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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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The Gorbachev Anti-Alcohol Campaign and Russia's Mortality Crisis
Gathmann, Christina; Bhattacharya, Jay; Miller, Grant - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
the campaign's end explains a large share of the mortality crisis - implying that Russia's transition to capitalism and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969378
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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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Effects of Pharmaceutical Promotion: A Review and Assessment
Dave, Dhaval M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
This review discusses the role of consumer-directed and physician-directed promotion in the pharmaceutical market, based on the classic conceptual framework of whether such promotion is "persuasive" and/or "informative". Implications for public health and welfare partly depend on whether, and to...
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950832
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Second Trimester Sunlight and Asthma: Evidence from Two Independent Studies
Zeckhauser, Richard; Wernerfelt, Nils; Slusky, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
One in twelve Americans suffers from asthma and its annual costs are estimated to exceed $50 billion. Simultaneously, the root causes of the disease remain unknown. A recent hypothesis speculates that maternal vitamin D levels during pregnancy affect the probability the fetus later develops...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950848
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Tobacco Control Campaign in Uruguay: Impact on Smoking Cessation during Pregnancy
Harris, Jeffrey E.; Balsa, Ana Inés; Triunfo, Patricia - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Background. In 2005, Uruguay instituted a nationwide tobacco control campaign that has resulted in a substantial decline in nationwide smoking rates. We sought to determine the quantitative contributions of each of the major tobacco control measures adopted by the Uruguayan government. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951112
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Spousal Effects in Smoking Cessation: Matching, Learning, or Bargaining?
McGeary, Kerry Anne - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
Previous research studying the correlation in smoking behavior between spouses has discounted the role of bargaining or learning. Using the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), which contains information on smoking cessation and spouse's preferences, this paper presents an essential investigation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951219
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How Does Family Health Care Use Respond to Economic Shocks? Realized and Anticipated Effects
Monheit, Alan C.; Grafova, Irina; Kumar, Rizie - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
responds to realized and anticipated changes in family economic status. We focus on the share of total family health care … types of economic shocks affect the share of family health care spending allocated to children, with findings more … share than the anticipated change in economic status associated with the Great Recession and its recovery. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951378
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Does Medicaid Coverage for Pregnant Women Affect Prenatal Health Behaviors?
Dave, Dhaval M.; Kaestner, Robert; Wehby, George L. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
Despite plausible mechanisms, little research has evaluated potential changes in health behaviors as a result of the Medicaid expansions of the 1980s and 1990s for pregnant women. Accordingly, we provide the first national study of the effects of Medicaid on health behaviors for pregnant women....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213646