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Short-run health consequences of retirement and pension benefits : evidence from China
Nikolov, Plamen; Adelman, Alan - 2019
This paper examines the impact of the New Rural Pension Scheme (NRPS) in China. Exploiting the staggered implementation of an NRPS policy expansion that began in 2009, we used a difference-in-difference approach to study the effects of the introduction of pension benefits on the health status,...
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Performance pay and alcohol use in Germany
Baktash, Mehrzad B.; Heywood, John S.; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2021
We study the link between performance pay and alcohol use in Germany, a country with mandated health insurance … conclude that even in the face of mandated health insurance, the link found in the US persists in Germany. …
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When reality bites : local deaths and vaccine take-up
Giulie i, Corrado; Vlassopoulos, Michael; Zenou, Yves - 2021
In this study, we investigate whether COVID-19 deaths that occurred before vaccination rollouts impact subsequent vaccination take-up. We use data on local vaccination rates and COVID-19-related deaths from England measured at high geographic granularity. We nd that vaccination take-up as of...
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Out-of-partnership births in East and West Germany
Jirjahn, Uwe; Chadi, Cornelia - 2019
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we show that single women in East Germany are significantly … more likely to give birth to a child than single women in West Germany. This applies to both planned and unplanned births …. Our analysis provides no evidence that the difference between East and West Germany can be explained by economic factors …
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Does society influence the gender gap in risk attitudes? : evidence from East and West Germany
Chadi, Cornelia; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2019
attitudes among East and West Germans. Originated from different family policies during Germany's separation, East Germans have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012162041
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How education and GDP drive the COVID-19 vaccination campaign
Vu Minh Ngo; Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Nguyen Van Phuc; … - 2021 - Draft: November 11, 2021
Since vaccination is the decisive factor for controlling the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to understand the process to vaccination success. We identify a variety of factors playing a crucial role including the availability of vaccines, pandemic pressures, economic strength (GDP),...
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Democracy and COVID-19 outcomes
Karabulut, Gokhan; Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Bilgin, Mehmet … - 2021
More democratic countries are often expected to fail at providing a fast, strong, and effective response when facing a crisis such as COVID-19. This could result in higher infections and more negative health effects, but hard evidence to prove this claim is missing for the new disease. Studying...
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From the lockdown to the new normal : an analysis of the limitations to individual mobility in Italy following the Covid-19 crisis
Caselli, Mauro; Fracasso, Andrea; Scicchitano, Sergio - 2020
Italy was among the first countries to introduce drastic measures to reduce mobility in order to prevent the diffusion of Covid-19. On March 9, 26 out of 111 provinces were subject to severe limitations on individual mobility between municipalities. One day later, new restrictive measures were...
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Inter-country distancing, globalization and the Coronavirus pandemic
Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Karabulut, Gokhan; Bilgin, Mehmet … - 2020 - This draft: April 24, 2020
Originating in China, the Coronavirus has reached the world at different speeds and levels of strength. This paper provides some initial understanding of some driving factors and their consequences. Since transmission requires people, the human factor behind globalization is essential....
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Do skewed sex ratios among children promote parental smoking? : longitudinal evidence from rural China
Chen, Xi - 2017
China and some other Asian countries have experienced skewed sex ratios, triggering intense competition and pressure in the marriage market. Meanwhile, China has more smokers than any other country, with half of men smoke while few women smoke. Men are the major income earners in most Chinese...
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