Showing 1 - 10 of 274
The Healthy Immigrant Paradox found in the literature by comparing the health of immigrants to that of natives in the …-origin framework, in which we compare the health of emigrants to that of their compatriots who stay in the country of origin. Isolating … cultural effects can best gauge self-selection and host country effects on the health of emigrants with longer time abroad. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012265276
The health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental … the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper we are concerned with international migration and health outcomes in … insights into the Healthy Immigrant Paradox and the health assimilation of immigrants as we also elucidate selection and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012119651
The examination of the causal impact of health insurance coverage on healthcare utilisation is a critical endeavour in … private health insurance (PHI) coverage on healthcare utilisation, considering the intricacies of misreporting and endogeneity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014556439
address this issue, the governments of LMICs have initiated health insurance programs that target these poor populations …. However, the health benefits these programs provide are often limited due to resource constraints in LMICs. In this paper, we … that rural residents substitute outpatient services in hospitals for that in township health centers. Lastly, results on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013433445
, such as the puzzle of immigrant advantage which finds that Hispanic immigrants sometimes have better health than U …, is sizable and selective on health, making subsequent generations of Mexican immigrants appear less healthy than they … actually are. Consequently, conventional estimates of health disparities between Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012159791
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013174497
Previous research has found that immigration benefits the health of working-age natives, an effect mediated through the … labor market. We use the Study of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to investigate whether immigration also … affects the health of natives 65-80 years old. Immigration may increase the supply and lower the price of personal and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131032
health. We also ftnd that loneliness has a direct impact on body mass index and specific mental health issues, with these … emphasising the pivotal role of attitudes in predicting significant economic and health outcomes, thus opening up a new pathway …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014465031
physical health and increased levels of depression during 2018 and 2019. Findings indicate that workers with no written …/or threats in their present job experience worse physical health and increased levels of depression. The study found that the … without a job contract might experience a high degree of workplace precariousness and exclusion from health benefits and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012610894
Publicly financed Community Based-Health Insurance (CBHI) schemes are typically implemented in developing countries to … foster healthcare utilization and improve health outcomes among low-income households. Using the Demographic and Health … Survey from 2005 to 2016, we estimate the effects of the Ethiopian CBHI on children's health. Difference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014306874