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Counting Missing Women – A Reconciliation of the 'Flow Measure' and the 'Stock Measure'
Ebert, Cara; Klasen, Stephan; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2022
is among children in India and China, and is larger in Sub-Saharan Africa than in India and China. We show that the … 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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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
This paper provides estimates of the economic impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in China and India for the … 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329114
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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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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267604
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268087