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Access to water and COVID-19 : a regression discontinuity analysis for the peri-urban areas of metropolitan Lima, Peru
Gómez-Lobo, Andrés; Gutiérrez, Mauro; Huamaní, Sandro; … - 2022
This paper presents the results of a quasi-experimental study using information collected through a survey conducted in peri-urban areas of Metropolitan Lima between October and November 2021. The survey was applied to households residing close to and on both sides of the geographic boundary of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014495187
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Acceso al agua y COVID-19 : un estudio de regresión discontinua para áreas periurbanas de Lima Metropolitana, Perú
Gómez-Lobo, Andrés; Gutiérrez, Mauro; Huamaní, Sandro; … - 2022
This paper presents the results of a quasi-experimental study using information collected through a survey conducted in peri-urban areas of Metropolitan Lima between October and November 2021. The survey was applied to households residing close to and on both sides of the geographic boundary of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014495191
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Teleworking and life satisfaction during COVID-19 : the importance of family structure
Senik-Leygonie, Claudia; Clark, Andrew E.; D'Ambrosio, … - 2022 - This version: September 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013473189
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Valuing health conditions : insights from happiness surveys across countries and cultures
Graham, Carol; Higuera, Lucas; Lora, Eduardo - 2009
America, the effects of different conditions are examined across age, gender, and income cohorts. Anxiety and pain have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010247926
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The younger age profile of COVID-19 deaths in developing countries
Chauvin, Juan Pablo; Fowler, Annabelle; Herrera L., Nicolás - 2020
This paper examines why a larger share of COVID-19 deaths occurs among young and middle-aged adults in developing countries than in high-income countries. Using novel data at the country, city, and patient levels, we investigate the drivers of this gap in terms of the key components of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012587538
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The unequal impact of the coronavirus pandemic : evidence from seventeen developing countries
Bottan, Nicolas L.; Hoffmann, Bridget; Vera Cossío, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2020
The current coronavirus pandemic is an unprecedented public health challenge that has devastating economic impacts for households. Using a sample of 230,540 respondents to online surveys in 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, we show that the economic impacts are large and unequal:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012267350
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The health effects of universal early childhood interventions : evidence from Sure Start
Cattan, Sarah; Conti, Gabriella; Farquharson, Christine; … - 2021
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 these centres during early childhood increases the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012612833
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The health effects of universal early childhood interventions : evidence from Sure Start
Cattan, Sarah; Conti, Gabriella; Farquharson, Christine; … - 2022
Early Childhood Interventions (ECI) offering disadvantaged children preschool and family support services in the US 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013468646
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Optimal age-based policies for pandemics : an economic analysis of Covid-19 and beyond
Brotherhood, Luiz Mário; Kircher, Philipp; Santos, Cézar - 2023
This paper investigates the importance of the age composition for pandemic policy design. To do so, it introduces an economic framework with age heterogeneity, individual choice, and incomplete information, emphasizing the value of testing. Calibrating the model to the US Covid-19 pandemic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014540526
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Working from home and mental well-being in the EU at different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic : a gendered look at key mediators
Leitner, Sandra M. - 2024
previous WFH experience, in terms of WFH novices and experienced WFH workers. It differentiates by gender, in order to take the … certain stages of the pandemic, but also to previous experience with WFH and gender. Stability is the only mediator that was …-work conflict and more helpful networks of family and friends. Moreover, our results differ by gender: for females who undertook WFH …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014495769