Superstition is a widespread phenomenon. We empirically examine its impact on health-related behavior and health … bad outcomes, we observe substantial adaptions in health-related behavior. Our identification exploits idiosyncratic … for the period of the Ghost Months reductions in mortality, hospital admissions, and births. While the effect on mortality …

This paper analyzes the interplay between early-life conditions and marital status, as determinants of adult mortality … indicators of earlylife conditions. The empirical analysis estimates bivariate duration models of marriage and mortality … important for marriage and mortality. Men typically enjoy a protective effect of marriage on mortality, whereas women suffer …

- come on health. I estimate that lower pension did not change the mortality rate. The results are confirmed using both …I investigate the effect of income on mortality of the pensioners, com- paring three subsequent policy periods in … experiments and different meth- ods of estimation. Furthermore, with regard to the expenditure on health services, I get that only …

Uncertainty and unpredictability faced by low-income households increase their vulnerability making poverty even more … as a way of combating poverty. This paper investigates whether or not SHG participation results in reducing poverty and … of the SHG program on the beneficiaries¡¦ earnings and empowerment, influence their households¡¦ ability to manage risk …

smaller expected net present value and in larger risk indicators for the net present value - than the normal model for … that the expected net present value is higher but that the risk indicators built on the net present value remain higher in …

factors ranging from health, education, and unemployment status to institutional arrangements such as inequality and …

factors ranging from health, education, and unemployment status to institutional arrangements such as inequality and …

general life satisfaction question, differs between youths living in intact and non-intact families, holding many other …