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The Causal Effect of Education on Health: What is the Role of Health Behaviors?
Brunello, Giorgio; Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nichole; … - 2011
We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education … the long run for 23% to 45% of the entire effect of education on health, depending on gender. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294907
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Simulating the future of the Swedish baby-boom generations
Klevmarken, N. Anders; Bolin, Kristian; Eklöf, Matias; … - 2007
health status, take up of sickness benefits, retirement, the utilization of health care and social care and the dynamics of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321560
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Within-the-Family Education and its Impact on Equality
Nordblom, Katarina - 2001
This is a theoretical study of human-capital accumulation, where parental, as well as public investments are essential. Policy influence rich and poor parents differently when they make educational decisions. Rich parents allocate resources efficiently between physical bequests and educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321766
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Money vs. time: Family income, maternal labor supply, and child development
Agostinelli, Francesco; Sorrenti, Giuseppe - 2018
We study the effect of family income and maternal hours worked on child development. Our instrumental variable analysis suggests different results for cognitive and behavioral development. An additional 1,000 USD in family income improves cognitive development by 4.4 percent of a standard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011784306
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Money vs. time: Family income, maternal labor supply, and child development
Agostinelli, Francesco; Sorrenti, Giuseppe - 2021
This paper analyzes the relationship between work-promoting policies and child development. First, we provide new comprehensive evidence of the unintended consequences for child development of the Earned Income Tax Credit expansions during the 1990s in the United States. Second, our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012439352
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The impact of medical and nursing home expenses and social insurance policies on savings and inequality
Kopecky, Karen A.; Koreshkova, Tatyana - 2010
-age health expenses given the absence of complete public health care for the elderly and that nursing home expenses play an … of public health care provision are highly dependent on the availability of other programs making up the social insurance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292233
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The Impact of Price Reductions on Individuals' Choice of Healthy Meals Away from Home
Nordström, Jonas; Thunström, Linda - 2013
would select the healthy option. Groups with a generally poor nutritional intake (men and individuals with lower education … and lower income) would gain health benefits from a subsidy of Keyhole-labelled meals. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208650
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Determinants of minority: white differentials in child poverty
Elmelech, Yuval - 2005
This paper uses data from the 1993-2001 March Current Population Survey to estimate the extent to which child living arrangements, parental work patterns, and immigration attributes shape racial and ethnic variation in child poverty. Results from multivariate analyses and a standardization...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266609
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Income Receipt and Mortality – Evidence from Swedish Public Sector Employees
Andersson, Elvira; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - 2014
In this paper, we study the short-run effect of salary receipt on mortality among Swedish public sector employees. By using data on variation in paydays across work-places, we completely control for mortality patterns related to, for example, public holidays and other special days or events...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208699
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Income receipt and mortality: Evidence from Swedish public sector employees
Andersson, Elvira; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - 2014
In this paper, we study the short-run effect of salary receipt on mortality among Swedish public sector employees. By using data on variation in paydays across work-places, we completely control for mortality patterns related to, for example, public holidays and other special days or events...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464456