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The Brazilian Bombshell? The Long-Term Impact of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic the South American Way
Guimbeau, Amanda - 2020
productivity markers in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil's financial center and the most populous city in South America today … infant mortality and sex ratios at birth in 1920 (the short-run). We find robust evidence of persistent effects on health …
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Health and the Evolution of Welfare across Brazilian Municipalities
Soares, Rodrigo R. - 2007
expectancy has shifted consistently in the recent past. But reductions in mortality within Brazil have been more homogeneously …This paper describes the pattern of reductions in mortality across Brazilian municipalities between 1970 and 2000, and … in mortality. The results suggest that gains in life expectancy had a welfare value equivalent to 39% of the growth in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465567
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Healthy Business? Managerial Education and Management in Healthcare
Bloom, Nicholas - 2017
mortality rates. This is true compared to the distance to universities that offer only business or medical education (or neither …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453833
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Post COVID-19 Test Score Recovery : Initial Evidence from State Testing Data
Halloran, Clare; Hug, Claire E.; Jack, Rebecca; Oster, Emily - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant disruption in schooling in the U.S., and student test scores showed dramatic declines by the end of the 2020-21 school year. We use state test score data to analyze patterns of test score recovery over the 2021-22 school year. On average, we find that 20%...
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Artificial Intelligence, the Evolution of the Healthcare Value Chain, and the Future of the Physician
Dranove, David; Garthwaite, Craig - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming production across all sectors of the economy, with the potential to both complement and substitute for traditional labor inputs. Healthcare is no exception. Dozens of recent academic studies demonstrate that AI can contribute to the healthcare value...
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Beyond Burnout : from Measuring to Forecasting
Blackburn, Bart; Chan, Tiffany; Cherot, Elizabeth; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Burnout of physicians and other medical personnel is a major problem in the economics of healthcare systems, potentially costing billions of dollars. Knowledge of the determinants and costs of burnout at the organization level is sparse, making it difficult to assess the net benefits of...
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The Cost of Imbalance in Clinical Trials
Chassang, Sylvain; Feng, Rong - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Clinical trials following the "gold standard" of random assignment frequently use independent lotteries to allocate patients to treatment and control arms. However, independent assignment can generate treatment and control arms that are unbalanced (i.e. treatment and control populations with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013477237
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In-Person Schooling and Youth Suicide : Evidence from School Calendars and Pandemic School Closures
Hansen, Benjamin; Sabia, Joseph J.; Schaller, Jessamyn - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This study explores the effect of in-person schooling on youth suicide. We document three key findings. First, using data from the National Vital Statistics System from 1990-2019, we document the historical association between teen suicides and the school calendar. We show that suicides among...
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Laboratory Safety and Research Productivity
Galasso, Alberto; Luo, Hong; Zhu, Brooklynn - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Are laboratory safety practices a tax on scientific productivity? We examine this question by exploiting the substantial increase in safety regulations at the University of California following the shocking death of a research assistant in 2008. Difference-in-differences analyses show that...
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Long-term Care in Japan
Fu, Rong; Iizuka, Toshiaki; Noguchi, Haruko - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Japan, renowned for its significantly aged population, presents a distinctive landscape in elderly care. Notably, there exists no apparent correlation between the economic well-being of the elderly and the limitations they experience in Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and Instrumental...
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