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partial insurance of parental investments against permanent income shocks, but the magnitude of the estimated responses is … small. We cannot reject the hypothesis full insurance against temporary shocks. Another interpretation of our findings is … that there is very little insurance available, but the fact that skill is a non-separable function of parental investments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010510508
This paper provides new estimates of the medium and long-term impacts of Head Start on the health and behavioral … neighboring a single discontinuity). Participation in the program reduces the incidence of behavioral problems, serious health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530884
more likely to have private health insurance. Larger winners are also more likely to drop coverage earlier, possibly after …We exploit lottery wins to investigate the effects of exogenous changes to individuals' income on health care demand in … the United Kingdom. This strategy allows us to estimate lottery income elasticities for a range of health care services …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010498373
This paper provides new estimates of the medium and long-term impacts of Head Start on the health and behavioral … neighboring a single discontinuity). Participation in the program reduces the incidence of behavioral problems, serious health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084092
We evaluate the short- and medium-term health impacts of Sure Start, a large-scale and universal early childhood …' can deliver significant health benefits, even in contexts with universal healthcare. Impacts are driven by … environments might be a successful strategy to reduce inequalities in health. …
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, the transition into DST deteriorates sleep and increases time stress, which in turn affects physical and emotional health …
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We study whether exposure to COVID-19 has affected individual aversion to health and income inequality in the UK, Italy … unemployment), income and health directly linked to COVID-19. We find that conditioned on risk aversion and relevant covariates … (income, education, demographics), individuals who have experienced either a health or an financial shock during the COVID-19 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012431582
partial insurance of parental investments against permanent income shocks, but the magnitude of the estimated responses is … small. We cannot reject the hypothesis full insurance against temporary shocks. Another interpretation of our findings is … that there is very little insurance available, but the fact that skill is a non-separable function of parental investments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011266538
We present evidence on the health impacts and mechanisms of a large expansion in non-contributory health insurance in … important implications for the ongoing health insurance expansions. … health services without co-pays. Our intent-to-treat estimates show that SP reduced child mortality by 7% in poor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011520990
This paper provides new evidence that preventive health care services delivered at schools and provided at a relatively … differences in the availability of health professionals across municipalities and cohorts. In municipalities with one fewer school … of primary and specialist health care services at ages 25-35, without impacts on emergency room admissions. The reform …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012589477