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Modern infectious diseases: macroeconomic impacts and policy responses
Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2020
: HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, influenza, and COVID-19. Although major epidemics and pandemics can take an enormous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271478
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The shadow of the Neolithic Revolution on life expectancy : a double-edged sword
Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Özak, Ömer - 2022
This research explores the persistent effect of the Neolithic Revolution on the evolution of life expectancy in the course of human history. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the onset of the Neolithic Revolution and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013170449
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Voting and political participation in the aftermath of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
Mansour, Hani; Rees, Daniel I.; Reeves, James - 2020
data on elections to the U.S House of Representatives and leveraging cross-district variation in HIV/AIDS mortality during … the period 1983-1987, we document the effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on votes received by Democratic and Republican … candidates. Beginning with the 1994 elections, there is a strong, positive association between HIV/AIDS mortality and the vote …
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The economics of risky health behaviors
Cawley, John H.; Ruhm, Christopher J. - 2011
Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009307506
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Fighting infectious disease : evidence from Sweden 1870 - 1940
Lazuka, Volha; Quaranta, Luciana; Bengtsson, Tommy - 2015
Fighting infectious disease in the past, much like today, focused on isolating the disease and thereby stopping its spread. New insights into the modes of transmission and the causal agents in the mid-nineteenth century, together with fear of new epidemic outbreaks, motivated public investments...
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More than a ban on smoking? : behavioural spillovers of smoking bans in the workplace
Costa-Font, Joan; Salmasi, Luca; Zaccagni, Sarah - 2021
Are workplace smoking bans (WSBs) more than a ban on smoking? We study whether WSBs influence smoking cessation and 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517175
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Do public health interventions crowd out private health investments? : malaria control policies in Eritrea
Carneiro, Pedro; Locatelli, Andrea; Ghebremeskel, Tewolde; … - 2012
It is often argued that engaging in indoor residual spraying (IRS) in areas with high coverage of mosquito bed nets may discourage net ownership and use. This is just a case of a public program inducing perverse incentives. We analyze new data from a randomized control trial conducted in Eritrea...
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Interventions with positive side-effects: COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions and infectious diseases in Europe
Kaiser, Micha; Otterbach, Steffen; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso; … - 2020
To assess the efficacy of Covid-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) on infectious disease containment in Europe, we first use weekly 2015-20 data on the spread of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to compare the 2019-20 season of these diseases with the previous five....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012372809
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Vaccination take-up and health: evidence from a flu vaccination program for the elderly
Brilli, Ylenia; Lucifora, Claudio; Russo, Antonio; … - 2020
We analyze the effects of a vaccination program providing free flu vaccine to individuals aged 65 or more on take-up behavior and hospitalization. Using both administrative and survey data, we implement a regression discontinuity design around the threshold at age 65, and find that the effect of...
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Measuring social and externality benefits of in influenza vaccination
White, Corey D. - 2019
Vaccination represents a canonical example of externalities in economics, yet there are few estimates of their magnitudes. I estimate social and externality benefits of influenza vaccination in two settings. First, using a natural experiment, I estimate the impacts of aggregate vaccination rates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060585