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Social deprivation and exclusion of immigrants in Germany
Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Sinning, Mathias - 2007
This paper aims at providing empirical evidence on social exclusion of immigrants in Germany. We demonstrate that when using a conventional definition of the social inclusion index typically applied in the literature, immigrants appear to experience a significant degree of social deprivation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268244
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Immigrant Adjustment in France and Impacts on the Natives
Constant, Amelie F. - 2003
The purpose of this paper is to study the immigrant performance in France and the impacts on the natives by drawing on research findings from the existing academic literature on the economics of French migration. The research questions are: how do immigrants fare with respect to wages,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272290
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An Econometric Analysis of the Mental-Health Effects of Major Events in the Life of Elderly Individuals
Lindeboom, Maarten; Portrait, France; van den Berg, … - 2001
Major events in the life of an elderly individual, such as retirement, a significant decrease in income, death of the spouse, disability, and a move to a nursing home, may affect the mental health status of the individual. For example, the individual may enter a prolonged depression. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262601
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Counting Missing Women – A Reconciliation of the 'Flow Measure' and the 'Stock Measure'
Ebert, Cara; Klasen, Stephan; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2022
for different disease environments in the flow measure. Alternative reference standards reconcile the results of the two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296522
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Does in utero Exposure to Illness Matter? The 1918 Influenza Epidemic in Taiwan as a Natural Experiment
Lin, Ming-Jen; Liu, Elaine M. - 2014
kidney disease, circulatory, respiratory problems, and diabetes in old age, than other birth cohorts. Despite the possible …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377336
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Global Mobility and the Threat of Pandemics: Evidence from Three Centuries
Clemens, Michael A.; Ginn, Thomas - 2020
Countries restrict the overall extent of international travel and migration to balance the expected costs and benefits of mobility. Given the ever-present threat of new, future pandemics, how should permanent restrictions on mobility respond? A simple theoretical framework predicts that reduced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497848
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Conjugal Bereavement Effects on Health and Mortality at Advanced Ages
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Lindeboom, Maarten; Portrait, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We specify a model for the lifetimes of spouses and the dynamic evolution of health, allowing spousal death to have causal effects on the health and mortality of the survivor. We estimate the model using a longitudinal survey that traces many health status aspects over time, and that is linked...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703718
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An Econometric Analysis of the Mental-Health Effects of Major Events in the Life of Elderly Individuals
Lindeboom, Maarten; Portrait, France; den Berg, Gerard … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
Major events in the life of an elderly individual, such as retirement, a significant decrease in income, death of the spouse, disability, and a move to a nursing home, may affect the mental health status of the individual. For example, the individual may enter a prolonged depression. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763560
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Does in utero Exposure to Illness Matter? The 1918 Influenza Epidemic in Taiwan as a Natural Experiment
Lin, Ming-Jen; Liu, Elaine M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
kidney disease, circulatory, respiratory problems, and diabetes in old age, than other birth cohorts. Despite the possible …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010891167
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The Economic Impact of Non-communicable Disease in China and India: Estimates, Projections, and Comparisons
Bloom, David E.; Cafiero, Elizabeth T.; McGovern, Mark 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/10010329114