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The dietary impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
O'Connell, Martin; Smith, Kate; Stroud, Rebekah - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant changes in where people work, eat and socialise. We use novel data on the food and non-alcoholic drink purchases from stores, takeaways, restaurants and other outlets to quantify the impact of the pandemic on the diets of a large, representative panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012583582
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Flat-of-the-curve medicine : a new perspective on the production of health
Schoder, Johannes; Zweifel, Peter - 2009
Health economists have studied the determinants of the expected value of health status as a function of medical and … additional benefit, viz. a reduced variability of health status. Using OECD health data for 24 countries between 1960 and 2004 … comparatively effective in reducing variability. -- production of health ; control over health status ; Gini coefficient …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003900770
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Long-term effect of climate change on health : evidence from heat waves in Mexico
Agüero, Jorge M. - 2014
This paper uses year-to-year variation in temperature to estimate the long-term effects of climate change on health … surveys, an individual’s health as an adult is matched with the history of heat waves from birth to adulthood. A flexible … econometric model is used to identify critical health periods with respect to temperature. It is shown that exposure to higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011285042
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Climate change impacts on birth outcomes in Brazil
Pereda, Paula Carvalho; Menezes, Tatiane; Alves, … - 2014
on newborns' health; temperature stresses and low relative humidity also have effects. The use of climate change … effects of extreme weather. Mothers' education, sanitation access and health care assistance to pregnant women represent the … main instruments for addressing neonatal health problems …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011285571
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Violence and birth outcomes : evidence from homicides in Brazil
Koppensteiner, Martin; Manacorda, Marco - 2015
This paper uses microdata from Brazilian natality and mortality vital statistics between 2000 and 2010 to estimate the impact of in-utero exposure to local violence - measured by homicide rates - on birth outcomes. The estimates show that exposure to violence during the first trimester of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011286512
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The effect of acute and intensive exposure to particulate matter on birth outcomes in Montevideo
Balsa, Ana Inés; Bloomfield, Juanita; Caffera, Marcela - 2014
This study explores the impact of air pollution on adverse birth outcomes. The study focuses on the effect of breathable particulate matter with diameter of 10 micrometers or less (PM10) on the likelihood of premature birth and low birth weight (LBW). The study exploits the fact that in 2011 the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011286638
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Shelter from the storm : upgrading housing infrastructure in Latin American slums
Galiani, Sebastián; Gertler, Paul J.; Cooper, Ryan; … - 2014
improvements in children's health; in El Salvador, slum dwellers also feel that they are safer. We do not find this result, however …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011286661
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The effect of violence on birth outcomes : evidence from homicides in rural Brazil
Koppensteiner, Martin; Manacorda, Marco - 2013
This paper uses microdata from Brazilian vital statistics natality and mortality data between 2000 and 2010 to estimate the impact of in-utero exposure to local violence -measured by homicide rates- on birth outcomes. Focusing on small communities, where it is more plausible that local homicide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010244906
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A cross-country analysis of the risk factors for depression at the micro and macro level
Melgar, Natalia; Rossi, Máximo - 2010
Past research has provided evidence of the role of some personal characteristics as risk factors for depression. However, few studies have examined jointly their specific impact and whether country characteristics change the probability of being depressed. In general, this is due to the use of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010246569
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Does access to better water and sanitation infrastructure improve child outcomes? : evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean
Schady, Norbert Rüdiger - 2015
areas. Many papers in the public health literature show associations between access to clean water sources or improved …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011486585