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significant costs that are borne by displaced workers. We study how job displacement in Norway affects cardiovascular health using … a sample of men and women who are predominantly aged in their early forties. To do so we merge survey data on health and … health behaviors with register data on person and firm characteristics. We track the health of displaced and non …
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Research increasingly shows that differences in endowments at birth need not be genetic but instead are influenced by environmental factors while the fetus is in the womb. In addition, these differences may persist well beyond childhood. In this paper, we study one such environmental factor –...
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an integrated developmental approach to child and adult health that considers the costs and benefits of interventions … over the life cycle. We suggest policies to promote child health which are currently outside the boundaries of conventional …
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mental health in a sample of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). We analyze the health records of 231 monkeys which were … detrimental long-term effects on health which are not compensated by a normal social environment later in life …
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While much is now known about the effects of physical health shocks to pregnant women on the outcomes of the in …
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This paper examines the long-term impacts on health and healthy behaviors of two of the oldest and most widely cited U … early life interventions for promoting health …
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, and earnings, the evidence for effects on health is more limited. This paper uses a large dataset on the population of … Norway and focuses on the effect of birth order on a range of health and health-related behaviors, outcomes not previously …, there is no clear first-born advantage in health. However, later-borns are more likely to smoke and have poorer self …
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An open question in the literature is whether families compensate or reinforce the impact of child health shocks … negative early health shocks at ages 0-3, the other twin sibling who did suffer negative health shocks received RMB 305 more in … terms of health investments, but received RMB 182 less in terms of educational investments in the 12 months prior to the …
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Lower birth weight babies have worse outcomes, both short-run in terms of one-year mortality rates and longer run in terms of educational attainment and earnings. However, recent research has called into question whether birth weight itself is important or whether it simply reflects other...
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-term health and smoking behaviour. We explore the roles that cognitive and non-cognitive skills may play in moderating these … schooling system produced significant negative effects on long-term health and increased smoking behavior among a small fraction … transmission channel of the long-term impact on health outcomes …
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