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The Dynamics of Income-Related Health Inequality Among US Children
Chatterji, Pinka - 2011
We estimate and decompose family income-related inequality in child health in the US and analyze its dynamics using the … income-related health mobility index recently introduced by Allanson et al., 2010. Data come from the 1997, 2002, and 2007 … income-related child health inequality remains stable from early childhood into adolescence. The main factor underlying …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120563
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The Long-Run Consequences of Chernobyl : Evidence on Subjective Well-Being, Mental Health and Welfare
Danzer, Alexander M.; Danzer, Natalia - 2021
health. We estimate the causal effect of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe after 20 years by linking geographic variation in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315589
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Why Does Height Matter for Educational Attainment? Evidence from German Pre-Teen Children
Cinnirella, Francesco; Piopiunik, Marc; Winter, Joachim K. - 2021
Several studies have shown that body height is positively associated with educational attainment. In this paper, we investigate the mechanisms behind this relationship using data on German pre-teen students. We show that (i) taller children are more likely to enroll in ‘Gymnasium’, the most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316231
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Do Working Hours Affect Health? Evidence from Statutory Workweek Regulations in Germany
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila - 2018
This study estimates the causal effect of working hours on health. We deal with the endogeneity of working hours … on subjective and several objective health measures. The effects are mainly driven by women and parents of minor children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012913278
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Unemployment and Domestic Violence : Theory and Evidence
Anderberg, Dan; Rainer, Helmut; Wadsworth, Jonathan; … - 2021
Is unemployment the overwhelming determinant of domestic violence that many commentators expect it to be? The contribution of this paper is to examine, theoretically and empirically, how changes in unemployment affect the incidence of domestic abuse. The key theoretical prediction is that male...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315745
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Index of perceived inflation or EU consumer surveys? : an assessment of Professor H. W. Brachinger's approach
Hoffmann, Johannes; Leifer, Hans-Albert; Lorenz, Andreas - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 41 (2006) 3, pp. 142-150
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A proposal for the efficient taxation of all business income in the EU
Jarass, Lorenz J.; Obermair, Gustav M. - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 41 (2006) 3, pp. 151-158
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Government measures in support of the financial sector in the EU and the United States
Stolz, Stéphanie Marie; Wedow, Michael - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 46 (2011) 1, pp. 53-60
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008822447
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Reform of the common agricultural policy - reform of the common agricultural policy from the German perspective
Thalheim, Gerald - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 36 (2001) 3, pp. 122-124
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003961246
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Inter-temporal savings, current account trends and asymmetric shocks in a heterogeneous European Monetary Union
Schnabl, Gunther; Zemanek, Holger - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 46 (2011) 3, pp. 153-160
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009152893