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show long-lasting health impacts. Can these benefits hold when these programs are offered to all children in contexts with … universal healthcare? We evaluate the short- and medium-term health impacts of Sure Start, a universal integrated ECI in England … disadvantaged areas and likely driven by both health and non-health services. …
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Health economists have studied the determinants of the expected value of health status as a function of medical and … additional benefit, viz. a reduced variability of health status. Using OECD health data for 24 countries between 1960 and 2004 … comparatively effective in reducing variability. -- production of health ; control over health status ; Gini coefficient …
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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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being depressed. In general, this is due to the use of single-country databases. The aim of this paper is to extend previous …
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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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This paper evaluates the short- and medium-term health impacts of offering families with children under 5 universal … access to centres providing childcare, health services, parenting support and parental job assistance. Increased access to … health. The impacts during post-childcare age sug-gest that operating mechanisms are stronger immune systems, safer parenting …
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This paper provides new evidence that preventive health care services delivered at schools and provided at a relatively … differences in the avail-ability of health professionals across municipalities and cohorts. In municipalities with one fewer … of primary and specialist health care services at ages 25-35, without impacts on emergency room admissions. The reform …
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brink of starvation. We link high-quality military recruits data with objective health measurements for the cohorts born in …
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from Bogota's Secretariat of Health in a field experiment, we measure the impact of various norm nudges, including trending … influencing minority behaviors, offering valuable insights for developing targeted and impactful public health strategies. …
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developed health systems. This paper provides new evidence on the role senior doctors play in determining patient outcomes. I …
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