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We develop and estimate a generalized labour supply model that incorporates work effort into the standard consumption-leisure trade-off. We allow workers a choice between two contracts: a piece rate contract, wherein he is paid per unit of service provided, and a mixed contract, wherein he...
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While the contemporaneous association between mental health problems and criminal behavior has been explored in the … behaviors using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). In our analysis, we control for a … dollars per year. -- crime ; depression ; Add Health …
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interventions which increase breastfeeding rates would improve not only children's health, but also their cognitive skills, and …
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Using state-level data for the period 1990 through 2007, we estimate the effect of legalizing medical marijuana on suicide rates. Our results suggest that the passage of a medical marijuana law is associated with an almost 5 percent reduction in the total suicide rate, an 11 percent reduction in...
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Within the economics literature, the "psychic costs" of migration have been incorporated into theoretical models since Sjaastad (1962). However, the existence of such costs has rarely been investigated in empirical papers. In this paper, we look at the psychic costs of migration using alcohol...
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history, psychological factors and health, we estimate differences in job search behavior and labor market outcomes between …
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We examine the effect of survey measurement error on the empirical relationship between child mental health and … personal and family characteristics, and between child mental health and educational progress. Our contribution is to use … progress. Maternal education and mental health, family income, and major adverse life events, are all significant in explaining …
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This article documents a strong connection between unemployment and mental disorders using data from the Spanish Health …
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This paper investigates the effect of drinking arsenic contaminated water on mental health. Drinking water with an …' arsenicosis symptoms and their physical and mental health. We find that suffering from an arsenicosis symptom is strongly … negatively related to mental health, even more so than from other illnesses. Furthermore, individuals drinking from an untested …
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There is a substantial correlation between household debt and bodyweight. Theory suggests that a causal relationship between debt and bodyweight could run in either direction or both could be caused by unobserved common factors. We use OLS and Propensity Score Matching to ascertain if household...
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