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births in Uruguay, we estimate that participation in a generous cash transfer program led to a sizeable 15% reduction in the …'s smoking all appear to contribute to the effect. We conclude that, by improving child health, unrestricted unconditional cash …
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sophisticated consumers of advertising and use it to make more health-promoting decisions. …
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HIV-positive men's treatment consumption and health outcomes. To establish a causal relationship between reviews and … for individuals who are in worse health and thus face stronger incentives to choose more effective medication despite side … effects. Findings suggest that consumers demand information from experts according to the trade-offs they face when making …
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and use. Our evidence points to the role of imperfect information. The introduction of IRS may have made the problem of … malaria more salient, leading to a change in beliefs about its importance and to an increase in private health investments. …
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and use. Our evidence points to the role of imperfect information. The introduction of IRS may have made the problem of … malaria more salient, leading to a change in beliefs about its importance and to an increase in private health investments. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010839294
sophisticated consumers of advertising and use it to make more health-promoting decisions. …
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Heterogeneity in time discounting may reinforce the existing barriers to save and invest faced by rural populations in developing countries. We elicit a subjective discount rate for a varied sample of Ugandan villagers. In accordance with other studies, we have found the discount rate to...
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Heterogeneity in time discounting may reinforce the existing barriers to save and invest faced by rural populations in developing countries. We elicit a subjective discount rate for a varied sample of Ugandan villagers. In accordance with other studies, we have found the discount rate to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999928
We propose a Bayesian factor analysis model to rank the health of localities. Mortality and morbidity variables …
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We analyze interaction effects of birth weight and the business cycle at birth on individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality later in life. In addition, we examine to what extent these long-run effects run by way of cognitive ability and education and to what extent those mitigate the long-run...
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