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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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Has medical innovation reduced cancer mortality?
Lichtenberg, Frank - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
I analyze the effects of four types of medical innovation and cancer incidence on U.S. cancer mortality rates during the period 2000-2009, by estimating difference-in-differences models using longitudinal (annual) data on about 60 cancer sites (breast, colon, etc.). The outcome measure used is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008619309
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Early Health Shocks, Intrahousehold Resource Allocation, and Child Outcomes
Zhang, Junsen; Conti, Gabriella; Yi, Junjian; Heckman, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
early health shocks for children. We estimate a human capital production function and establish that, for this sample, early …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011103509
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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
children, but the effects on long-term health are overall negligible. However, we demonstrate that the schooling reform had …
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
, race, education, family income as a percent of the poverty line, insurance coverage, Census region, BMI, smoking and over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969419
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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
, exercise, smoking, and drinking - in a way that increases longevity. To test our hypothesis, we use Medicare records linked to … the National Health Interview Survey to study one such behavior: smoking. We find that CABG patients are 12 percentage … points more likely to quit smoking in the one-year period immediately surrounding their procedure than PCI patients, a result …
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
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