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Although the elderly are more vulnerable to COVID-19, the empirical evidence suggests that they do not behave more cautiously in the pandemic than younger individuals. This theoretical model argues that some individuals might not comply with the COVID-19 measures to reassure themselves that they...
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1992-2010 Health and Retirement Study (HRS). We estimate a discrete time hazard model to test whether diabetes affects the … not for females. This effect persists when we include controls for onset of other health conditions, two of which are …
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The Healthy Immigrant Paradox found in the literature by comparing the health of immigrants to that of natives in the …-origin framework, in which we compare the health of emigrants to that of their compatriots who stay in the country of origin. Isolating … cultural effects can best gauge self-selection and host country effects on the health of emigrants with longer time abroad. We …
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Für bestimmte Berufsgruppen untersuchen wir Gesundheit und Altern vor und nach der Pensionierung. Wir verwenden fünf … Wellen des Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) und erstellen einen Gebrechlichkeitsindex für ältere … Ruhestand anhand des gesetzlichen Rentenalters ("normal" und "früh") und stellen fest, dass die Gesundheit von Arbeitnehmern in …
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The adequacy of retirement savings is central to the U.S. debate over the effects of Social Security reform and pension changes that would place greater responsibility on individuals for accumulation of retirement resources. We contribute to this discussion by examining the extent to which...
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When traditional methods for measuring economic welfare are scarce or unreliable, heights and BMIs are now well accepted measurements that represent biological conditions during economic development. Weight, after controlling for height, is an alternative measure to BMI for current net...
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decreases, and the two have different implications for human health. An alternative measure for net current biological …
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considering that this adverse development is related to the greater social inequality, an inferior health-care system, and fewer …- and Northern European welfare states, with cradle to grave health and unemployment insurance currently provide a more …
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and birth outcomes in forecasting child health (as indicated by height and weight), child behavioral problems, and a child …
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: individuals aged over 70 years hold WTP values approximately one-third lower than other respondents. Respondent health status has … affected population s age or health status. …
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