion: A Review and Assessment
Dave, Dhaval M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
-specific demand versus "primary" or industry-wide demand; 2) impacts drug costs; and 3) impacts competition. Empirical evidence from … physician contact, expanding drug treatment, and promoting adherence among existing users. Physician advertising is primarily … and prices is more limited. However, there is no strong evidence that drug promotion deters entry, and there is some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950788
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The Contribution of Behavior Change and Public Health to Improved U.S. Population Health
Cutler, David M.; Stewart, Susan T. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Adverse behavioral risk factors contribute to a large share of deaths. We examine the effects on life expectancy (LE) and quality-adjusted life expectancy (QALE) of changes in six major behavioral risk factors over the 1960-2010 period: smoking, obesity, heavy alcohol use, and unsafe use of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950832
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The Long Term Impact of Cash Transfers to Poor Families
Aizer, Anna; Eli, Shari; Ferrie, Joseph P.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
We estimate the long-run impact of cash transfers to poor families on children's longevity, educational attainment, nutritional status, and income in adulthood. To do so, we collected individual-level administrative records of applicants to the Mothers' Pension program--the first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950833