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A macroeconomic analysis of obesity
Gomis-Porqueras, Pedro (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003741436
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Public and private returns to investing in nutrition
Alderman, Harold; Sahn, David E. - 2015
Although nutrition contributes to welfare in and of itself, it also contributes to individual economic productivity, as … well as national income growth. The argument that improving nutrition is an investment on par with other productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011493366
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Are some deaths worse than others? : result from a discrete choice experiment
Robinson, Angela; Covey, Judith; Spencer, Anne; Loomes, … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003465004
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Are some deaths worse than others? : the effect of 'labelling' on people's perceptions
Spencer, Anne; Covey, Judith; Robinson, Angela; Loomes, … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003604160
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Wealth and shifting demand pressures on the price level in England after the Black Death
Edo, Anthony; Mélitz, Jacques - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012437162
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Inequality in health status during the Covid-19 in the UK : does the impact of the second lockdown policy matter?
Simeone, Enza - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014443841
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Willingness to pay to reduce mortality risks : evidence from a three-country contingent valuation study
Alberini, Anna; Hunt, Alistair; Markandya, Anil - 2004
Valuing a change in the risk of death is a key input into the calculation of the benefits of environmental policies that save lives. Typically such risks are monetized using the Value of a Statistical Life (VSL). Because the majority of the lives saved by environmental policies are those of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011606716
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War and pestilence as labor market shocks : US manufacturing wage growth 1914 - 1919
Garrett, Thomas Andrew (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003739711
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Spurious correlation in estimation of the health production function : a note
Akkoyunlu, Sule; Lichtenberg, Frank R.; Siliverstovs, Boriss - 2009
In this paper, we address the issue of spurious correlation in the production of health in a systematic way. Spurious correlation entails the risk of linking health status to medical (and nonmedical) inputs when no links exist. This note first presents the bounds testing procedure as a method to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003900852
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Impact of specialization on health outcomes : evidence from U.S. cancer data
Schoder, Johannes; Lichtenberg, Frank R. - 2010
or physician. However, this level of analysis is mostly limited to the use of in-hospital mortality rates and is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008695986