This paper interprets accidents occurring on the way to and from work as negative health shocks to identify the causal … effect of health on labor market outcomes. We argue that in our sample of exactly matched treated and control workers, these … health shocks are quasi-randomly assigned. A fixed-effects difference-in-differences approach estimates a negative and …

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 … has a protective effect for European males and females aged 50+. We also find that the mediating effects of health …

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 … variation in the timing of the Ghost Month across Gregorian calendar years. Using high-quality administrative data, we document …

lnogitudinal data of older persons. We exploit exogenous variation in early-life conditions as generated by the business. …

In this paper, we test for the existence of socioeconomic heterogeneity in the effect of health shocks on labor market … outcomes using register data on the total population of Swedish workers. We estimate fixed effect models and use unexpected … hospitalizations as a measure of health shocks. Our results suggest large heterogeneity in the effects, where low educated individuals …

on labor market outcomes and hospitalization, and the first to use register data covering the full dutch population to …

the case of Syria, perhaps due to a lack of pre-conflict data. This article endeavours to fill this gap by computing …

By regulating how firms collect, store, and use data, privacy laws may change the role of data in production and alter …'s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by using seven years of data from a large global cloudcomputing provider. Our … difference-in-difference estimates indicate that, in response to the GDPR, EU firms decreased data storage by 26% and data …

This short paper introduces a new database combining data on international trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and … regional trade agreements. The bilateral data covers 1980-2010 and includes gravity model variables and is appropriate for …