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affected in terms of parental health, labor market outcomes and separations. Limited effects on family disposable income … data allow us to identify plant closures and account for non-random selection of workers to closing plants by using … propensity score matching and controlling for pre-displacement outcomes. Our overall conclusion is positive: childhood health …
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diagnosis (CD), on the health and well-being of an individual's partner. We rely on data from a longitudinal sample of …Major health shocks can have far-reaching consequences on the welfare of an individual's support and emotional network …. This paper investigates both long-term and short-term spillovers of a major non-communicable health shock, namely a cancer …
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We analyze equally competitive spouses competing for promotion in their respective workplaces and show that an asymmetric equilibrium featuring household specialization can arise. Examples where the asymmetric equilibrium is welfare-superior to the symmetric equilibrium are highlighted. By...
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(ONS-LS) data set following one percent of the population of England and Wales along four census waves 1971, 1981, 1991 …
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set of results using survey data. These suggest that the positive association between men’s education and family formation …We study the effect of educational attainment on family formation using regression discontinuity designs generated by … observed in the data is driven by selection. For women, our estimates are consistent with the idea that, as increased returns …
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In a model where consumers have quasi-hyperbolic preferences, we compare immediate subsidies paid for health …-conscious consumption and future subsidies rewarding good health outcome. We characterize the subsidy rates which implement the unbiased …
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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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The distribution of health inequalities appears to exhibit a different pattern when samples of developing countries are … examined. One explanation is the existence of a health Kuznets ́curve. This paper sets out as an exploratory analysis to test … the latter hypothesis of an inverse U shape pattern between both economic and health development and income inequalities …
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In this paper we describe and analyse a demographic data base that has been gathered for several EU countries under a … relate this process with health and retirement issues. Five dimensions of the ageing process have been considered: population … major individual lifetime landmarks have been evolving in a way that may not be mutually compatible. As for how health …
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