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The Economic Burden of Chronic Diseases : Estimates and Projections for China, Japan and South Korea
Bloom, David E. - 2017
of disease prevalence into a human capital augmented production function, which enables us to determine the economic …-effectiveness analysis by identifying some intervention strategies to reduce disease prevalence in China that are cost beneficial and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012950906
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The Economic Impact of Non-Communicable Disease in China and India : Estimates, Projections, and Comparisons
Bloom, David E. - 2013
of NCDs on labor supply and capital accumulation. We present results for the five main NCDs (cardiovascular disease …, cancer, chronic respiratory disease, diabetes, and mental health). Our undiscounted estimates indicate that the cost of the … most costly domains are cardiovascular disease and mental health, followed by respiratory disease. Our analyses also reveal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013076812
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The Influence of Hidden Researcher Decisions in Applied Microeconomics
Huntington-Klein, Nick - 2020
Researchers make hundreds of decisions about data collection, preparation, and analysis in their research. We use a many-analysts approach to measure the extent and impact of these decisions. Two published causal empirical results are replicated by seven replicators each. We find large...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012833890
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Behavioral Economic Phenomena in Decision-Making for Others
Ifcher, John - 2018
We examine whether biases identified in the behavioral-economics literature apply in decision-making for others (DMfO …). We conduct a laboratory experiment in which subjects make decision on behalf of themselves and others in eighteen tasks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012906522
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Managerial Incentives and Favoritism in Promotion Decisions : Theory and Field Evidence
Berger, Johannes - 2011
This paper investigates the effects of managerial incentives on favoritism in promotion decisions. First, we theoretically show that favoritism leads to a lower quality of promotion decisions and in turn lower efforts. But the effect can be mitigated by pay-for-performance incentives for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128837
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Economic Consequences of Mispredicting Utility
Frey, Bruno S. - 2013
In a simple conceptual framework, we organize a multitude of phenomena related to the (mis)prediction of utility. Consequences in terms of distorted choices and lower wellbeing emerge if people have to trade-off between alternatives that are characterized by attributes satisfying extrinsic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013080151
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Sick of Your Colleagues' Absence?
Hesselius, Patrik - 2009
We utilize a large-scale randomized social experiment to identify how coworkers affect each other's effort as measured by work absence. The experiment altered the work absence incentives for half of all employees living in Goeteborg, Sweden. Using administrative data we are able to recover the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012765096
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What to Expect When it Gets Hotter : The Impacts of Prenatal Exposure to Extreme Heat on Maternal and Infant Health
Kim, Jiyoon - 2019
We use temperature variation within narrowly-defined geographic and demographic cells to show that prenatal exposure to extreme heat increases the risk of maternal hospitalization during pregnancy, and that this effect is larger for black than for white mothers. At childbirth, heat-exposed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012860521
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Job Insecurity, Debt Burdens and Individual Health
Cuesta, Maite Blázquez - 2019
Job insecurity exerts negative effects on self-reported health. Using the Spanish Survey of Household Finances for 2011-2014, this paper asks whether and to what extent debt burdens enhance these detrimental health effects. To address potential endogeneity problems surrounding this question, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861287
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Retirement and Unexpected Health Shocks
Apouey, Benedicte - 2018
Do people form correct expectations about the impact of retirement on their health? This paper looks at unexpected health shocks that hit people after they retire. Using data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey (waves 2001-2014), we construct measures of unexpected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930961