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The Impact of Air Pollution on Attributable Risks and Economic Costs of Hospitalization for Mental Disorders

Wu, Ziting - 2020

This study aims to fill the gap in our understanding about exposure to particulate matters with diameter less than 2.5 μm (PM2.5) and attributable risks and economic costs of mental disorders (MDs). We identify the relationship between PM2.5 and risk of hospital admissions (HAs) for MDs in...

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Urgent Care Centers, Hospital Performance and Population Health

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Nunes, Letícia; Rocha, Rudi - 2021

Hospitals are under increasing pressure as they bear a growing burden of chronic disease while also dealing with emergency cases that do not all require hospital care. Many countries have responded by introducing alternative facilities that provide 24/7 care for basic and medium-complexity...

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Measuring the Value of a Statistical Life : Problems and Prospects

Ashenfelter, Orley - 2006

Tradeoffs between monetary wealth and fatal safety risks are summarized in the value of a statistical life (VSL), a measure that is widely used for the evaluation of public policies in medicine, the environment, and transportation safety. This paper demonstrates the widespread use of this...

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School Starting Age and the Impact on School Admission

Caceres-Delpiano, Julio; Giolito, Eugenio - 2023

This study employs Chilean administrative data to investigate the impact of School Starting Age (SSA) on the characteristics of students' initial enrolled schools. Employing minimum age requirements and an RD-design to mitigate endogeneity concerns, we identify benefits linked to commencing...

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How a Mandatory Activation Program Reduces Unemployment Durations : The Effects of Distance

Graversen, Brian Krogh - 2009

In an experimental setting some Danish unemployed workers were assigned to an activation program while others were not. Unemployed who were assigned to the activation program found a job more quickly. We show that the activation effect increases with the distance between the place of residence...

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The Effect of Receiving Supplementary UI Benefits on Unemployment Duration

Kyyrä, Tomi - 2009

We consider the consequences of working part-time on supplementary unemployment insurance benefits in the Danish labour market. Following the timing-of-events approach we estimate causal effects of subsidized part-time work on the hazard rate out of unemployment insurance benefit receipt. We...

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Employment Reallocation Over the Business Cycle : Evidence from Danish Data

Bertheau, Antoine - 2020

We present new evidence on how employment growth varies across firm types (size, productivity, and wage) and over the business cycle using Danish data covering almost 30 years. We decompose net employment growth into two recruitment margins: net hirings from/to employment (poaching) and net...

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Home Prices, Fertility, and Early-Life Health Outcomes

Daysal, N. Meltem - 2020

We estimate the effect of housing price changes on fertility and early-life child health in Denmark. Using rich … generous government programs in Denmark. We also present the first estimates of the effect of home prices on infant health … families and with both children and child health being normal goods that are similarly-valued in the US and Denmark …

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Childhood Health Shocks, Comparative Advantage, and Long-Term Outcomes : Evidence from the Last Danish Polio Epidemic

Gensowski, Miriam - 2018

A large literature documents that childhood health shocks have lasting negative consequences for adult outcomes. This paper demonstrates that the adversity of childhood physical disability can be mediated by individuals' educational and occupational choices, which reflect their comparative...

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Who Founds? An Analysis of University and Corporate Startup Entrepreneurs Based on Danish Register Data

Kaiser, Ulrich - 2019

We compare individuals presently employed either at an university or at a firm from a R&D intensive sector and analyze which of their personal-specific and employer-specific characteristics determine their choice of subsequently founding a startup. Our data set is unusually rich and combines the...

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