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Health and Health Behaviors during the Worst of Times: Evidence from the Great Recession
Tekin, Erdal; McClellan, Chandler; Minyard, Karen Jean - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
While previous studies have shown that recessions are associated with better health outcomes and behaviors, the focus … previously established counter-cyclical pattern in health and heath behaviors is held during the Great Recession. Using data from … capturing health and health behaviors, we show that the association between economic deterioration and these outcomes has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010814470
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Unemployment and Mortality in France, 1982-2002
Buchmueller, Tom; Grignon, Michel; Jusot, Florence - Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis … - 2007
This study uses aggregate panel data on 96 French départements for the period from 1982 to 2002 to investigate the relationship between macroeconomic conditions and mortality, controlling for local area and time fixed effects. Consistent with research using data from other countries, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008549520
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Circumstances and Efforts: How important is their correlation for the measurement of inequality of opportunity in health?
Trannoy, Alain; Tubeuf, Sandy; Jusot, Florence - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013
overall health inequality according to the different normative principles. Our results suggest that, in practice, the … contributions of circumstances and efforts to explained health inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734928
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Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health in 22 European Countries
Jusot, Florence; Kunst, Anton E.; Leinsalu, Mall; … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2008
Comparisons among countries can help to identify opportunities for the reduction of inequalities in health. We compared … the magnitude of inequalities in mortality and self-assessed health among 22 countries in all parts of Europe. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707063
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Unemployment and Mortality in France, 1982-2002
Jusot, Florence; Grignon, Michel; Buchmueller, Tom - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2007
This study uses aggregate panel data on 96 French départements for the period from 1982 to 2002 to investigate the relationship between macroeconomic conditions and mortality, controlling for local area and time fixed effects. Consistent with research using data from other countries, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707898
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Effort or Circumstances : Which one matters in health inequality ?
Trannoy, Alain; Tubeuf, Sandy; Jusot, Florence - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010
in effort to be in good health to overall health inequality in France. It examines three alternative specifications of … issue at stake is how to treat the correlation between circumstances and effort. Using a representative French health survey … circumstances to inequalities in health ranges between 44.5% and up to 46.4% according to the scenario, whereas the contribution of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011072585
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Variations in preventive care utilisation in Europe
Sirven, Nicolas; Or, Zeynep; Jusot, Florence - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012
. Developing effective prevention programs requires understanding the influence of both individual and health system level factors … population aged 50 and over in 14 European countries, pooling data from the two waves of Survey of Health Ageing and Retirement …-side characteristics and supply-side health systems features to be separately identified. The analysis shows significant variations in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010861590
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Inequality of Opportunities in Health in Europe : Why So Much Difference Across Countries ?
Trannoy, Alain; Tubeuf, Sandy; Jusot, Florence - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010
Among inequalities in health, those which are explained by circumstances during childhood or parents' characteristics … are recognized as inequalities of opportunities in health and are considered as the most unfair. Tackling health … Union healthy-ageing strategy. We use the 2004 Survey on Health Ageing and Retirement in Europe and examine the influence of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010861630
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The Effect of Community Traumatic Events on Student Achievement: Evidence from the Beltway Sniper Attacks
Tekin, Erdal; Gershenson, Seth - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
Community traumatic events such as mass shootings, terrorist attacks, and natural or man-made disasters have the potential to disrupt student learning in numerous ways. For example, these events can reduce instructional time by causing teacher and student absences, school closures, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213642
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Child Care Subsidies and Childhood Obesity
Tekin, Erdal; Herbst, Chris M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
. However, little is known about the influence of these policies on children's health and well-being. In this paper, we study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025620