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We specify and estimate a lifecycle model of consumption, housing demand and labor supply in an environment where …, education specific productivity shocks, and catastrophic consumption events, while bankruptcy is governed by the basic …
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We use high-frequency data on fine particulate matter air pollution (PM 2.5) at the locality level to study the effects of high pollution on labor supply decisions and hospitalizations for respiratory disease in the metropolitan area of Mexico City. We document a negative, non-linear...
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breastfeeding on children’s cognitive development but no effects on health or non-cognitive development during the period of …
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This paper studies actuarial neutrality in the Austrian pension system. It is often argued that actuarial neutrality constitutes an incentive for people to retire. We show that there are almost no financial incentives within the Austrian pension corridor when we use the traditional definition of...
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substantial and heterogeneous employment responses that increased average income despite reduced transfers. We find zero effects … on aggregate health expenditures, but mothers saw reduced preventative care and increased mental health treatment …, consistent with the transition to employment elevating time pressure and stress. We find no effect on teenagers' education and …
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: the employment rate of 65-year-olds increased by 7.4 percentage points for men and 8.5 percentage points for women due to … the reform. The employment response is driven disproportionately by full-time workers and self-employed men, and is larger …
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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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lifetime tax reform linking annual taxes to previous employment could improve the system's insurance capabilities, albeit at … the cost of a lower employment rate. …
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Policy-makers have increasingly turned to ‘in-work transfers’ to boost incomes among poorer workers and strengthen work incentives. One attraction of these is that labour supply elasticities are typically greatest at the extensive margin. Because in-work transfers are normally subject to...
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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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