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Maternal prenatal substance use and behavior problems among children in the U.S.
Sen, Bisakha; Swaminathan, Shailender - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Prenatal exposure to smoking and alcohol-use is found to be correlated with various adverse consequences for children … relationship between prenatal substance use and children’s behavior problems using data from the Children of the National … Longitudinal Survey (CNLSY). Specifically, we investigate whether prenatal cigarette use and alcohol-use affect children’s behavior …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008490101
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The Health Hazards of Unemployment and Poor Education : The Socioeconomic Determinants of Health Duration in the European Union
Cooper, David - 2008
The effect of socioeconomic status on the likelihood that an individual enters a period of poor health is examined using an Accelerated Failure Time methodology. This study employs data from the European Community Household Panel for the years 1994-2002 across 13 European countries, using the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012773075
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The Origins of Early Childhood Anthropometric Persistence
Millimet, Daniel L.; Tchernis, Rusty - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
Rates of childhood obesity have increased dramatically in the last few decades. Non-causal evidence suggests that childhood obesity is highly persistent over the life cycle. However little in known about the origins of this persistence. In this paper we attempt to answer three questions. First,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010890108
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Self-rated and changes in self-rated health as predictors of mortality: First evidence from german panel data
Schwarze, Johannes; Andersen, Hanfried H.; Anger, Silke - Sonderforschungsbereich 373, Quantifikation und … - 2002
Background: Studies from several countries have shown that self-rated health is an independent predictor of mortality. However, no empirical evidence exists for Germany so far. We investigate the effectiveness of (i) self-ratings of health by individuals and (ii) changes in self-rated health, as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010956430
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Anthropometric Mobility During Childhood
Millimet, Daniel L.; Tchernis, Rusty - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
While childhood obesity has become a significant public health concern over the last few decades, knowledge concerning the origins of or persistence in childhood anthropometric measures is incomplete. Here, we utilize several nonparametric measures of mobility to assess the evolution of weight,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960098
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Persistence in body mass index in a recent cohort of US children
Millimet, Daniel L.; Tchernis, Rusty - In: Economics & Human Biology 17 (2015) C, pp. 157-176
children continue to be a concern, knowledge pertaining to the origins of or persistence in childhood anthropometric measures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011264467
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Persistence in health limitations: a European comparative analysis
Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina; Jones, Andrew M.; Rice, Nigel - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2007
This paper investigates the persistence in health limitations for individuals within the member states of the European Union. We use the full 8 waves of data available in the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) to explore the relative contributions of state dependence, unobserved...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005328371
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Reporting bias and heterogeneity in selfassessed health. Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey
Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina; Jones, Andrew M; Rice, Nigel - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2005
This paper explores reporting bias and heterogeneity in the measure of self-assessed health (SAH) used in the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS). The ninth wave of the BHPS includes the SF-36 general health questionnaire, which incorporates a different wording to the self-assessed health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005328381
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Health shocks, employment and income in the Spanish labour markets
Gómez, Pilar García; Nicolás, Angel López - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2005
This paper investigates the relationship between health shocks and labour outcomes in the Spanish population using the European Community Household Panel. In order to control for the nonexperimental nature of the data we use matching techniques. Our results suggest that there is a significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005328387
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Child Social Maladjustment and Adult Employment Dynamics
Sciulli, Dario - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
children is prone to greater variability according to life experiences than that of socially adjusted children. We find that … socially maladjusted children and, overall, investment in higher education seems to be relevant. This suggests that … interventions during life development for socially maladjusted children could be important to reduce inequality in adult employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009495134