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offender's time discounting. We exploit quasi-experimental variation in sentence length generated by a large collective pardon … in Italy and provide non-parametric evidence on the extent of discounting from the raw data on recidivism and sentence …
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We use the high IQ Terman sample to estimate relationships between education, socioemotional skills, and health …-related outcomes that include health behaviors, lifestyles, and health measures across the lifecycle. By both focusing on a high IQ … subjects, education is linked to better health-related outcomes, in contrast to previous evidence. Conscientiousness, Openness …
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education and health. We concentrate on ergonomic, environmental, psychical, social and time demands. Merging the German … dataset to analyze the mediating role of occupational demands in the relationship between education and health status on the … one hand and education and health behavior (BMI and smoking) on the other. We base our analyses on the entire working …
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This study throws light on the potential non-linear effects of education on individual health and health … affects individual health-related behavior. By contrast, IVs estimates based on a compulsory schooling age reform show mostly … non-significant effects. Our results point to a complex link between education and health. On the one hand, higher …
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This study provides causal effect of education on health behaviors in Turkey which is a middle income developing … country. Health Survey of the Turkish Statistical Institute for the years 2008, 2010 and 2012 are used. The health behaviors … considered are smoking, alcohol consumption, fruit and vegetable consumption, exercising and one health outcome namely, the body …
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of public health interventions for children exposed to lead. This paper estimates the long-term impacts of early …
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increase physical activity in everyday life need to weigh the health and well-being benefits against the probability of …
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An open question in the literature is whether families compensate or reinforce the impact of child health shocks … negative early health shocks at ages 0-3, the other twin sibling who did suffer negative health shocks received RMB 305 more in … terms of health investments, but received RMB 182 less in terms of educational investments in the 12 months prior to the …
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We investigate the returns to college attendance in Canada in terms of health and mortality reduction. To do so, we … first use a dynamic health microsimulation model to document how interventions which incentivize college attendance among … high school graduates may impact their health trajectory, health care consumption and life expectancy. We find large …
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In this paper we investigate the contribution of health related behaviors to the education gradient, using an empirical … approach that addresses the endogeneity of both education and behaviors in the health production function. We apply this … approach to a multi-country data set, which includes 12 European countries and has information on education, health and health …
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