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Countries restrict the overall extent of international travel and migration to balance the expected costs and benefits of mobility. Given the ever-present threat of new, future pandemics, how should permanent restrictions on mobility respond? A simple theoretical framework predicts that reduced...
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We investigate the impact of early-life medical interventions on low-risk newborn health. A policy rule in The …, we find no health benefits from additional treatments for average newborns. However, there is substantial heterogeneity … in returns to treatments with significant health benefits for newborns in the lowest income quartile and no benefits in …
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depends on the expected benefits of vaccination. The analysis on health outcomes shows that the program reduces the likelihood …
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We investigate the effects of the introduction of a population-wide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program on the vaccine take-up of the targeted group of 15-year-old girls and their older sisters. For identification, we rely on a regression discontinuity design and high-quality Danish...
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. While reminders prompt additional preventive care for focal children, we find no spillovers to other health behaviors or …
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This study investigates the different cognitive and non-cognitive characteristics associated with individuals' willingness to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and their actual vaccination status. Our empirical analysis is based on data obtained from three survey waves of about 2,000 individuals...
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communication approach. To investigate which type of ambassador - health cadres, influential individuals, and laypersons - is the …
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Longevity expectations (LE) are subjective assessments of future health status that can influence a number of … individual health protective decisions. This is especially true during a pandemic such as COVID-19, as the risk of ill health … on protective health behaviours and a number of decisions around access to health care, using data from the Survey of …
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exert behavioural spillover effects on (i) a number of health behaviours, and (ii) on individuals not directly affected by … the bans. Drawing upon quasi-experimental evidence from Russia (a country where about half of the population smokes … men). WSBs are found to influence health behaviours of those not directly affected by the reform, such as never smokers …
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. First, we cover the role of health in driving economic growth and well-being and discuss standard frameworks for assessing … and their macroeconomic repercussions. Fourth, we discuss the health toll and economic impacts of five infectious diseases … human toll and impose a staggering economic burden, early and targeted health and economic policy interventions can often …
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