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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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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
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The Geographic Accessibility of Child Care Subsidies and Evidence on the Impact of Subsidy Receipt on Childhood Obesity
Tekin, Erdal; Herbst, Chris M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
This paper examines the impact of the spatial accessibility of public human services agencies on the likelihood of receiving a child care subsidy among disadvantaged mothers with young children. In particular, we collect data on the location of virtually every human services agency in the U.S....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321295
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Is there a Link Between Foreclosure and Health?
Currie, Janet; Tekin, Erdal - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
We investigate the relationship between foreclosures and hospital visits using data on all foreclosures and all hospital and emergency room visits from four states that were among the hardest hit by the foreclosure crisis. We find that living in a neighborhood with a spike in foreclosures is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009251504
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The Effect of Community Traumatic Events on Student Achievement: Evidence from the Beltway Sniper Attacks
Gershenson, Seth; Tekin, Erdal - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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/10011228300
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On the 'Puzzling' Antebellum Cycle of the Biological Standard of Living: the Case of Georgia
Komlos, John; Coclanis, Peter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, …
Examines the height of Georgian convicts and concludes that their height declined beginning with the birth cohorts of 1835. The economic transition brought about a decline in their nutritional status.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761408
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Height and Social Status in Eighteenth-Century Germany
Komlos, John - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, …
Examines the height of German youth in the late eighteenth century, and documents the very large differences in height between the lower and upper classes. Shows that the height of the upper class did not decline at the end of the 18th century as did that of the common men.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761409
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On the Biological Standard of Living in Russia and the Soviet Union
Komlos, John - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, …
Argues that the biological standard of living did not improve in the Soviet Union as much as it did in other European countries.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761410
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The Secular Trend in the Biological Standard of Living in the United Kingdom, 1730-1860
Komlos, John - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, …
Corrects some of the statistical mistakes of previous studies of the trend in the height of British soldiers in the 18th and 19th centuries. Finds that heights decreased substantially in the late-18th century in keeping with many other findings. The inference is that an incipient Malthusian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761414