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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...

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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 …

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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 …

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Global Mobility and the Threat of Pandemics: Evidence from Three Centuries

Clemens, Michael A.; Ginn, Thomas - 2020

of mobility. Given the ever-present threat of new, future pandemics, how should permanent restrictions on mobility … mobility to reduce the harm of future pandemics is weak. …

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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...

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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

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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

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 …

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Employment-contingent health insurance, illness, and labor supply of women: evidence from married women with breast cancer

Bradley, Cathy J.; Neumark, David; Luo, Zhehui; … - 2005

We examine the effects of employment-contingent health insurance on married women's labor supply following a health shock. First, we develop a theoretical model that examines the effects of employment-contingent health insurance on the labor supply response to a health shock, to clarify under...

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How corruption hits people when they are down

Hunt, Jennifer - 2006

Using cross-country and Peruvian data, I show that victims of misfortune, particularly crime victims, are much more likely than non-victims to bribe public officials. Misfortune increases victims' demand for public services, raising bribery indirectly, and also increases victims' propensity to...

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