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Financial transfers from parents to their adult children are a growing trend in contemporary societies, and this study investigates the relation of those transfers to their beneficiaries' health in France. In the 2005 nationally representative Gender and Generation Survey, nearly 6% of the...
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Background In many OECD countries, the gender differences in physicians’ pay favour male doctors. Due to the feminisation of the doctor profession, it is essential to measure this income gap in the French context of Fee-for-service payment (FFS) and then to precisely identify its determinants....
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This paper investigates the impact of chronic diseases on insurance contracts with adverse selection. We use a bi …
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the French part of SHARE. As the impact of both social background and parents’ health on health status in adulthood …-lasting impact of childhood conditions on inequality in health. Allocating the best circumstances in both parents’ SES and parents …
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B. Dormont entend combattre l'idée selon laquelle les dépenses de santé vont croître du fait du vieillissement de la population. L'augmentation serait due, d'après elle, aux changements de pratiques dans la consommation des soins, laquelle tient en partie aux innovations médicales, ce qui...
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This article explores the intergenerational transmission of health care habits and the related differences in terms of health care and prevention use. Our study is based on a sample of 4 613 individuals who answered the 2010 French Health, Health Care and Insurance Survey and completed the...
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Background: Epidemiological evidence confirms that risk of developing type 2 diabetes is related to weight gain. Weight reduction is beneficial as relative risk is reduced to 0.13 for weight loss 20 kg. This raises the question of effectiveness of bariatric surgery on 1) weight loss and 2)...
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