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The healthy immigrant paradox and health convergence

Constant, Amelie - 2017

The health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental … the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper we are concerned with international migration and health outcomes in … insights into the Healthy Immigrant Paradox and the health assimilation of immigrants as we also elucidate selection and …

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Are children's socio-emotional skills shaped by parental health shocks?

García-Miralles, Esteban; Gensowski, Miriam - 2022

Child skills are shaped by parental investments. Health shocks to parents can affect these investments and their … children's skills. This paper estimates causal effects of severe parental health shocks on child socio-emotional skills …

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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...

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A theory of health investment under competing mortality risks

Chang, Fwu-ranq - 2002

In this paper we present a theory of health investment when there are multiple causes of death. Since there are several … risks competing for one's life, the health investments in avoiding different causes of death are not independent in general … make such health investments normal goods, non-Giffen goods, gross complements to one another, and have a positive risk …

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Taxation and global spillovers in the digital advertising market : theory and evidence from Facebook

Lassmann, Andrea; Liberini, Federica; Russo, Antonio; … - 2020

We study the effects of taxation on the international online advertising market, using data on Facebook ad prices, Facebook users product preferences and international trade. Our data encompass a de facto increase in the platform's corporate tax rate in several countries. We show that, due to...

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An equilibrium model of the African HIV/AIDS epidemic

Greenwood, Jeremy; Kircher, Philipp - 2018

Twelve percent of the Malawian population is HIV infected. Eighteen percent of sexual encounters are casual. A condom is used a third of the time. To analyze the Malawian epidemic, a choice-theoretic general equilibrium search model is constructed. In the developed framework, people select...

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Endogenous differential mortality, non-contractible effort and non linear taxation

Leroux, Marie-Louise - 2009

This paper studies a problem of non linear taxation when individuals have different longevities resulting from a non-monetary effort (like exercising). We first present the laissez-faire and the first best. Like Becker and Philipson (1998), we find that the laissez-faire level of effort is too...

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Global climate change and the resurgence of tropical disease : an economic approach

Gollin, Douglas; Zimmermann, Christian - 2010

We study the impact of global climate change on the prevalence of tropical diseases using a heterogeneous agent dynamic general equilibrium model. In our framework, households can take actions (e.g., purchasing bednets or other goods) that provide partial protection from disease. However, these...

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Impatience and uncertainty : experimental decisions predict adolescents' field behavior

Sutter, Matthias; Kocher, Martin; Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela - 2011

impatience are found to be significant predictors of health-related field behavior, saving decisions and conduct at school. In … preferences ; health status ; savings ; conduct at school ; external validity …

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The parental co-immunization hypothesis

Portela, Miguel; Schweinzer, Paul - 2013

We attempt to answer a simple empirical question: does having children make a parent live longer? The hypothesis we offer is that a parentś immune system is refreshed by a childś infections at a time when their own protection starts wearing thin. With the boosted immune system, the parent has...

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