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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 …

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Long-run Labour Market Effects of Individual Sports Activities

Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

variables, on socio-demographic as well as on health and subjective well-being indicators for West Germany based on individual … positive long-term labour market effects in terms of earnings and wages, as well as positive effects on health and subjective …

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Heterogeneous Sports Participation and Labour Market Outcomes in England

Lechner, Michael; Downward, Paul - CESifo - 2013

Based on a unique composite dataset measuring heterogeneous sports participation, labour market outcomes and local facilities provision, this paper examines for the first time the association between different types of sports participation on employment and earnings in England. Clear...

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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...

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Physical activity of adults: A survey of correlates, determinants, and effects

Cabane, Charlotte; Lechner, Michael - School of Economics and Political Science, Universität … - 2014

various disciplines. The second part summarizes parts of the epidemiological literature on health effects and the economic …

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Mozart or Pelé? The effects of teenagers’ participation in music and sports

Cabane, Charlotte; Hille, Adrian; Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

subjective health. For educational outcomes, doing both activities appeared to be most successful. The results are subjected to …

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Mozart or Pelé? The Effects of Teenagers' Participation in Music and Sports

Cabane, Charlotte; Hille, Adrian; Lechner, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

subjective health. For educational outcomes, doing both activities appeared to be most successful. The results are subjected to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265291

The Effect of Disability on Labour Market Outcomes in Germany: Evidence from Matching

Lechner, Michael; Vazquez-Alvarez, Rosalia - School of Economics and Political Science, Universität … - 2003

If labour market policies aimed at people with disabilities are effective, we should observe no significant difference in labour market outcomes between disable and non-disable individuals. This paper examines the impact of disability status on labour market outcomes using matching methods...

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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 …

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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....

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