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The rise in obesity across the Atlantic: an economic perspective

Brunello, Giorgio; Michaud, Pierre-Carl; … - 2008

We provide comparable evidence on the patterns and trends in obesity across the Atlantic and analyse whether there are economic rationales for public intervention to control obesity. We take into account equity issues as well as efficiency considerations, which are organized around three...

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Understanding the economic consequences of shifting trends in population health

Michaud, Pierre-Carl; Goldman, Dana; Lakdawalla, Darius; … - 2009

The public economic burden of shifting trends in population health remains uncertain. Sustained increases in obesity, diabetes, and other diseases could reduce life expectancy - with a concomitant decrease in the public-sector's annuity burden - but these savings may be offset by worsening...

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Public Employment and Redistributive Politics: Evidence from Russia?s Regions

Gimpelson, Vladimir; Treisman, Daniel; Monusova, Galina - 2000

defined territorial units, and in regions which received larger federal transfers and loans. Regional governors appear to use … extract transfers. …

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Policy responses to fiscal restraints: A difference-in-discontinuities design

Grembi, Veronica; Nannicini, Tommaso; Troiano, Ugo - 2012

We evaluate the effect of relaxing fiscal rules on policy outcomes applying a quasi-experimental research design. In 1999, the Italian central government introduced fiscal rules aimed at imposing fiscal discipline on municipal governments, and in 2001 the rules were relaxed for municipalities...

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Labor market discrimination and capital investment: the effects of fan discrimination on stadium investment

Bodvarsson, Örn B.; Humphreys, Brad R. - 2009

We investigate the possibility that labor market discrimination affects economic outcomes in the complementary capital market. Previous research contains ample theoretical justification, and empirical evidence, that discrimination affects wages and employment in labor markets. However, the...

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A comparison of the poverty impact of transfers, taxes and market income across five OECD countries

Bibi, Sami; Duclos, Jean-Yves - 2008

This paper compares the poverty reduction impact of income sources, taxes and transfers across five OECD countries …

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Unequal giving: monetary gifts to children across countries and over time

Zissimopoulos, Julie M.; Smith, James P. - 2010

, relaxing binding credit constraints or responding to a transitory income shock. Financial transfers however, may extend … affect the distribution of resources within or between families in the next generation although the timing of transfers for … schooling or housing may have a significant impact on an individual child. Annual parental transfers for college age children in …

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The political resource curse

Brollo, Fernanda; Nannicini, Tommaso; Perotti, Roberto; … - 2010

endogenous entry of political candidates. The evidence refers to municipalities in Brazil, where federal transfers to municipal … implications of the theory and identify the causal effect of larger federal transfers on political corruption and the observed … transfers increase political corruption and reduce the quality of candidates for mayor. …

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Fiscal zoning, sales taxes, and employment: Do higher sales taxes lead to more jobs in retailing and fewer jobs in manufacturing?

Burnes, Daria; Neumark, David; White, Michelle J. - 2012

We test the hypothesis that local government officials in jurisdictions that have higher local sales taxes are more likely to use fiscal zoning to attract retailing. We find that total retail employment is not significantly affected by local sales tax rates, but employment in big box and anchor...

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The effectiveness of health screening

Hackl, Franz; Halla, Martin; Hummer, Michael; Pruckner, … - 2012

Using a matched insurant-general practitioner panel data set, we estimated the effect of a general health-screening program on individuals' health status and health care cost. To account for selection into treatment, we used regional variations in the intensity of exposure to supply-determined...

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