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Returns to education : the causal effects of education on earnings, health and smoking
Heckman, James J.; Humphries, John Eric; Veramendi, Gregory - 2016
This paper estimates returns to education using a dynamic model of educational choice that synthesizes approaches in the structural dynamic discrete choice literature with approaches used in the reduced form treatment effect literature. It is an empirically robust middle ground between the two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476582
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North-South displacement effects of environmental regulation: the case of battery recycling
Tanaka, Shinsuke; Teshima, Kensuke; Verhoogen, Eric - 2021
This study examines the effect of a tightening of the U.S. air-quality standard for lead in 2009 on the relocation of battery recycling to Mexico and on infant health in Mexico. In the U.S., airborne lead dropped sharply near affected plants, most of which were battery-recycling plants. Exports...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012607308
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Peer effects on childhood and adolescent obesity in China
Nie, Peng; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso; He, Xiaobo - 2014
of 3- to 18-year-old children and adolescents in China. Even after a rich set of covariates and unobserved individual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010413785
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C-sections, obesity, and health-care specialization : evidence from Mexico
Herrera, Catalina; Marquez-Padilla, Fernanda; Prina, Silvia - 2023
This study explores whether hospitals with higher increases in obesity levels have higher CS rates and the consequential effects on maternal and newborn health in Mexico for 2008-2015. It models how changes in the obesity level of hospitals' patient pools may affect the quantity and quality of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014311942
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The effect of childhood conduct disorder on human capital
Koning, Pierre; Webbink, Herman Dinand; Vujić, Sunčica; … - 2010
This paper estimates the longer-term effects of childhood conduct disorder on human capital accumulation and violent and criminal behaviour later in life using data of Australian twins. We measure conduct disorder with a rich set of indicators based on diagnostic criteria from psychiatry. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962937
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Mentoring and schooling decisions: causal evidence
Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian; Pinger, Pia - 2020
Inequality of opportunity strikes when two children with the same academic performance are sent to different quality … children are significantly less likely to enter the academic track if they come from low socio-economic status (SES) families …-intensity mentoring program can improve long-run education outcomes of low SES children and reduce inequality of opportunity. Low SES …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239463
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Long term impacts of compensatory preschool on health and behavior : evidence from head start
Carneiro, Pedro; Ginja, Rita - 2012
problems and obesity of male children at ages 12 and 13. It also lowers depression and obesity among adolescents, and reduces …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530884
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Do the obese really die younger or do health expenditures buy them extra years?
Frijters, Paul; Barón, Juan David - 2009
A recent debate in the medical literature has arisen around the mortality effects of obesity. Whereas it has been argued that the obese die younger, the data that have become available do not immediately support this. This potentially undermines the hypothesis that modern life with its physical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003832183
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The value of a healthy home : lead paint remediation and housing values
Billings, Stephen B.; Schnepel, Kevin T. - 2017
The presence of lead paint significantly impairs cognitive and behavioral development, yet little is known about the value to households of avoiding this residence-specific environmental health risk. In this paper, we estimate the benefits of lead-paint remediation on housing prices. Using data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011703979
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The spillover effects of pollution : how exposure to lead affects everyone in the classroom
Gazze, Ludovica; Persico, Claudia; Spirovska, Sandra - 2020
Evidence shows that lead-exposed children are more disruptive and have lower achievement. However, we know less about … how lead-exposed children affect the learning environment of their classroom peers. We estimate these spillover effects … using new data on children's blood lead levels (BLLs) matched to all education data in North Carolina. We compare siblings …
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