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Parental Influences on Health and Longevity : Lessons from a Large Sample of Adoptees

Lindahl, Mikael - 2016

To what extent is the length of our lives determined by pre-birth factors? And to what extent is it affected by parental resources during our upbringing that can be influenced by public policy? We study the formation of adult health and mortality using data on about 21,000 adoptees born between...

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Gender Roles and Medical Progress

Albanesi, Stefania - 2009

effects of pregnancy and childbirth on women's ability to work, while the introduction of infant formula reduced mothers …

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Medication of Postpartum Depression and Maternal Outcomes : Evidence from Geographic Variation in Dutch Prescribing

Currie, Janet M.; Zwiers, Esmée - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Using data on over 420,000 first time Dutch mothers, we examine the effects of postpartum antidepressant use on a wide …

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Overcoming Behavioral Impediments to Maternal Care : Experimental Evidence on Domain Knowledge and Nudgeability from Recalcitrant Pakistan

Cyan, Musharraf Rasool; Cesur, Resul; Civelek, Yasin; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We conducted a large-scale field experiment to calibrate phone messaging to its potential of overcoming behavioral barriers to maternal care uptake in the countryside of a developing country, where a significant share of women forgoes life-saving maternity-related care even when within reach....

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Health Inequality, Education and Medical Innovation

Glied, Sherry - 2003

Recent studies suggest that health inequalities across socio-economic groups in the US are large and have been growing. We hypothesize that, as in other, non-health contexts, this pattern occurs because more educated people are better able than to take advantage of technological advances in...

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Insurance and the High Prices of Pharmaceuticals

Besanko, David - 2016

We present a model in which prospective patients are liquidity constrained, and thus health insurance allows patients access to treatments and services that they otherwise would have been unable to afford. Consistent with large expansions of insurance in the U.S. (e.g., the Affordable Care Act),...

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Is There "Too Much" Inequality in Health Spending Across Income Groups?

Ales, Laurence - 2012

In this paper we study the efficient allocation of health resources across individuals. We focus on the relation between health resources and income (taken as a proxy for productivity). In particular we determine the efficient level of the health care social safety net for the indigent. We...

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Inequalities in Income and Inequalities in Health

Deaton, Angus - 1999

What is inequality in health? Are economists' standard tools for measuring income inequality relevant or useful for measuring it? Does income protect health and does income inequality endanger it? I discuss two different concepts of health inequality and relate each of them to the literature on...

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Innovation and Health Inequality : Evidence from Direct-Acting Antivirals

Callison, Kevin; Darden, Michael; Teltser, Keith F. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

We study disparities in liver transplant allocation when innovation alleviates the scarcity of organs. When direct-acting antivirals for Hepatitis C (HCV) reduced HCV+ liver demand, we show a disproportionate increase in White HCV- liver transplants (56.6%) relative to Black HCV- transplants...

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Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less Than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India

Jayachandran, Seema - 2009

female child mortality in India, or about 22,000 "missing girls" each year … breastfeeding decisions and test the model's predictions using survey data from India. First, we find that breastfeeding increases … with birth order, since mothers near or beyond their desired total fertility are more likely to make use of the …

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