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The shadow of the neolithic revolution on life expectancy : a double-edged sword
Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Özak, Ömer - 2022
This research explores the persistent effect of the Neolithic Revolution on the evolution of life expectancy in the course of human history. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the onset of the Neolithic Revolution and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013171007
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Acess to treatment and educational inequalities in cancer survival
Fiva, Jon H.; Haegeland, Torbjørn; Rønning, Marte; … - 2013
The public health care systems in the Nordic countries provide high quality care almost free of charge to all citizens. However, social inequalities in health persist. Previous research has, for example, documented substantial educational inequalities in cancer survival. We investigate to what...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009712444
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Individual investments in education and health : policy responses and interactions
Carbone, Jared C.; Kverndokk, Snorre - 2016
Empirical studies show that years of schooling are positively correlated with good health. The implication may go from education to health, from health to education, or from factors that influence both variables. We formalize a model that determines an individual's demand for knowledge and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011554425
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Life cycle economics with infectious and chronic diseases
Strulik, Holger; Grossmann, Volker - 2022
In this paper, we develop a life cycle model in which health and longevity are threatened by infectious and chronic diseases. The model captures that the susceptibility and severity of infectious diseases depend on the accumulated health deficits (immunosenescence) and that the life history of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013472349
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U.S. multinationals and preferential market access
Blanchard, Emily; Matschke, Xenia - 2012
This paper examines the relationship between offshoring activity by U.S. multinational firms and the structure of U.S trade preferences. We combine firm level panel data on U.S. foreign affiliate activity from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) with detailed measures of U.S. trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009570705
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Examining the education gradient in chronic illness
Chatterji, Pinka; Joo, Heesoo; Lahiri, Kajal - 2012
This study examines the education gradient in three chronic conditions - diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol … Survey (NHANES) 1999-2008. Our findings show that education is not associated with diagnosed diabetes or hypertension, and it … diagnosed cases, there is a strong, negative association between education and having diabetes or hypertension. A small …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009570861
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Racial/ethnic and education-related disparities in control of risk factors for cardiovascular disease among diabetics
Chatterji, Pinka; Joo, Heesoo; Lahiri, Kajal - 2011
cardiovascular (CVD) risk factors among adults with diabetes. Methods: The analysis samples include adults aged 20 and over from … NHANES III, 1988- 1994 and NHANES 1999-2008 who self-report having diabetes (n =1,107, NHANES III; n = 1,933, NHANES 1999 …. -- cardiovascular (CFD) risk factors ; diabetes ; health disparity ; NHANES …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009127714
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Social interaction and sickness absence
Lindbeck, Assar (contributor); Palme, Mårten (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003635259
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A continuous theory of income insurance
Lindbeck, Assar; Persson, Mats - 2010
In this paper we treat an individual's health as a continuous variable, in contrast to the traditional literature on income insurance, where it is regularly treated as a binary variable. This is not a minor technical matter; in fact, a continuous treatment of an individual's health sheds new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003978015
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Take it or leave it: take-up, optimal transfer programs, and monitoring
Jacquet, Laurence - 2010
This paper studies the optimal income redistribution and optimal monitoring when disability benefits are intended for disabled people but when some able agents with high distaste for work mimic them (type II errors). Labor supply responses are at the extensive margin and endogenous take-up costs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003965111