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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 …

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Global air quality inequality over 2000-2020

Sager, Lutz - 2024

Air pollution generates vast health burdens and economic costs around the world. Pollution exposure varies greatly …

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Climate changes affect human capital

Caruso, Germán; De Marcos, Inés; Noy, Ilan - 2023

: direct effects on health, nutrition, and wellbeing, and indirect effects through changes in economic systems, markets, and …

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The health burden of e-waste : the impact of e-waste dumping sites on child mortality

Lovo, Stefania; Rawlings, Samantha B. - 2022

This paper examines the effect of e-waste dumping sites on early child health. We focus on two major dumping sites in …

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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 …

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Long-Term Impacts of Growth and Development Monitoring: Evidence from Routine Health Examinations in Early Childhood

Liang, Yinhe; Peng, Xiaobo; Sun, Meiping Aggie - 2024

monitoring through routine health checkups for all young children (0-6 years) in China. Using data on the program's county … provide evidence of several underlying mechanisms, including improved physical and mental health, better educational outcomes …, increased cognitive skills, and sustained use of routine health checkups among adolescents. …

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Years of life lost to revolution and war in Iran

Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2021

This study examines the causal joint effect of a new political regime and war against Iraq on life expectancy of Iranians for the period 1978–1988 during the revolution and war. I use a synthetic control approach to construct a synthetic Iran based on a weighted average of other Middle East...

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Out of sight, out of mind? : the impact of natural disasters on pregnancy outcomes

Simeonova, Emilia - 2009

The impact of global climate change on health is not well understood. Besides the direct channel of increasing … risk of health problems later, implying even larger long run societal costs. Results confirm that exposure to extreme …

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The relationship between stature and insolation : evidence from soldiers and prisoners

Carson, Scott Alan - 2009

Nineteenth century white US statures varied with nutrition, disease exposure, and the physical environment. An additional explanation for stature growth is vitamin D production. Vitamin D is produced internally by the synthesis of cholesterol and sunlight in the epidermis. However, studies that...

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Size matters!: body height and labor market discrimination : a cross-European analysis

Cinnirella, Francesco; Winter, Joachim - 2009

Taller workers earn on average higher salaries. Recent research has proposed cognitive abilities and social skills as explanations for the height-wage premium. Another possible mechanism, employer discrimination, has found little support. In this paper, we provide some evidence in favor of the...

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