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Causal effect of income on health: Investigating two closely related policy reforms in Austria

Schnalzenberger, Mario - 2011

I investigate the effect of income on mortality of the pensioners, com- paring three subsequent policy periods in …- come on health. I estimate that lower pension did not change the mortality rate. The results are confirmed using both …

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Every man for himself: Gender, norms and survival in martime disasters

Elinder, Mikael; Erixson, Oscar - 2012

Since the sinking of the Titanic, there has been a widespread belief that the social norm of 'women and children first' gives women a survival advantage over men in maritime disasters, and that captains and crew give priority to passengers. We analyze a database of 18 maritime disasters spanning...

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Moving in and out of public geriatric care in Sweden

Hallberg, Daniel; Lagergren, Mårten - 2007

very old (75+). We also study excess-mortality conditional on the mode of OAC. Three forms of publicly provided OAC are … mortality among cohabitants with home-help services, while it is higher among cohabitants with special accommodation. Our …

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The effect of superstition on health: Evidence from the Taiwanese Ghost month

Halla, Martin; Liu, Chia-Lun; Liu, Jin-tan - 2019

for the period of the Ghost Months reductions in mortality, hospital admissions, and births. While the effect on mortality …

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Higher education and mortality: Legacies of an authoritarian college contraction

González, Felipe; Martínez, Luis R.; Muñoz, Pablo; … - 2023

We provide new evidence on the causal effect of higher education on mortality. Our empirical strategy exploits the … vital statistics, we document an upward kink in the age-specific yearly mortality rate of individuals in the affected … cohorts. We estimate a negative effect of college on mortality between ages 34-74, which is larger for men, but also sizable …

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Timing of death and the repeal of the Swedish inheritance tax

Eliason, Marcus; Ohlsson, Henry - 2010

incentives. We study how two changes in Swedish inheritance taxation 2003/04 and 2004/05 have affected mortality during the turns …

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The demographic transition: Causes and consequences

Galor, Oded - 2010

This paper develops the theoretical foundations and the testable implications of the various mechanisms that have been proposed as possible triggers for the demographic transition. Moreover, it examines the empirical validity of each of the theories and their significance for the understanding...

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Birth weight and family status revisited: evidence from Austrian register data

Frimmel, Wolfgang; Pruckner, Gerald J. - 2011

In this paper, we study the socio-economic determinants of birth weight with a focus on the mother's family status. We use Austrian birth register data covering all births between 1984 and 2007 and find that a mother's marriage is associated with a higher birth weight of the newborn in a range...

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The influence of ancestral lifeways on individual economic outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Michalopoulos, Stelios; Putterman, Louis; Weil, David N. - 2016

We explore the role of an individual's historical lineage in determining economic status, holding constant his or her current location. This is complementary to the more common approach to studying how history shapes economic outcomes across locations. Motivated by a large literature in social...

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Relative status and satisfaction

Boes, Stefan; Staub, Kevin E.; Winkelmann, Rainer - 2008

This paper investigates the relationship between income satisfaction of adult children and their relative economic status, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and income rank as an indicator of status. The results show that children appear to compare their actual economic status with...

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