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In-utero exposure to violence and child health in Iraq

Sardoschau, Sulin - 2023

This paper examines the impact of exposure to violence during pregnancy on anthropometric and cognitive outcomes of children in the medium-run. I combine detailed household-level data on more than 36,000 children with geo-coded information on civilian casualties in the aftermath of the US...

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Is household shock a boon or bane to the utilisation of preventive healthcare for children? Evidence from Uganda

Baulia, Susmita - 2018

A stylised fact in the development literature is that resource-constrained households in low-income countries invest … drought as a proxy for negative income shock, and illness of any household member as an indicator for negative health shock, I … or income shock. Further investigation shows that this effect of health shock results from the increase in average time …

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Age-specific effects of early daycare on children's health

Barschkett, Mara - 2022

Over the past decades, the share of very young children in daycare has increased significantly in many OECD countries, including Germany. Despite the relevance of child health for child development and later life success, the effect of early daycare attendance on health has received little...

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Cash incentives to mothers or to community health workers - what contributes better to the health of the mother and the newborn? Evidence from India

Baulia, Susmita - 2020

This paper investigates the role of demand-side incentives to mothers and supply-side incentives to community health workers (ASHAs) in improving maternal and child healthcare. These conditional cash benefits were part of a nationwide health intervention Janani Suraksha Yojana, introduced in...

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Lasting impact on health from natural disasters, potential mechanisms and mitigating effects

Dhamija, Gaurav; Sen, Gitanjali - 2022

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The long-term effects of alcohol availability on mortality: Evidence from an alcohol reform

Salokangas, Henri - 2016

I examine the long-term mortality effects of an exogenous shock in alcohol availability using Census data, mortality data and data on distance to alcohol outlets. In 1969, Finland underwent significant changes in alcohol availability both via Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) and distribution...

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Compulsory face mask policies do not affect community mobility in Germany

Kovacs, Roxanne; Dunaiski, Maurice; Tukiainen, Janne - 2020

There is currently a heated debate about making face masks compulsory in public spaces to contain COVID-19. A key concern is that such policies could lead to risk compensating behaviour and thereby undermine efforts to maintain social distancing and reduce mobility. We provide first evidence on...

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Alcohol, violence and injury-induced mortality: evidence from a modern-day prohibition

Barron, Kai; Parry, Charles D. H.; Bradshaw, Debbie; … - 2022

This paper evaluates the impact of a sudden and unexpected nation-wide alcohol sales ban in South Africa. We find that this policy causally reduced injury-induced mortality in the country by at least 14% during the five weeks of the ban. We argue that this estimate constitutes a lower bound on...

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Mandated sick pay : coverage, utilization, and welfare effects

Maclean, Catherine; Pichler, Stefan; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2021

This paper evaluates how sick pay mandates operate at the job level in the United States. Using the National Compensation Survey and difference-in-differences models, we estimate their impact on coverage rates, sick leave use, labor costs, and non-mandated fringe benefits. Sick pay mandates...

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Choice architecture and incentives increase COVID-19 vaccine intentions and test demand

Serra-Garcia, Marta; Szech, Nora - 2021

Willingness to vaccinate and test are critical in the COVID-19 pandemic. We study the effects of two measures to increase vaccination and testing: "choice architecture" and monetary compensations. Choice architecture has the goal of "nudging" people into a socially desired direction without...

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