Based on the Canadian National Population Health Survey we estimate the effects of individual sports and exercise on … individual labor market outcomes. The data covers the period from 1994 to 2008. It is longitudinal and rich in life-style, health …

variables, on socio-demographic as well as on health and subjective well-being indicators for West Germany based on individual … positive long-term labour market effects in terms of earnings and wages, as well as positive effects on health and subjective …

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 …

of practical importance, like sample size, the type of the outcome variable, and aspects of the selection process. We … important property. -- propensity score matching ; kernel matching ; inverse probability weighting ; selection on observables …

subjective health. For educational outcomes, doing both activities appeared to be most successful. The results are subjected to …

efficiency losses of voucher award systems if individuals decide not to redeem, as employment chances are lower than under non …

a Swiss University in order to estimate the effect of gym training on students' self-assessed health. The treatment (gym …