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The effect of international sanctions on the size of the middle class in Iran
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Habibi, Nader - 2024
This study examines the impact of international economic sanctions, imposed on Iran due to its nuclear program, on the development of the middle class. Specifically, it investigates how the middle class in Iran would have developed in the absence of these sanctions post-2012. To address this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014563835
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The separation and reunification of Germany : rethinking a natural experiment interpretation of the enduring effects of communism
Becker, Sascha O.; Mergele, Lukas; Woessmann, Ludger - 2020
German separation in 1949 into a communist East and a capitalist West and their reunification in 1990 are commonly described as a natural experiment to study the enduring effects of communism. We show in three steps that the populations in East and West Germany were far from being randomly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012177137
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The welfare effects of time reallocation : evidence from daylight saving time
Costa-Font, Joan; Fleche, Sarah; Pagan, Ricardo - 2021
, the transition into DST deteriorates sleep and increases time stress, which in turn affects physical and emotional health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597854
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High-pressure, high-paying jobs?
Nagler, Markus; Rincke, Johannes; Winkler, Erwin - 2022
pressure strongly associated with adverse health outcomes. In line with theories of compensating differentials, work pressure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013455770
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The biological standard of living in the two Germanies
Komlos, John; Kriwy, Peter - 2001
Physical stature is used as a proxy for the biological standard of living in the two Germanies before and after unification in an analysis of a cross-sectionalsample (1998) of adult heights, as well as among military recruits of the1990s. West Germans tended to be taller than East Germans...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400292
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The long-run consequences of Chernobyl : evidence on subjective well-being, mental health and welfare
Danzer, Alexander M.; Danzer, Natalia - 2014
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/10010370275
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Health adjusted GDP (HAGDP) measures of the relationship between economic growth, health outcomes and social welfare
Clarke, Matthew; Islam, Sardar M. N. - 2003
Welfare economic analysis of health issues and policies can provide well balanced orderings of the state of the economy …, health outcomes and social welfare for both a developing and a developed country. Economic growth can increase health … negative externalities which reduce health outcomes (particularly when biological health limits are reached). A new health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011509333
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From the tallest to (one of) the fattest : the enigmatic fate of the American population in the 20th century
Komlos, John; Baur, Marieluise - 2003
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011509441
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International migration and net nutrition in the late 19th and early 20th centuries : evidence from prison records
Carson, Scott Alan - 2021
In migration studies, immigrant health is a concern before, during, and after migration. This study uses a large late …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012668830
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Body mass, nutrition, and disease : current net nutrition during US economic development
Carson, Scott Alan - 2020
When other measures for material welfare are scarce or unreliable, the use of average stature and body mass index (BMI) values is common. BMI reflects the current difference between calories consumed, calories required for work, and to withstand the physical environment. This study evaluates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012258102