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health, the largest impacts stem from adolescent exposure …
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We investigate the role of social norms in accounting for differences in self-reported health as reported by men and … worse health than men, whatever the health outcome we consider – i.e. general self-assessed health but also more specific … workplace environment and study how the latter affects self-reported health for men and women separately. Our findings indicate …
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We examine the impact of progressive and regressive abortion legislation on women's health and survival in Mexico … observe small or null impacts on women's health from increasing sanctions on illegal abortion. We find some evidence to …
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income distribution. In this paper, we examine the effects of minimum wage increases on the health of low-educated Hispanic … typically have less access to health care. Using a difference-in-differences identification strategy and data drawn from the … that low-educated Hispanic women likely affected by minimum wage increases experience any changes in health status, access …
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In this paper, we study the impact of prenatal sex selection on the well-being of girls by analyzing changes in children's nutritional status and mortality during the years since the diffusion of prenatal sex determination technologies in India. We further examine various channels through which...
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The paper analyzes the impact of an experimental maternal and child health and family-planning program that was … nearly two decades. Women in program villages also experienced other benefits: lower child mortality, improved health status …, and greater use of preventive health inputs. Some benefits also diffused beyond the boundaries of the program villages …
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We analyze the economic consequences for less developed countries of investing in female health. In so doing we … investments in their education and in which we allow for health-related gender differences in productivity. We show that better … female health speeds up the demographic transition and thereby the take-off toward sustained economic growth. By contrast …
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partly explained by the deterioration of the health habits of affected women. Together, these results help explain the …
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This analysis uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) and the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in … Europe (SHARE) to assess the effect of ageing and health on the life satisfaction of the oldest old (defined as 75 and older … for the oldest old. This decline is primarily attributable to low levels of perceived health. Once cohort effects are also …
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This paper analyzes the relationship between reported health status and time allocation decisions in six European … countries. Using the Multinational Time Use Study, we find that a better perception of own health is associated with less time … regarding health, market work, and leisure in the US. However, in contrast to the large positive correlation between health and …
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