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Work-Related Health in Europe : Are Older Workers More at Risk?
Jones, Melanie K. - 2011
This paper uses the fourth European Working Conditions Survey (2005) to address the impact of age on work-related self-reported health outcomes. More specifically, the paper examines whether older workers differ significantly from younger workers regarding their job-related health risk...
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Self-Control and Unhealthy Body Weight : The Role of Impulsivity and Restraint
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Dahmann, Sarah C.; Kamhöfer, … - 2022
We examine the relationship between trait self-control and body weight. Data from a population representative household survey reveal that limited self-control is strongly associated with both objective and subjective measures of unhealthy body weight. Those with limited self-control are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083933
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How Effective are Pictorial Warnings on Tobacco Products? New Evidence on Smoking Behaviour Using Australian Panel Data
Kühnle, Daniel - 2019
Studies examining the introduction of pictorial warnings on cigarette packages provide inconclusive evidence due to small samples and methodological issues. We use individual-level panel data from Australia to examine the association between pictorial warnings and smoking behaviour --...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012868005
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Chain Restaurant Calorie Posting Laws, Obesity, and Consumer Welfare
Courtemanche, Charles - 2020
The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) introduced a mandate requiring chain restaurants to post calorie counts on menus and menu boards. This paper investigates whether and why calorie posting laws work. To do so, we develop a model of calories consumed that highlights two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012838462
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The Impact of an Unexpected Wage Cut on Corruption : Evidence from a 'Xeroxed' Exam
Borcan, Oana - 2012
This paper aims to understand how corruption responds to financial incentives and, in particular, it is an attempt to identify the causal impact of a wage loss on the prevalence of corruption in the education sector. Specifically, we exploit the unexpected wage cut in May 2010 that affected all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104673
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The Effect of Air Pollution on Body Weight and Obesity : Evidence from China
Deschênes, Olivier - 2019
We provide the first study estimating the causal effect of air pollution on body weight. Using the China Health and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870183
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Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity in China : Evidence from the China Health and Nutrition Survey
Nie, Peng - 2014
Using five waves from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), we investigate the association between maternal … employment and obesity in children aged 3–17 in both rural and urban China. Using BMI and waist circumference as measures for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057035
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Who is Coming to the Artefactual Field Experiment? Participation Bias Among Chinese Rural Migrants
Frijters, Paul - 2015
In this paper, we compare participants in an artefactual field experiment in urban China with the survey population of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013028147
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Why are Household Incomes More Unequally Distributed in China than in Russia?
Gustafsson, Björn - 2010
Harmonised microdata show a Gini coefficient for per capita total income of 45.3 percent in China 2002 and 33.6 percent … urban areas in China are important reasons for this cross-country difference in inequality. Wage is a more non …-equalising income source in China than in Russia. While Russian public transfers reduce income inequality, Chinese public transfers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134822
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Childhood Circumstances and Health Inequality in Old Age : Comparative Evidence from China and the United States
Chen, Xi - 2020
evaluates the importance of major domains of childhood circumstances to health inequalities in the USA and China. We link two … waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2013 and 2015 with the newly released 2014 Life …-16 percent and 14-30 percent of health inequality in old age in China and the USA, respectively. Specifically, the contribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012828599