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The health impacts of severe climate shocks in Colombia
Mata, Dolores de la; Valencia-Amaya, Mauricio G. - 2014
This paper studies the link between severe weather shocks in Colombia and municipality-level incidence of dengue and malaria. The unexpectedly high variability of the 2010 rainfalls relative to previous periods and their regional heterogeneity are exploited as an identification strategy. A...
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A cross-country analysis of the risk factors for depression at the micro and macro level
Melgar, Natalia; Rossi, Máximo - 2010
Past research has provided evidence of the role of some personal characteristics as risk factors for depression. However, few studies have examined jointly their specific impact and whether country characteristics change the probability of being depressed. In general, this is due to the use of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010246569
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Socioeconomic factors associated with being overweight or obese in Suriname
Khadan, Jeetendra; Spencer, Nekeisha; Strobl, Eric; … - 2021
This paper applies probit regression models to a nationally representative household survey dataset collected in 2016-2017 to analyze the relationships between various socio-demographic variables and adult Body Mass Index (BMI) in Suriname. Our results indicate that women, the elderly, and...
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Do remittances help smooth consumption during health shocks? : evidence from Jamaica
Beuermann, Diether W.; Ruprah, Inder S.; Sierra, Ricardo E. - 2014
We identify whether remittances facilitate consumption smoothing during health shocks in Jamaica. In addition, we … interacts with formal health insurance, and whether there are differential effects by gender of the household head. We find that … remittances offer complete insurance toward decreased consumption during health shocks and that moral hazard is weak. The role of …
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Labour outcomes adjustments to health shocks over the long run : evidence from Italian administrative records
Belloni, Michele; Farina, Elena; Simonetti, Irene; … - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012583770
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Retirement and unexpected health shocks
Apouey, Bénédicte H.; Guven, Cahit; Senik-Leygonie, … - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011806143
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COVID-19 mortality and contemporaneous air pollution
Austin, Wes; Carattini, Stefano; Mahecha, John Gomez; … - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012390028
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The dietary impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
O'Connell, Martin; Smith, Kate; Stroud, Rebekah - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant changes in where people work, eat and socialise. We use novel data on the food and non-alcoholic drink purchases from stores, takeaways, restaurants and other outlets to quantify the impact of the pandemic on the diets of a large, representative panel...
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A comparison between shale gas in China and unconventional fuel development in the United States : health, water and environmental risks
Farah, Paolo D.; Tremolada, Riccardo - 2013
China is appraised to have the world's largest exploitable reserves of shale gas, although several legal, regulatory, environmental and investment-related issues will likely restrain its scope. China's capacity to successfully face these hurdles and produce commercial shale gas will have a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010203405
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Foundations of ambiguity models under symmetry : α-MEU and smooth ambiguity
Klibanoff, Peter; Mukerji, Sujoy; Seo, Kyoungwon; … - 2021 - This Version: January 13, 2021
The α-MEU model and the smooth ambiguity model are two popular models in decision making under ambiguity. However, the axiomatic foundations of these two models are not completely understood. We provide axiomatic foundations of these models in a symmetric setting with a product state space...
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