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Linking Changes in Inequality in Life Expectancy and Mortality : Evidence from Denmark and the United States
Dahl, Gordon B. - 2020
inequality in the US and the entire rise in Denmark. Cardiovascular mortality declines favored the poor, but differences in … lifestyle-related survivability led inequality to rise …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012828125
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Inequality, Life Expectancy, and the Intragenerational Redistribution Puzzle - Some Experimental Evidence
Krieger, Tim; Meemann, Christine; Traub, Stefan - 2022
relationship between inequality of entitlements, mortality risk, and the size of redistribution in a stylized social security …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013266642
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The Unequal Consequences of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Evidence from a Large Representative German Population Survey
Immel, Lea; Neumeier, Florian; Peichl, Andreas - 2021
We employ panel data from three waves of a large representative population survey carried out between June and November 2020 to assess in what regards and to what extent different groups of the German population are affected by the COVID- 19 crisis. Using common factor analysis, we demonstrate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012582101
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Global Air Quality Inequality over 2000-2020
Sager, Lutz - 2024
, both between countries and within them. But the degree of air quality inequality and its’ trajectory have not been … quantified at a global level. I use economic inequality indices to measure global inequality in exposure to ambient fine … particles smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5). I find high and rising levels of global air quality inequality. The global PM2 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015047252
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The Tempest: Natural Disasters, Early Shocks and Children's Short- and Long-Run Development
Deuchert, Eva; Felfe, Christina - 2013
Economic theory predicts that adverse shocks during early childhood have detrimental short- and long-run consequences for children's development. We examine this hypothesis by analyzing the short-and long-run effects on children's health and education of a specific shock: housing damages caused...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292694
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Education and Health: The Role of Cognitive Ability
Bijwaard, Govert; van Kippersluis, Hans; Veenman, Justus - 2013
We aim to disentangle the relative contributions of (i) cognitive ability, and (ii) education on health and mortality using a structural equation model suggested by Conti et al. (2010). We extend their model by allowing for a duration dependent variable, and an ordinal educational variable. Data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293904
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Explaining the Body Mass Index Gaps between Turkish Immigrants and Germans in West Germany 2002-2012: A Decomposition Analysis of Socio-economic Causes
Dang, Rui - 2015
In this paper, we decompose body mass index (BMI) differences between Turkish immigrants and Germans in West Germany for women and men. We focus on isolating the part of BMI differences that can be explained by differences in observed socioeconomic status from the part attributable to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388216
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Birthweight and Academic Achievement in Childhood
Chatterji, Pinka; Kim, Dohyung; Lahiri, Kajal - 2014
Research has shown that birthweight has a lasting impact on later-life outcomes such as educational attainment and earnings. This paper examines the role of health at birth in determining academic achievement in childhood, which may provide the link between birthweight and adult outcomes. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352441
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Do Medical Treatments Work for Work? Evidence from Breast Cancer Patients
Daysal, N. Meltem; Evans, William N.; Pedersen, Mikkel Hasse - 2024
guideline change in Denmark. Using administrative data, we reproduce results from an RCT showing the lifesaving benefits of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014534396
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Socioeconomic Inequality in Life Expectancy: Perception and Policy Demand
Jessen, Lasse J.; Koehne, Sebastian; Nüß, Patrick; … - 2024
expectancy inequality between rich and poor people. The life expectancy of the poor is underestimated more than that of the rich …, leading to exaggerated perceptions of inequality in both countries. Receiving accurate information narrows concerns about this … inequality. However, the impact of information on policy demand is limited because support for policies addressing life …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014534415