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We examine the relationship between wealth and health through prominent growth indicators and cognitive ability …
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introduction of pension benefits on the health status, health behaviors, and healthcare utilization of rural Chinese adults age 60 … and above. The results point to three main conclusions. First, in addition to improvements in self-reported health, older … adults with access to the pension program experienced significant improvements in several important measures of health …
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, comparable panel evidence available in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). It considers both physical … effective age or retirement. But do older individuals have the health/cognitive capacity to work longer? Following Cutler et al … in similar health/with equal cognitive performance. Contrary to existing papers, this one uses international, European …
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Population ageing in Europe calls for an overall rise in the age of retirement. However, many argue that this age … combines the 7th wave of the SHARE panel data on health at an older age and US occupational O*NET data. With these unique data … it first quantifies the impact of entire career arduous- ness on health at typical retirement age, relative to other key …
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this paper, we examine the potential effect of the rise of robotic technology on health. The results of the analysis … suggest that higher penetration of industrial robots in the local labor market is positively related to the health of the low … of low-skilled individuals reporting poor health. Further analysis suggests that reallocation of tasks and reduction in …
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The relationship between physical activity and child health and development is well-documented, yet the extant … literature provides limited causal insight into the amount of physical activity considered optimal for improving any given health … comprehensive set of health, non-cognitive development, and academic outcomes of children and adolescents. Applying an individual …
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COVID-19 and the adoption of technologies in various sectors of the economy, ranging from health care facilities to …
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High temperatures can have a negative effect on workplace safety for a variety of reasons. Discomfort and reduced concentration caused by heat can lead to workers making mistakes and injuring themselves. Discomfort can also be an incentive for workers to report an injury that they would not have...
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sales, value added, employment, productivity, and exports. These effects tend to be of at least 5% and, in some cases, 10 …
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substitution is low, then GDP, productivity and wage growth may however still slow down, because the economy will then fail to …, productivity, and GDP. …
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