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of a long-run effect of school starting age on student outcomes. This paper uses data on the population of Norway to …
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The COVID crisis has severely hit both the United States and the European Union. Even though they are the wealthiest regions in the world, they differ substantially in economic performance, demographic characteristics, type of government, health systems, and measures undertaken to counteract...
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, on the elderly mortality in Russia. According to our study, crises have led to an increase in mortality with … suggests that income depreciation, limited access to medical services, and an increase in alcohol consumption are responsible … for the rise in mortality. While increases at a higher rate compared to overall mortality, alcohol-related mortality …
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to this massive marriage market squeeze exhibited higher mortality rates at age 50-64. Surprisingly, the deadly effect … - women's mortality rate increased after their husbands' deaths. …
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We investigate the returns to college attendance in Canada in terms of health and mortality reduction. To do so, we ….3% reduction in lifetime hospital stays, 19.7 for specialists). We find that education impacts mortality mostly by delaying the …. The impact on mortality are found to be larger than those estimated from the health microsimulation model (hazard ratio of …
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While much is now known about the effects of physical health shocks to pregnant women on the outcomes of the in-utero child, we know little about the effects of psychological stresses. One clear form of stress to the mother comes from the death of a parent. We examine the effects of the death of...
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In late 2003, Norway passed a law mandating 40 percent representation of each gender on the board of publicly limited …
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This study investigates whether and when during the life cycle women fall behind in terms of career progression because of children. We use 1987-1997 Norwegian panel data that contain information on individuals' position in their career hierarchy as well as a direct measure of their promotions....
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Norway and focuses on the effect of birth order on a range of health and health-related behaviors, outcomes not previously …
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Lower birth weight babies have worse outcomes, both short-run in terms of one-year mortality rates and longer run in … using a unique dataset from Norway, we examine both short-run and long-run outcomes for the same cohorts. We find that birth …
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