Showing 21 - 30 of 332
effect of spending on health outcomes, and especially mental health, are lacking. To fill this gap, we reanalyze data from … the Rand Health Insurance Experiment and estimate a joint non-linear model of spending and mental health. We address the … $1000 spending in mental care is estimated to reduce the probability of low mental health by 1.3 percentage points, but this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013262907
Maternity leave policies are presumed to be essential to ensure the health of pregnant workers and their unborn … children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011916767
Women are on average more absent from work for health reasons than men. At the same time, they live longer. This … conflicting pattern suggests that part of the gender difference in health-related absenteeism arises from differences between the … genders unrelated to actual health. An overlooked explanation could be that men an women's preferences for absenteeism differ …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321127
This study examines how workplace size relates to transitions in- and out-of sickness absence. Overall, the study finds important differences in the long-term sickness absence behavior of individuals working in small and large workplaces. In particular, the results show that the sickness spells...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321133
health and long-term care insurance wealth in Austria and add that to conventional wealth estimates for Austria to achieve a … of health and long-term care insurance wealth is substantial, namely EUR 238,000 at the household level. It is comparable … financial wealth minus debt (EUR 250,000). As regards distributive characteristics, health and longterm care insurance wealth is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015407530
This paper examines the determinants of informal sanctions by a large number of experiments.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005846433
School districts across the U.S. have adopted funding policies designed to distribute resources more equitably across schools. However, schools are also increasing external fundraising efforts to supplement district budget allocations. We document the interaction between funding policies and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014480580
This paper formulates and estimates a dynamic: programming model of the optimal edueational financing dedsions and post-graduation career choices of law school graduates. The purpose of the paper is to measure the effect of short-term parental cash transfers, received during school, on in-school...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318906
We investigate the expected college completion time of European college students by using data from a survey of more than 3000 students in 10 countries. We explain observed excess time to graduation by paying special attention to labor market variables, such as unemployment, wage differentials...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294494
Individual time preference determines schooling enrolment. Moreover, smoking behavior in early ages has been shown to be highly related to time preference rates. Accordingly, we use smoking at age 16 as an instrument for schooling in order to cope with ability bias in a returns to education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294523